Love!!! Part -1

Romance…Probably the world’s biggest franchise. And no one makes better use of it than the movie industry. Here are a few situations which can only, I repeat, only work in Tamil movies:

The culture clash: Hero is a successful entrepreneur/city boy. Heroine is the village belle. Heroine humiliates hero but then later does something so endearing that the poor guy can’t help but fall in love. Then a lot of unnecessary unpleasantness follows because of the girl’s scary grandmother/high BP dad and the guy’s snobby mom/homicidal mortal enemy, finally culminating in the inevitable wedding scene.

The family feud: Dads were once best friends and turned into bitter enemies over some stupid misunderstanding. Under these circs, their respective kids have no option other than to fall deeply in love with each other. All the hapless viewers will then have to endure some harebrained plan to mend the breach and gain acceptance to the impending nuptials from their fond but irrational parents.

The love-hate relationship: Very simple really. Guy hates girl. Girl hates guy. They bicker incessantly. Their true characters are one day revealed when they do some shining act of mercy and suddenly the realization hits that they can’t live without fighting with each other for the rest of their lives.
Now the real problem arises for the guy. How the bloody hell is he supposed to propose to someone who hates his guts..? This is promptly solved when girl cries over the guy’s apparently lifeless form in the climax and confesses her love.

The action flick: Guy has way too much moral fibre and insists on picking fights with every high profile goon in the place. Girl is highly impressed and pursues guy who generally acts all stuck up and rejects girl on account of his life being too violent. Girl cries. Villain kidnaps girl. Guy rescues girl. Kiss. Credits.

The bad guy/good girl equation: Homely girl. Guy with an attitude and loaded with cash. Initially, the guy takes up a bet to win girl’s heart. Girl shows her purity and homeliness by categorically refusing to play along and also exhibits just the right amount of disgust at being pursued by the spoilt hero.
Hero really falls in love and spends rest of the movie trying to show the girl he’s reformed and will give up all worldly wealth to live with her. Happily, this is not necessary and girl vows to be a good wife and keep the guy in check (chains?) for the rest of his life. The end.

Chick flick: Girl meets perfect guy. Girl also suffers from low self-esteem and therefore goes through the whole facade of being friends. Guy is too block headed to see the girl is nutty about him and gets infatuated with a hot bombshell. Girl retreats but seethes with ill-concealed jealousy. Ten minutes before the movie ends, guy realizes his mistake and runs after his best friend to make her believe that he was in love with her all along. This is generally done on crowded streets/in train stations/airport/girl’s native village,etc.

The tragedy: Guy meets perfect girl. Girl and guy fall in love. You have to note that the guy is either a very sincere and efficient policeman or anyone actually, who has a lot of very dangerous enemies. Girl dies in the end. Guy is heart-broken but continues with his service to society.


This entry will be continued as and when I come across more corny Tamil movie love stories. Till then, keep watching those delightfully lame and cliched movies. It's a culture, people.