The greatest romantic line in recent Tamil theatre isn't "I love you." It is a line spoken by an aging actor to his estranged wife in a revival of Yaarukkum Vetkam Illai : "Kayiru azhintha odam mathiri irukom. Aanalum indha karaikku katti kolla oru mudichu indha kaiyil irukku." (We are like a boat whose rope has snapped. But I still have a knot in my hand to tie us to the shore.)
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