Nayanthara’s real-life romantic journey has been heavily documented by the media, marked by high-profile heartbreaks before she found lasting love. The Early Years: Silambarasan (Simbu)

If the Simbu affair was fire, the relationship with was a tsunami. The dancer-choreographer-director was married to Ramlath (and later legally divorced her while she was battling cancer—a fact that tainted his public image). When Prabhu Deva began directing Nayanthara in films like Villu and the Hindi film R... Rajkumar , they fell in love.