Kamal Haasan and Gautami Tadimalla

Tamil cinema’s most famous couple Kamal Haasan and Gautami Tadimalla called it quits after living together for 13 years in 2016. Gautami, a cancer survivor, has a 19-year-old daughter, Subbalakshmi from her first marriage and was living with Kamal since 2003. Kamal and Gautami have known each other since they did Apoorva Sagodharargal in 1989 and have always remained very close friends. She and Kamal had refused to marry each other, citing ‘lack of faith in marriage’ as the main reason. While Kamal didn’t comment on their break-up, Gautami took to her blog to share the news. She wrote:

“It is heartbreaking for me to have to say today that I and Mr Haasan are no longer together. After almost 13 years together, it has been one of the most devastating decisions that I have ever had to make in my life. It is never easy for anyone in a committed relationship to realise that their paths have irreversibly diverged and that the only choices in front of them are to either compromise with their dreams for life or to accept the truth of their solitude and move ahead. It has taken me a very long time, a couple of years at the very least, to accept this heartbreaking truth and come to this decision.”