3. When he dated Nayanthara

STR and Nayan were one of the most sought-after pairs in Tamil cinema but they had gotten on to a very rocky start. Meeting just before the shooting of Vallavan, their intimate pictures of kissing were leaked to the public and both actors were called out for allegedly being indecent. The pair used this to their advantage and even went so far as to replicate their real-life kiss in reel for the movie.