Love marriages, adorable proposals, elopement, and breakups, Maniratnam’s movies had it all. But in his unique and rational fashion keeping off from the more dramatic ways Tamil cinema always indulged itself into. Be it Alaipayuthey, Mauna Ragam, Roja, or Bombay Mani unleashes his imagination to conceptualize the best onscreen proposals ever to be created. For these reasons, it does not strike as a surprise that Alaipayuthey tops the list. If Madhavan entraining the coach (a ladies coach) same as Shalini travels to propose his love is endearing and far from being outrageous, his dialogues (‘Nee azhaga irukkanu ninaikala…) are simply adorable. Although we have no record of how many tried this tact and won in actual life, it isn’t a bad idea after all. Only that the ladies coaches are guarded with police protection these days – with female cops mostly.