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Ahaan Pandey and Anit Padda’s Saiyaara is ruling the box office crossing ₹200 crore in 9 days. But decades ago one romantic film created even more frenzy. Its climax was so intense that distributors initially backed off fearing backlash. Yet when released it drew massive crowds overflowing emotions and made the makers rich. Love stories like Aashiqui Aashiqui 2 Rockstar Saiyaara and this 44-year-old classic have always deeply moved audiences so much so one real-life couple took a tragic step after watching it. Which film is this? Here we are talking about Ek Duuje Ke Liye which was released in the year 1981. Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri played the lead roles and it was helmed by legendary director Late K Balachander. This film is a love story of two neighbours which was set in the backdrop of Goa. In the film Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri are seen in the roles of Vasu and Sapna who are neighbours of each other in Goa. Both of them live next to each other but are unable to understand each others language. Sapna i.e. Rati Agnihotri is seen in the role of a girl from North India in the film while Vasu is a boy from South. The tragedy and controversy related to Ek Duuje Ke Liye After watching the climax of this film the couples sitting in the cinema halls cried a lot and a couple committed suicide after watching the film in Mumbai. Meanwhile before the release of the film there was a lot of controversy over the climax of Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotris film Ek Duuje Ke Liye in which both the hero and heroine die. No distributor was ready to buy the film for this reason. How was the box office reception? When director K Balachander released the film himself Ek Duje Ke Liye turned out to be a smashing blockbuster at the box office. According to media reports Ek Duje Ke Liye was made at a cost of approximately 10 lakhs and it earned a whopping Rs 10 crore in that era. The film garnered acclaim from critics who lauded its score—especially the track Tere Mere Beech Mein performed by Late S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and written by legendary Anand Bakshi and the casts performances. It also took home the award for Best Male Playback Singer (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) at the 28th National Film Awards.