No discussion of Tamil romantic storylines is complete without 96 . While not a conventional fixed relationship, the film hinges on a past fix —a youthful promise and a missed connection. The protagonists, Ram and Janu, are bound by memories and a single "fixed" moment (the painting, the bench, the school trip). The entire film is an aching exploration of what happens when a relationship is fixed in destiny but never in society. It turned the trope on its head: the most powerful romance is the one that was almost fixed.