Minnale

Minnale
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gautham Vasudev Menon
Written by	Gautham Vasudev Menon Vipul D. Shah Nagarajan
Produced by	Sunanda Murali Manohar
Starring	Madhavan Abbas Reema Sen
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Production company	Cee (I) TV Entertainment
Release date	2 February 2001 (2001-02-02)
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Minnale (transl. Lightning) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in his directoral debut. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah. The film stars Madhavan in the main lead role alongside Abbas and Reema Sen. It tells the story of a love-struck man, stealing the identity of his former college foe, to pursue his lady love, and the eventual repercussions he has to face when his cover is blown before he could come clean. The film's original soundtrack composed by debutant music composer Harris Jayaraj, became popular prior to the film's release. The cinematography of the film was handled by R. D. Rajasekhar and it was edited by Suresh Urs. Reema Sen made her Tamil debut through this film.

Minnale was released on 2 February 2001 to positive reviews and became a commercial success.^[1] Menon remade the film in Hindi which was released in the same year, the film was titled as Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, with Madhavan reprising his role, and making his Bollywood debut. The film was also remade in Kannada as Mr. Duplicate (2011).^[2] Despite being remade in Hindi, the film was also dubbed in Hindi as Mad Mad Ishq.^[3]