Minnale

Minnale (transl. Lightning) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language musical romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in his directoral debut. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah. The film, starring Madhavan, Abbas and Reema Sen, tells the story of a 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.

Initially scheduled for a Valentine's Day release, the release date of 'Minnale' was preponed to 2 February 2001 to avoid competition with another film Piriyatha Varam Vendum starring Prashanth and Shalini releasing in the same week. Menon remade the film in Hindi which was shot simultaneously and 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). Despite the Hindi remake, it was also dubbed into the same language as Mad Mad Ishq (2020).