Minnale (2001)

Original title

மின்னலே

Directed by

Gautham Vasudev Menon

Genre

romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 30m

Rated

U

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man pretends to be someone else to win over a woman he likes. He lies about his identity to get close to her, but his plan unravels when the real man shows up.

romanticupbeatdeceptivebittersweetlight-heartedenergeticnostalgic

What happens

Minnale (transl. 'Lightning') is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in his directorial 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 enemy, to pursue his lady love, and the eventual repercussions he has to face when his enemy arrives. 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 and became a major commercial success. Menon remade the film in Hindi the same year as Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, with Madhavan reprising his role and debuting in Hindi cinema. The Hindi one was remade in Punjabi in 2010 as Mel Karade Rabba starring Jimmy Shergill, Neeru Bajwa and Gippy Grewal with Diljeet Dosanjh in a cameo. The film was also remade in Kannada as Mr. Duplicate (2011). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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