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Minnale is a film of genre Drama directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon with R. Madhavan
Minnale (2001)
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Add to a movie listMinnale (Tamil: மின்னலே; English: Lightning) is a 2001 romantic Tamil film written and directed by Gautham Menon. The film featured Madhavan, Abbas and Reemma Sen, with Vivek and Nagesh also appearing in pivotal roles. It's soundtrack was composed by debutant Harris Jayaraj, which became very successful prior to release, helping the film at the box office. It opened to positive reviews from critics and enjoyed significant commercial success. It emerged as the top grosser of the year.
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The movie opens in an engineering college in Ooty with a narration of the characters. Rajiv Samuel (Abbas) is a computer engineering student and is one of the top students in the college, whereas Rajesh (R. Madhavan) is a mechanical engineering student who is the bad guy of the college. A mutual problem between the two groups led by both Samuel and Rajesh puts both Sam and Rajesh at loggerheads and they pull pranks on each other to get the other in trouble. It culminates into a fist fight but is soon broken up their friends. In the fight, Rajesh punches Sam in the face, which is against the rule, and Sam promises to return the favor in future. They graduate from the college soon and promise to not see each other ever again. Sam goes abroad for job, while Rajesh stays back in India saying that he does not want to leave his motherland.Actors
R. Madhavan
(Rajesh Shivakumar)
Abbas
(Rajiv Samuel)
Reema Sen
(Reena Joseph)
Nagesh
(Subramanyam 'Subbuni')
Vivek
(Chockalingam)
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