- Country: India
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release: 2001-02-02
- Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
- Writers: Gautham Vasudev Menon
- Language: Tamil
- Stars: Madhavan (I) , Abbas , Reema Sen , Nagesh , Vivek , N. Krishna , Vidharth
- Runtime: 171 min
- Awards: 3 wins
- AKA: Minnale (India) , Молния (Russian Federation) , Minnale , Cheli (India) , Minnale (India)
- Plot: Rajesh (Madhavan) is a college hoodlum who has his first crush on Reena Joseph (Reema Sen), who unfortunately, is engaged to be married to Rajiv, an Indian engineer settled abroad. In an effort to gain her heart, Rajesh impersonates Rajiv and gets close to Reena, aided by his grandfather (Nagesh) and his crooked sidekick (Vivek). However, the real Rajiv shows up, bringing a shocking end to Reena's romantic interlude.
- IMDB:tt0357905
Minnale Cast · · · ALL
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Director
Madhavan
(I)
Rajesh Shivakumar
Abbas
Rajiv Samuel
Reema Sen
Reena Joseph
Vivek
Chockalingam
Nagesh
Subramanyam 'Subbuni'
Janaki Sabesh
Rajiv's mother
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Flower deliveryman
Vidharth
Rajesh's classmate (uncredited)
N. Krishna
Lorry driver
Pondy Ravi
Ravi
Nagendra Prasad
Dancer in 'Azhagiya Theeye' song
Shobi Paulraj
Dancer in 'Azhagiya Theeye' song
Fathima Babu
Shanthi
Rajiv Choudhry
Rajiv's father
R.D. Rajasekhar