Minnale is a 2001 Indian Tamil romantic comedy-drama film by first time director Gautham Vasudev Menon from a story and screenplay written by Gautham Vasudev Menon and Vipul D. Shah. Starring Madhavan, Abbas, Reema Sen, Vivek and Nagesh it tells the story of a love-struck protagonist stealing the identity of his former college foe to pursue his lady love and the eventual repercussions he has to face when the truth is revealed. The film's original soundtrack composed by first time music composer Harris Jayaraj, became a chart buster prior to the movie's release. The cinematography of the film was handled by R. D. Rajasekhar and Ravi Varman and it was edited by Suresh Urs. The movie was marketed as a Valentine's Season release and upon its release Minnale opened to positive reviews from critics and enjoyed stupendous commercial success catapulting Gautham Vasudev Menon, Harris Jayaraj and Madhavan to instant stardom.