Claim: R. Madhavan was in the cast of a movie.

Minnale -LRB- Lightning -RRB- is a 2001 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Gautham Menon . The film featured Madhavan , Abbas and Reemma Sen in the lead , with Vivek and Nagesh also appearing in pivotal roles . The film 's soundtrack was composed by newcomer Harris Jayaraj , which became very successful prior to release , helping the film at the box office . Marketed as a Valentine 's Day release , Minnale opened to positive reviews from critics and enjoyed significant commercial success . This movie was dubbed into Telugu as Cheli .