
He plays as a Mechanical engineering student, a field of study that I guess became popular after this film. The ‘Maddy Maddy’ theme not just served the purpose for hero introduction, but also gave Madhavan the nickname ‘Maddy’. The college sequence first introduces Sam and then Rajesh. It’s a classic line that you think he is referring to the romantic relationship, instead it’s the hatred he shares with Sam in the college. The film opens with Rajesh narrating, “Uravigal thodarkathai nu solluvanga…enga rendu per kulla irukura intha uravum oru thodarkathai ah irukum”.

The character doesn’t come suddenly in the middle of the film, rather his character is introduced in the prologue. But Gautham brings a refreshing take on this character, Sam (Abbas).

The film uses one of the most used technique to create conflict in the love story which is America-return groom. Reena’s character may not be the best ones that he has written, but it’s definitely a better one compared to the roles that were written during that time.Īs a story, it’s a normal love story as compared to the intense ‘ Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya’, which he made 10 years later. The film also marked the debut of Gautham Vasudev Menon, a director who later went on to make amazing cop films, and romantic films with amazing songs and dignified female characters. Each song from this album is a gem which I will discuss as I go along. Minnale marked the debut of Harris Jayaraj, who bagged the Filmfare aware for this album and broke the continuous winning streak (9 times) of AR Rahman. To such a beautiful titular scene, Harris Jayaraj elevates it with a mesmerizing ‘Poopol Poopol’ song. Rajesh, who is in the telephone booth, watches the happenings and a lightning flashes to reveal her face.

Reena steps down from her repaired car and joins the kids.

He is describing the first time he saw her, which is one of the most beautiful heroine introduction scene in Tamil cinema. “Minnal veluchathula oru ponna paathen…Avalum oru minnal maari than…Oru flash” (I saw a girl in the light of the lightening…she is also like a lightening…a flash), says Rajesh (R Madhavan) to Reena (Reema Sen). Cast: R Madhavan, Reema Sen, Abbas, Vivek, Nagesh
