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GUESS WHAT happened at Hell on Friday? Lightning struck. `Minnale' thundered into Chennai with its audio release function, on Friday evening amid stars, singers and the film folk from Kodambakkam.

Remember, `Minnale' is only Madhavan's second Tamil film, if we can discount the dubbed `Relax'. So Maddy was there, seen with his wife as usual. But the star of the evening, the man whom everybody was praising was Harris Jeyaraj, the debutante music director.

First, it was the turn of folks from HMV and Saregama India, then it was Maddy who ``apologised'' for something he said before he signed the film. Apparently, Maddy was initially hesitant to do a film with all new comers-heroine Reema Sen, cinematographer Rajashekhar and music director Harris Jeyaraj.

But today, he confessed he was proud of the work that had gone into the making of Minnale and how ``humbled'' he had felt while doing it.

The evening started with a group of dancers hitting the floor, shaking a limb to a couple of tunes from the film. And then it was time for the introductions.

The shy director of the film, Gautham Vasudev Menon was incidentally an assistant to Rajeev Menon during his `Minsara Kanavu' days. The film produced by Dr. Murali Manohar of Cee (I) TV Entertainment is a story that revolves round chance. Madhavan plays Rajesh Subramaniam, a toughie doing his engineering, the gang-leader who believes in living for the moment than chasing love.

Predictably, Cupid strikes. And we can guess what happens after that. The film also stars Abbas. The stills show him holding Maddy (sporting a Tommy Hilfiger logo) by the collar. The trailers had a glimpse of a number shot at HFO, and the music definitely had people on their feet. Certainly an album to watch out for.

By Sudhish Kamath

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