![]() ![]() Director Balaji Mohan came on board as co-producer of the film which also marked his maiden feature film production venture for his Open Window Productions banner. Yogi Babu was roped into playing the lead role in the film as a barber. The film was announced by debutant director Madonne Ashwin in July 2019, and the principal photography of the film began the very same day. The movie ends with a 'surprising' result to the election that is not disclosed but it is implied that Nelson Mandela voted for NOTA(None Of The Above), in effect meaning there was a tie. with their wealth, due to there being a contract from a man wishing to establish a quartz factory, which is worth 300 million. In the process, Mandela gets the two contenders to improve the village by laying a road, building a school etc. The rest of the movie is about who gets Nelson Mandela's vote to win. The tie breaker vote falls upon a lower-caste local hairstylist named Smile alias Nelson Mandela ( Yogi Babu) who recently joined the voter list. Based on pre-polling it turns out the vote is split. The election is divided along caste lines, as the elder son's mother is a Northerner and the mother of the younger son is a Southener. When the long unopposed President of the Village, a follower of caste indiscrimination, becomes paralyzed months before the local body election, his two sons Rathinam and Mathi decide to run for president. In a small village named Soorangudi in Tamil Nadu, the population of around 1000 people are split into two caste-based factions, Northerners and Southerners. At the 68th National Film Awards, it won 2 awards for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Screenplay (Dialogues), both for Madonne Ashwin. It was shortlisted as one among the 14 Indian films to be nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 94th Academy Awards scheduled to be held in mid-2022. The film received widespread critical acclaim praising the script, performances and technical aspects of the film. ![]() The film was directly released via Star Vijay on 4 April 2021 and internationally through Netflix, the following day. The film is set on the backdrop of a village panchayat election scenario between two political parties where a local barber's vote will determine the fate of the election. The music for the film is composed by Bharath Sankar, whereas cinematography and editing were handled by Vidhu Ayyanna and Philomin Raj respectively. The film being titled after the late South African President Nelson Mandela, stars Yogi Babu in the titular lead role while Sheela Rajkumar, Kanna Ravi, Sangili Murugan and G. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios while director Balaji Mohan, co-produced the film under his banner Open Window Productions. Mandela is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language political satire television film written and directed by Madonne Ashwin on his directorial debut and produced by S. ![]()
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