| Mandela | |
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| Genre | Political satire Comedy drama |
| Written by | Madonne Ashwin |
| Directed by | Madonne Ashwin |
| Starring | Yogi Babu Sheela Rajkumar |
| Music by | Bharath Sankar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| Production | |
| Producers | S. Sashikanth Chakravarthy Ramachandra Balaji Mohan |
| Cinematography | Vidhu Ayyanna |
| Editor | Philomin Raj |
| Running time | 140 minutes |
| Production companies | YNOT Studios Reliance Entertainment Open Window Productions Wishberry Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Vijay |
| Release | April 4, 2021 |
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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. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios while director Balaji Mohan, co-produced the film under his banner Open Window Productions. 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. M. Sundar play supportive roles.[1] 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 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.[1] The film was directly released via Star Vijay on 4 April 2021 and internationally through Netflix, the following day.[2] The film received universal acclaim praising the script, performances and technical aspects of the film. 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.[3][4][5] 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. The film was remade in Telugu as Martin Luther King (2023).[6]
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- ^ "Yogi Babu's 'Mandela' makes it to the shortlist of films for India's entry to the Academy Awards". The Times of India. 21 October 2021. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Nayattu, Mandela in shortlist of films for India's entry to Academy Awards". The News Minute. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Yogi Babu's Mandela is under consideration for India's entry to the Oscars!". Sify. 22 October 2021. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Venkatesh Maha's new film titled Martin Luther King". 123Telugu. 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.