''Nenu Local'' () is a 2017 Indian

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directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada, and produced by

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under

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. The film stars Nani,

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and

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, alongside

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and

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. The music was composed by

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, while cinematography and editing were handled by

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and

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. ''Nenu Local'' was released on 3 February 2017 to mixed reviews from critics and became major commercially successful at the box office. The film was remade in

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as '' Total Dadagiri'' and in Odia as ''Local Toka Love Choka''.

Plot

Babu, a college graduate with a carefree attitude, makes an exam supervisor help him pass the exam. After completing his exam, Babu falls for his classmate Keerthy and pursues her to accept his love. Keerthy soon falls for Babu after he helps her friend Paddu reunite with her fiancée. However, Babu's happiness is short-lived when he learns that Keerthy is engaged to SI Siddharth "Siddhu" Varma. Siddhu had fallen in love with Keerthy and met her father, who told Siddhu to achieve something in life. After getting posted as SI. Keerthy's father agrees to the proposal. Keerthy tells Babu to make her father accept him as his son-in-law, but trouble ensues as it is revealed that Keerthy's father is the same exam supervisor, who rejects Babu due to his carefree nature. Keerthy helps Babu to apply for a job, but Babu refuses, leading Keerthy to breakup with Babu. On the day of the wedding, The bride's father arrives and demands to call his son-in-law. Siddhu and Babu arrive and the bride's father aims a

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at Babu to kill him. In front of his impending death, Babu convinces the bride's father that his daughter could never be happy after her marriage because his daughter's fiancée loved Paddu. Keerthy's father criticize Babu's speech and taunts to shoot himself. Babu shoots himself with the bride's father's shotgun and gets severely injured where he is rushed to the hospital. Keerthy's father is convinced and accepts Babu and Keerthy's relationship. Few months later, Babu and Keerthy completes their graduation and get married. Babu participates in local elections and gets elected as the

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with huge majority of his

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, while Siddhu asks his father to find out if his would-be doesn't have a boyfriend like Babu.

Cast

Soundtrack

scored the soundtrack, which was released on 14 January 2017 on

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Reception

Critical response

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'' wrote "''Nenu Local'' is a likable love story, which is aimed at the youth and mass audience. Today’s younger generation will surely connect to Nani’s character and performance which is the biggest highlight of the film." Srividya Palarpathi of ''

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'' wrote "Nenu Local is incredibly predictable. If not for Nani’s comedy timing and skill to keep audiences glued to the seats, the movie would have had nothing much to offer." ''

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'' wrote "Plus points are Nani, entertainment and dialogues. On a whole, Nenu Local provides entertainment despite being routine."

Box office

The film grossed ₹24 crore at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend. By the end of its run, it was declared a blockbuster, becoming Nani's biggest solo commercial success to date, beating his previous record set by ''

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''. The movie subsequently became Nani's third film to gross $1 million in the US after ''

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'' and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Naan Local'' and in Hindi as ''Super Khiladi 4'' in 2018.

References

External links

* {{Trinadha Rao Nakkina 2017 films Indian action comedy films Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad 2010s Telugu-language films 2017 action comedy films 2017 romantic comedy films Telugu films remade in other languages Indian romantic comedy films Films directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina Sri Venkateswara Creations films