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Mandela is an Indian Tamil-language political satire film written and directed by Madonne Ashwin on his directorial debut and produced by S. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios while co-produced by Balaji Mohan of Open Window Productions. The film is titled after the late South African President Nelson Mandela. The film stars Yogi Babu in the main lead role while Sheela Rajkumar, Kanna Ravi, Sangili Murugan and G. M. Sundar play supportive roles. The music for the film is composed by Bharath Shankar, whereas cinematography and editing were handled by Vidhu Ayyanna and Philomin Raj.

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 film was directly released via Star Vijay on 4 April 2021 and internationally through Netflix, the following day.