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{{short description|2019 Tamil-language comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mr. Local
| image = Mr. Local poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[M. Rajesh]]
| writer = M. Rajesh
| studio = [[Studio Green]]
| producer = [[K. E. Gnanavel Raja]]
| starring = [[Sivakarthikeyan]]<br />[[Nayanthara]]
| music = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| cinematography = [[Dinesh Krishnan]]<br />[[Arthur A. Wilson]] (1 song)
| editing = [[Vivek Harshan]]
| distributor = Tanvee Films<br />Sakthi Film Factory
| released = {{Film date|2019|05|17|df=y}}
| runtime = 154 minutes
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Mr. Local''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[M. Rajesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakarthikeyans-film-with-director-rajesh-titled-mr-local/articleshow/67792689.cms|title=Sivakarthikeyan's film with director Rajesh titled 'Mr Local' – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivakarthikeyan]] and [[Nayanthara]] in their second collaboration after [[Velaikkaran (2017 film)|''Velaikkaran'']].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sivakarthikeyan-s-film-rajesh-titled-mr-local-96169|title=SK13 titled Mr. Local|website=www.thenewsminute.com|date=4 February 2019|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/sivakarthikeyan-nayanthara-share-screen-space-mr-local-5566736/|title=Sivakarthikeyan and Nayanthara to share screen space in Mr Local|date=2019-02-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weportal.in/these-stills-from-siva-nayans-mr-local-is-breaking-the-internet/|title=These stills from Siva-Nayan's Mr Local is breaking the internet!|website=Weportal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>

The [[principal photography]] of the film commenced around May 2018 and post-production was progressing as of February 2019. The film was released on 17 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/feb/04/mr-local-in-its-final-stage-of-shooting-9942.html|title=Mr Local in its final stage of shooting|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-02-05}} .</ref> The film opened to mostly negative reviews, with many critics panning the story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/mr-local/movie-review/69369839.cms|title=Mr. Local Review {2/5}: The film is full of ineffective one-liners, illogical scenes and exhausting dialogues and songs}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The film begins in a jail in Paris, where a prisoner named Manohar "Mano" ([[Sivakarthikeyan]]), who is from [[Chennai]], India, has just been released on bail provided by the Indian Embassy. Before his release, he tells the jail warden about how he ended up in the Paris jail.

Mano is a middle-class youth who works as a salesperson in KUN [[Hyundai Group|Hyundai]] managed by Kuthala Sithambaram ([[Robo Shankar]]). One day, he meets with a minor accident involving Keerthana Vasudevan ([[Nayanthara]]), an arrogant television producer. Keerthana soon develops a hatred for Mano, who constantly irritates her with his antics. Keerthana's hatred for Mano is such that she buys the KUN Hyundai showroom only to fire him, and she even goes to the extent of firing Sithambaram and Mano's friend Raja ([[Sathish]]) just because they oppose her decision of terminating Mano.

Mano soon develops romantic feelings for Keerthana, but this only increases the friction between the two. Later, Keerthana meets with an accident and is admitted to the hospital by Mano, who even donates blood to her to save her life. Keerthana, who appears grateful to Mano for his gesture, invites him to Paris to meet her aunt and uncle and spend a few days with them, but this turns out to be a trap hatched by Keerthana to get rid of him once and for all. Keerthana speaks ill of Mano's family, which causes him to slap her in a rage. For this reason, he is arrested.

In the present day, following his release, Mano borrows the warden's motorbike to meet Keerthana before leaving for India. He sees Keerthana being chased by goons led by her fiancé Ashwin ([[Narayan Lucky]]) since she had called off the engagement after finding out that Ashwin is a [[transgender]] man and a [[misogyny|misogynist]] as well. Mano saves Keerthana from Ashwin and his goons, after which he leaves for India. It is at this juncture that Keerthana realises that she too loves Mano. She returns to Chennai a few days later and accepts Mano's love.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Sivakarthikeyan]] as Manohar, an employee at Hyundai car showroom in Chennai
* [[Nayanthara]] as Keerthana Vasudevan, CEO of KV Entertainments
* [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]] as Easwari, Mano's mother
* [[Sathish]] as P. Raja, Mano's friend who also works at the showroom but gets fired by Keerthana
* [[Yogi Babu]] as Auto Sekar, Mano's area friend
* [[Robo Shankar]] as Kuthala Sithambaram, manager of the Hyundai showroom
* [[Narayan Lucky]] as Ashwin, a businessman and Keerthana's fiancé
* [[Thambi Ramaiah]] as Lakshman, Keerthana's uncle and KV Entertainments manager
* [[John Vijay]] as Arjun Reddy, Raja's personal lawyer
* [[Anil Murali]] as Inspector Prasanna Kumar, a corrupt policeman
* Eruma Saani Harija as Divya, Mano's sister
* [[Shalu Shamu]] as Asha Jasmine, an employee at the car showroom
* Thaadi Balaji as serial director
* [[Nakshatra Nagesh]] as Sowmiya, a serial artist
* [[G. Marimuthu]] as Mayilvaganam
* Subhashini Kannan as Manohar's relative
* [[Lizzie Antony]] as Keerthana's Advocate
* Krithika Laddu as Manohar's Relative Girl
{{colend}}

== Production ==
Filming began in May 2018, marking Sivakarthikeyan's 13th film as lead actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020219/sivakarthikeyan-becomes-mr-local.html|title=Sivakarthikeyan becomes Mr Local|last=Subramanian|first=Anupama|date=2019-02-02|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> Portions of the film were shot in [[Chennai]]. The first look poster of the film was unveiled by actor Sivakarthikeyan himself through his [[Twitter]] account on 2 February 2019. The filmmakers confirmed that the film is not a remake of the 2017 Telugu hit film ''[[Nenu Local]]'' which starred [[Nani (actor)|Nani]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakarthikeyans-mr-local-is-not-a-telugu-remake/articleshow/67833586.cms|title=Sivakarthikeyan's 'Mr. Local' is not a Telugu remake – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> The film was shot extensively in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]].

== Music ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Mr. Local
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 17 May 2019
| recorded = 2019
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Single (music)|Single]]
| length = 18:07
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = [[Think Music India|Think Music]]
| producer = Hiphop Tamizha
| prev_title = [[Natpe Thunai]]
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = [[Comali]]
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
| audio1 =
}}
The score and soundtrack were composed by [[Hiphop Tamizha]]. The lyrics were written by Hiphop Tamizha, Mirchi Vijay, K. R. Dharan, [[Rokesh]], Paul B. Sailus and SanGan. [[Anirudh Ravichander]], [[Benny Dayal]], [[Sid Sriram]] and [[Sivakarthikeyan]], sung one song each for the film. All songs were released as singles.
{{tracklist
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 18:07
| title1 = Takkunu Takkunu
| lyrics1 = [[Mirchi Vijay]]
| extra1 = [[Anirudh Ravichander]]
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = Kalakkalu Mr Localu
| lyrics2 = K.R. Dharan
| extra2 = [[Sivakarthikeyan]]
| song = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFedeXtnyrI
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 =Menaminiki
| lyrics3 = [[Rokesh]]
| extra3 = [[Benny Dayal]], Snigdha Chandra
| length3 =3:52
| title4 = Mr. Local Theme
| lyrics4 = Hiphop Tamizha, Paul B Sailus, SanGan, K.R. Dharan
| extra4 = Hiphop Tamizha, Paul B Sailus, SanGan, Palaniammal
| length4 = 2:40
| title5 =Nee Nenacha
| lyrics5 = Hiphop Tamizha
| extra5 =[[Sid Sriram]]
| length5 = 4:28
| title6 =
| lyrics6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 =
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| lyrics7 =
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| lyrics8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 =
}}

== Release ==
''Mr. Local'' was released on 17 May 2019.<ref>https://silverscreen.in/reviews/mr-local-review-tamil-cinemas-worst-filmmaker-makes-his-worst-film/</ref> Satellite & Digital rights were sold to [[Sun TV (India)]] which premiered on 2 September 2019 at 6.30pm in Sun TV for [[Ganesh Chathurthi]].

== Reception ==
''Mr Local'' received negative reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why Sivakarthikeyan and Nayanthara's Mr Local is a mighty problematic film|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/standpoint/story/why-sivakarthikeyan-and-nayanthara-s-mr-local-is-a-mighty-problematic-film-1532876-2019-05-23|date=May 23, 2019|first=Janani|last=K.|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> ''Galatta'' wrote, "Mr Local fails to engage the audience with its unfunny comedies" and rated the movie 1.75 out of 5.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sivakarthikeyan's Mr Local Movie Review| first=Vivek| last=Raj| journal=Galatta}}</ref> Wetalkiess gave the film 2.5 out of 5, calling it an average movie which could have been better.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamilnews.wetalkiess.com/mr-local-movie-review/|title=மிஸ்டர் லோக்கல் விமர்சனம்|website=Wetalkiess|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> Behindwoods gave it 2.0 out of 5, stating that "''Mr. Local'' misses out on entertainment".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/mrlocal/mrlocal-review.html|title=Mr. Local Movie Review|website=Behindwoods|date=17 May 2019|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|tt9053416}}

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[[Category:2019 films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hiphop Tamizha]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Films directed by M. Rajesh]]
[[Category:2019 romantic comedy films]]

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