Nenu Local
2017 film by Trinadha Rao Nakkina
Nenu Local (transl. I'm Local) is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language masala film directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada, and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film stars Nani, Keerthy Suresh and Naveen Chandra, alongside Sachin Khedekar, Tulasi, Posani Krishna Murali, Easwari Rao and Rao Ramesh. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, while cinematography and editing were handled by Nizar Shafi and Prawin Pudi.
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 Bengali 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.
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