Kolamavu Kokila

Kolamaavu Kokila
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nelson Dilipkumar
Written by	Nelson Dilipkumar
Produced by	Allirajah Subaskaran
Starring	Nayanthara Yogi Babu Saranya Ponvannan R. S. Shivaji Hareesh Peradi Charles Vinoth
Cinematography	Sivakumar Vijayan
Edited by	R. Nirmal
Music by	Anirudh Ravichander
Production company	Lyca Productions
Distributed by	Zee Studios Ayngaran International
Release date	17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kolamaavu Kokila (transl. Kolam-powder Kokila) aka CoCo is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by debutant Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Lyca Productions. The film stars Nayanthara in the lead role alongside a supporting cast including Yogi Babu, Saranya Ponvannan, R. S. Shivaji, Charles Vinoth, and Hareesh Peradi. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's music. The film, which was also released in Telugu as "Ko Ko Kokila". A Hindi remake of the film, Good Luck Jerry is being produced by Aanand L. Rai starring Janhvi Kapoor, who is reprising the role played by Nayanthara.^[1] The film was released on 17 August 2018 and earned over ₹20 crore (US$2.8 million).

Plot[]

The film opens with the killing of a police officer by a cocaine-dealer lord Bhai and his henchmen. Kokila struggles to find a job to take care of her parents and sister. She stumbles on the cocaine smuggling business of Mohan. When her mother is diagnosed with lung cancer, Kokila is forced to work for Mohan. Her cunning earns her a name in the business. The new inspector Guru is a no-nonsense cop and cracks down on drug dealers. Kokila is almost caught a couple of times but manages to evade the authorities. She convinces Mohan to kill two of his henchmen suspected of leaking information and then decides to quit the business. Mohan seemingly accepts but tries to rape her. She beats him up and tries to flee with her family but is caught by Bobi, who had recruited her initially. He demands that she deliver a one last consignment of 100 kilos to Alphonse. Kokila is forced to accept and enlists the help of her family. Shekhar and Lakshman Kumar join them unaware of their smuggling. She delivers the load, but it is revealed that she switched most of it for salt. She then tricks Bobi to double-cross Bhai and then frames him for swindling Bhai. She has him killed and continues the shipment run. On the way, she is caught by the police, who were Alphonse's men in disguise. She manages to avoid getting tortured and kills off her captors with the help of her family. Guru tracks her down and arrests her. Kokila makes a deal with him to nab Bhai and bring the whole drug business down. The plan works out, Bhai is shot dead, and Kokila and her family escape punishment. In the end, the family starts a legitimate business of Kolam powder, calling it 'Kokila Kolamaavu'.

Cast[]

Special appearances in the promotional song "Kabiskabaa CoCo"

• Bijili Ramesh
• Lollu Sabha Manohar
• Theepetti Ganesan

Production[]

Nelson Dilipkumar, a creative director associated with the programs for the television channel Star Vijay, earlier announced a project in 2011 titled Vettai Mannan starring Silambarasan, Jai, Deeksha Seth and Hansika Motwani. But the film ran into production trouble, despite half of the film's shoot being completed.^[2] In July 2017, he was offered by Lyca Productions to direct a female-oriented film starring Nayanthara in the lead.^[3] Sources from the production house claimed that, the film will be a "black comedy on the lines of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan", with Anirudh Ravichander being roped in to compose music for the film. It further added that Nayanthara was impressed with the script and the production house had her dates as the actress relieved off all her other commitments.^[4] Post the announcement of the film, the team further discussed with Saranya Ponvannan and Yogi Babu to cast them in prominent roles, with Sivakumar Vijayan and R. Nirmal were announced as the cinematographer and editor.^[5] While the title was initially announced as Co Co, it was further changed to Kolamaavu Kokila.^[6]

The shoot began in 23 August 2017, with television anchor Jacqueline joined the cast during the first schedule.^[7] Nelson Dilipkumar added that the film will be shot extensively across Chennai and its outskirts. Despite eight days of shoot being continued, production came to an halt on 1 September after a strike organised by Film Employees Federation of South India which lasted for 12 days.^[8] Shooting of the film went ahead for four months and was completed on 5 January 2018.^[9]

Soundtrack[]

Kolamavu Kokila
Soundtrack album by Anirudh Ravichander
Released	23 July 2018
Recorded	2018
Studio	Albuquerque Records, Chennai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:10
Language	Tamil
Label	Zee Music Company
Producer	Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander chronology
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018) Kolamavu Kokila (2018) Petta (2019)
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Singles from Kolamavu Kokila
"Edhuvarayo" Released: 8 March 2018 "Kalyana Vayasu" Released: 15 May 2018 "Orey Oru" Released: 13 June 2018

The film's six-song soundtrack and score is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his first collaboration with Nelson Dilipkumar. Lyrics for the songs were written by Vivek, Vignesh Shivan, Arunraja Kamaraj and actor Sivakarthikeyan, in his first stint as lyricist.^[10] After three songs — "Edhuvarayo", "Kalyana Vayasu" and "Orey Oru" — were released as singles on 8 March,^[11] 15 May^[12] and 13 June 2018,^[13] the soundtrack was released by Zee Music Company on 23 July 2018.^[14] The song "Kalyana Vayasu" was a viral hit, but Anirudh was accused of plagarising the tunes from Sannan's "Don’t Lie" and Chibz's "Feeling Me", for the song.^[15] Responding to the allegations, the composer revealed that he had used the license for the beat.^[16][17] The song was later removed from YouTube, citing the copyright issues^[18] and another version sung by Abhay Jodhpurkar was uploaded to YouTube on 25 January 2019, drawing criticism from its audience.^[19]

The soundtrack received positive response from critics. Behindwoods gave 3 out of 5 stars, saying that the album "is full of youthful exuberance" and "gives a trippy experience".^[20] Thinkal Menon of The Times of India reviewed the album as a "pleasant one" although it reminds of Anirudh’s previous works".^[21]Moviecrow rated 3.75/5 stating "Anirudh Ravichander's knack for delivering catchy and immensely enjoyable tracks continues in Kolamaavu Kokila."^[22] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog called it as "one of Anirudh's best" further praising him for "producing massively entertaining music".^[23]

Release[]

Kolamavu Kokila was released on 17 August 2018.^[24][25]

Box office[]

The film collected close to ₹4 crore (US$560,000) in first day and ₹3.1 crore (US$430,000) to ₹7.1 crore (US$1.0 million) in second day. The film collected ₹14.75 crore (US$2.1 million) in five days in Tamil Nadu. The film collected ₹29.02 lakh (US$41,000) in United States,₹10.61 lakh (US$15,000) in Canada, ₹24.62 lakh (US$35,000) in UK, ₹11.74 lakh (US$16,000) in Australia and ₹33.67 lakh (US$47,000) in Malaysia.^[26] In its first nine days, the film had grossed ₹20 crore (US$2.8 million).^[27]

Awards and nominations[]

References[]

External links[]

• Kolamavu Kokila at IMDb