Kolamavu Kokila (2018)

Original title

கோலமாவு கோகிலா

Directed by

Nelson Dilipkumar

Genre

black comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

UA

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman starts smuggling drugs to pay for her mother's cancer treatment. As she gets deeper into the criminal world, her whole family ends up in danger.

darkly comictensecozyunsettlingfast-pacedsuspensefulbleakwitty

What happens

Kolamaavu Kokila (transl. Kolam-powder Kokila) abbreviated as CoCo, is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran of Lyca Productions. The film stars Nayanthara, alongside Yogi Babu, Saranya Ponvannan, Saravanan, VJ Jacqueline, R. S. Shivaji, Charles Vinoth and Hareesh Peradi. It follows a woman who takes to drug smuggling to fund her mother's cancer treatment, but her entire family is dragged into danger after she goes deeper into the criminal underworld. The film, the directorial debut of Nelson, was announced in July 2017. Principal photography began the following month, and ended by January 2018. Anirudh Ravichander composed the music, while Sivakumar Vijayan handled the cinematography and R. Nirmal was the editor. Kolamaavu Kokila was released on 17 August 2018 and became a commercial success, grossing ₹73 crore (equivalent to ₹117 crore or US$12 million in 2023) against a budget of ₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹13 crore or US$1.3 million in 2023). It received four nominations in the Tamil branch at the 66th Filmfare Awards South, including Best Actress (Nayanthara) and Best Supporting Actor (Yogi Babu) with Saranya winning Best Supporting Actress. The film was remade in Hindi as Good Luck Jerry (2022). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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