KO

The next instalment from director KV Anand. A subject that had all the potential to create as much impact as another Ayutha Ezhuthu chose not to travel that far. When a movie based on politics and elections is released a month after the state elections, something does not sound right. Was there political pressure to delay the release? Had it been released a couple of months prior, could it have made better revenue? All such irrelevant issues aside, what does the movie have to offer?

The first and biggest winner is KV Anand himself. For his cinematography and not for his direction. I don't know why this movie is not a run-of-the-mill stuff. Perhaps because of a dearth of movies in the past couple of months, thanks to the Cricket World Cup, the IPL and the State Elections. The story is layered enough to keep you guessing, but the college flashback could have been brought a bit earlier, for it only manages to bring the pace of the movie down a notch. Jiva and Karthika Nair do enough. Ajmal earns the extra points. Pia was a good casting for a queasy role that could have been done without. Harris Jayaraj gets marks for his songs, but loses them for the BGM. On the whole, KO is a clear entertainer and nothing more, but could have been. But then, it never pretended to be anything more either.