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As someone who watches a lot of what Hollywood has to offer, I often find myself complaining about most of the Indian films I watch. Often its about the unreal elements, hallow characters, superficiality, lack of depth in the story, and just the overall quality. But then there are often films like 'Ko' that come around and shut me right up.

'Ko' is one of the best political thrillers Tamil Cinema has had to offer since Mudhalvan. Every element of this film, starting from the opening credits is high end and shows the director's sensibility. Anand gives us a complete film done to perfection. 'Ko' has a great story, that is very eventful and the screenplay is perfect, and well-suited. Jiiva does an amazing job and is very convincing, as is Ameer, which allows for one of the best twists.

The music is well scored, and Karthika is not too bad as the new-comer. But the character we all truly fall in love with is that played by Piaa Bajpai, who's adorable and charming and does complete justice to her purpose in the film. I don't have a single complaint about this film, and feel like films like these, that are smart and sophisticated, pave way for a new era of Indian cinema. This time, truly making it an art rather than a money collector.

If you're someone who's sick of mainstream films stuck in their loop for decades now, then don't miss this film. It's sure to leave you satisfied and wanting more.

The movie starts off with a bank robbery and Jeeva's breathtaking bike chase...This itself attracts everyone...Jeeva(Ashwin) is a sharp and smart photographer who stands against crimes and manages politicians whenever required and finally trap them on time by just a click!.Karthika(Renu) is an editor in the same press company (Dina Anjal).Piya(Saro) is a cute and bubbly girl who loves Ashwin and tries to propose him..but as usual u know, he loves the right person. Ajmal is a well wisher of people and tries to create a youth political party to serve people. Soon Jeeva(Ashwin) becomes a friend of him and helps him to come to politics. So Jeeva decides to take care of other bad politicians. Amidst all this, a love story and comedy scenes are incorporated.The climax is superb because of the unbelievable TWIST! The comedy scenes inside the press office are hilarious! The song "Ennamo Edho" ROCKS!.. Hats off to Harris Jayaraj again! The movie is a mixture of Love and Politics. A different and entertaining movie. Must Watch :)

Journalists are until known to be portrayed in a clichéd manner in Tamil cinema, wearing a pyjama kurtha, spotted with a beard carrying a long shoulder bag. Times have changed and so are the lives and struggles of journalists

Ko' speaks about power struggle and press freedom, laced with all commercial ingredients in an interesting manner. All credits should go to the script and screenplay. Tautly written, there are hardly any logical loopholes.

Jeeva is impressive and played his part exceedingly well. He looks a typical photojournalist. His body language and dialogue delivery are worth a watch. An intense performer, Jeeva pulls it off with ease.

Karthika as Renuka brings out the nuances needed for the role well. She has not exaggerated. She downplays her emotions to gel with the character. Ajmal is a revelation as an aspiring politico Vasanthan. His looks compliment the character.

Anand deserves all accolades for rendering a brisk entertainer that is devoid of clichés. Racy all through, it is a movie that is worth a watch .....Great Film !!!!

After Ayan, everyone has been eagerly anticipating for Ko since the teaser was released. K.V. Anand has done a wonderful job in his third film as a director with a full-fledged political thriller with adequate doses of romance and humour without deviating from the original story. It is not exactly a good-versus-bad theme here unlike most of other movies with political themes. But unexpected twists will keep the audience glued to their seats.

Jiiva as Ashwin excels in his role as a photographer. Karthika Nair marked her debut with a decent performance while Piaa Bajpai fulfills the requirements of her role well. The show stealer is undoubtedly Ajmal. His performance as a youth revolutionary leader is outstanding. Stalwarts like Prakashraj and Kota Srinivasa Rao played their characters with their usual finesse.

The highlight of the film is the cinematography. Richard M.Nathan did a wonderful job with the camera. Be it the fights or the songs, he shot the scenes with sheer brilliance. The locales of Norway and China are spellbinding and eye-catching, thanks to the cinematographer's efforts.

Harris Jayaraj did a superb job in Ayan and he repeated the magic in Ko as well. The BGM is apt for the scenes although it was a bit loud in certain parts. Anthony's editing is as usual, crisp and maintains the pace of the film well. Peter Hein's stunts are a treat for the action buffs. The songs are choreographed perfectly according to the mood of the songs. The nothing-great Gala Gala song does not live up to its pre-release build-up despite a host of well-known faces making cameo appearances.

In short, Ko is a brilliantly shot political thriller laced with the usual commercial elements. If Ayan showed us about smuggling activities, Ko is all about political revolution. Hats off to K.V. Anand for presenting us three different films with three different themes.

Headline. Scoop. Byte. Edition. These words are familiar with all journalists. For a layman it's the newspaper that he reads finally counts. A photojournalist-turned-director, K V Anand, with 'Ko', has rendered a movie that is like reading a newspaper fresh and folded very early in the morning from page one till the last.

Journalists are until known to be portrayed in a clichéd manner in Tamil cinema, wearing a pyjama kurtha, spotted with a beard carrying a long shoulder bag. Times have changed and so are the lives and struggles of journalists.

With 'Ko', Anand has turned the arc light on the unsung heroes of modern India, the neo-journalists, their dedication and passion towards the profession.

Anand has proved his mettle coming with intense thrillers with great detailing, thanks to writers Suba in his side as it was evident in 'Kanna Kandein' and 'Ayan'.

'Ko' speaks about power struggle and press freedom, laced with all commercial ingredients in an interesting manner. All credits should go to the script and screenplay. Tautly written, there are hardly any logical loopholes.

Be it a hardworking scribe or a photographer who are chasing sensation news, a power-lust Chief Minister, or an opposition leader, or a youth who wants to change the political system, all characters do have a say in the film. Anand has woven all of them craftily.

The movie revolves around Ashwin (Jeeva), who is a talented photographer in a Tamil daily Dina Anjali. He is the sought-after lensman in his newspaper for his images speak a thousand words and bring awareness.

There are a couple of other journalists in the same media house- Renuka (Karthika), who covers sensational events and entertainment -in-charge Saro (Piya). They develop an affinity for Ashwin.

A battle begins in Tamil Nadu as Assembly elections are announced. It becomes a direct war between Chief Minister Yogeswaran (Prakash Raj) and opposition leader Alavandan (Kota Sreenivasa Rao). As typical politicians, as they are portrayed, they do everything under the sun to come to power.

But Renuka and Ashwin's brilliant investigative reports and photographs, help a third force led by youth Vasanthan (Ajmal) emerge the front-runner. He is a symbol of modern Indian youth who believes in clean politics.

At an election rally of Vasanthan, a bomb goes off killing Saro. Vasanthan goes on to win the polls. Now the onus falls on Ashwin and Renuka to find the real culprits behind the attack. Get ready to watch an unpredictable climax.

Jeeva is impressive and played his part exceedingly well. He looks a typical photojournalist. His body language and dialog delivery are worth a watch. An intense performer, Jeeva pulls it off with ease.

Karthika as Renuka brings out the nuances needed for the role well. She has not exaggerated. She downplays her emotions to gel with the character. Ajmal is a revelation as an aspiring politico Vasanthan. His looks compliment the character.

The veterans Prakash Raj and Kota Sreenivasa Rao have played their part well. They have given right emotions needed for the roles. Piaa in the supporting character is adequate. Watch out for Sona in a cameo. Chinmayi's dubbing for Karthika is apt.

Harris Jayaraj is a major attraction. All his songs pep up the environment. 'Ennamo Yedho...' is pick of the album.

Anand deserves all accolades for rendering a brisk entertainer that is devoid of clichés. Racy all through, it is a movie that is worth a watch, if you are really not bothered about logic at certain places.

The reason why the story of KO feels to be so strong comparing to other aspects of the film is that, the story seems more similar to Kevin MacDonald's 2009 block buster, STATE OF PLAY, starring Russell Crowe and Ben Afflect. I feel that Ko is the same story of SOP, with a screenplay to suit tamil cinema. Jeeva plays the role of Russell Crowe while Ajmal takes Ben Affleck's. The saddest part is that having the original movie released a couple of years back , the desi director couldn't improvise the screenplay. I feel for people who haven't seen SOP, would find KO impressive, others who have seen SOP would have a Stomach Burn, as i did. More drawbacks, heroine who doesn't know to act, doesn't know to dance. Lame music by the ace music director, and irrelevant bgm throughout the movie.

well...to speak about the script...it has got most of the grasp power...honestly trust me ...whn i went to c this movie and asked reviews from people i heard them saying this movie is 100 times better than ayan and u will notice an unexpectd twist..with this excitement i went...i was blank in mind when i was seeing.but at the 20th minute of the movie i predicted almost the entire story..i can withstand all the comments given by users and all ppl..except for one status updated by some dumbass which said KV ANAND IS THE GUY TO BEAT MANI RATNAM AND SHANKAR..wat the F ..he can overcome shankar but never mani...but i would like to give more credits to screenplay and song locations..and u would notice in the climax the greatest fun where a number of land mines fall from a cupboard and nothing blows..and hero escape even after stamping it and he takes minimum of 4 seconds to escape from the blast.even though these wont be considered and these r of primary importance in a tamil cinema...guys if u wanna enjoy an extreme commercial go ahead get a popcorn and enjoy .

The word KO means a leader or king in,I wonder why the director kept this title for the film.I say it for sure that Tamil cinema lost a good title.

Moreover it is an unofficial remake of state of play.even after remaking the film the director of the film K.V.Anand did'n say anything about state of play,at least he could have mentioned it in any TV shows, like what director myskin did for yutham sei.

The first scene of the film was too bad that the robbers were looking like some idiotic goons who don't know even how to handle a pistol.They were very powerful that they even break very hard glasses with their shoes(what a man).

Hero of the film Jeeva who gave remarkable performances throughout his career gave even a better performance which was the only good aspect of the film.

Entry of new face Kaarthiga(daughter of Raadha)is a great disaster for Tamil cinema,she don't know even how to act or dance.For every scene she gives same reaction.

There were many unwanted comedies which were not needed for the film which made me shout at the theater.

In the climax even after pulling the trigger of the bomb it waits for jeeva to jump out and then he lands safely without any fractures(once again , What a man).

I am sure that harris jayaraj (the one who thinks himself as hans zimmer) has stolen the title theme from wrestlemania theme !!!!!

please get out of our country you filthy copycat.

I pray to god to give a good movie taste for tamil audience.

Good Movie. Everybody acted very well in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were so good. The 1st half in the movie was so interesting and thrilling. The 2nd half in the lagged and bored a lot at some scenes.

Expectations of the film was high. Successful director, Production house with wide reach, protagonist is a photographer(a rare phenomenon), great trailer song. But that's the end of the positives. Film could not deliver anything more on the show day. It is the same old story : "Hero fights the bad guys all by himself and saves the world" Couple this formula with unrealistic situations( which,by the way, are abundant in this film), an heroine who cant "act". Moreover few songs were just "inserted" into the plot.They just didn't fit in.

Overall a normal movie pictured in a good way.Definitely watchable.But highly overrated.

Good Movie. Everybody acted very well in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were so good. The 1st half in the movie was so interesting and thrilling. The 2nd half in the lagged and bored a lot at some scenes. Good Movie.

This film KO as acclaimed by other reviewers as a good film by Anand K.V. is a copy cat Indian version of a best US film "STATE OF PLAY" by Kevin Macdonald , staring Russell Crowe .

Anand K.V killed the story , logics and other main features of State of play and delivered an complete CLUMSY unlogical masala tamil film.

As said by other reviewers Anand.K.v isn't an brilliant director , he is yet another stupid director of tamil industry , who copies the story from Hollywood and changes it for Indian style and proclaims it as his own story which he had in his mind for last 10 years or so.

KO is yet another clumsy tamil version of a good Hollywood film.

Released during the time of IPL, this film has matched the speed of IPL! Now having said that, what's the necessity for such a speed in a screenplay that has to be quite steady and realistic? The writer has added a lot of commercial value to a COULD'VE MADE WELL SCRIPT.

The beginning of the movie itself makes us to sigh! Do bank robberies take place that easily? If yes, then at least it should have been directed well! And is there a difference between JIIVA's bike stunts and Vadivelu doing a stoppie with Tamannah in THILLALANGADI???And in India do the newspaper publishers work that way???(ASS,KRISH) all those stuff trying to imitate Hollywood was totally artificial. Wherever you go i'll follow is not vodafone's quote! it's actually is JIIVA's untold truth in this movie..wherever,whatever the problem maybe JIIVA-the photographer will be there to snap a few..comeon yaar give it a break! KV Anand is one of India's best cameraman, but in his film why the camera is handled so worse, I think KV should have stuck with the camera too. In the climax why doesn't Jiiva understand AJMAL? Let it be a shortcut, now that a qualified ministry is formed why would jiiva wanna risk it? Like this, lot of lags in Screenplay!

As for as acting is concerned Jiiva and Ajmal both have done their job well! Kota srinivasa rao and PrakashRaj have been wasted! Editing was very ordinary. When ANTONY shows up in a scene-god,help me!what an acting sirji?? Harris impresses in ENNAMO ETHO alone!

The movie would've been fine if the director had finished it with SIRAGUGAL's win and added few details and steadied the screenplay! The director's mistake is that he has attempted to make a 4hour film in two hours which is missing a lot! Still I'm giving it a 5 only because of the Idea of youngsters coming into politics! When compared to AAYUTHA EZHUTHU which is quite similar, KO sucks!!

This was a movie with huge expectations running all over it. This was because of K V Anand's previous venture 'Ayan' and his cinematography credentials and (to an extent) his stint as a journalist. The base story is something which is common in all his movies. What is interesting here is the premise that he had selected for depicting that. Journalism and Politics are two separate things. They are like water and oil. But the exact opposite is what is presented in this story. It runs somewhat parallel to RGV's 'Rann' but with lesser attitude and with more commercial elements. The director could have enjoyed his status of being a smart-ass with this movie also but alas everything falls apart with the first act itself with half-baked characterizations, poor chemistry for the love track, lackluster sound track, average performances and some sloppy direction. Instead he turns out to be just smart and a brilliant ass with this one. The story is solid. The same did not get transferred to the treatment. There are constant ups and downs throughout the movie. As with all the commercial movies this movie is also ridden with cliché's and with a running time of approximately 3 hours it becomes a bit itchy. All in all…it is a commercial movie in a suppressed format in all ways.