Ko (film)
Ko (transl. 'King') is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film directed by K. V. Anand, and written by Anand and the duo Suresh and Balakrishnan. The film stars Jiiva, Ajmal Ameer, Karthika Nair (in her major Tamil debut), and Piaa Bajpai in lead roles, while Prakash Raj and Kota Srinivasa Rao appear in supporting roles. The film follows Ashwin (Jiiva), a photojournalist working for Dina Anjal who covers the Tamil Nadu State Election. The core plot of the movie was reported to be based on the 2009 movie State of Play.
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| Directed by | K. V. Anand |
| Written by | K. V. Anand Subha |
| Produced by | Elred Kumar |
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| Cinematography | Richard M. Nathan |
| Edited by | Anthony |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
Production company | RS Infotainment |
| Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹20 crore |
| Box office | ₹50 crore |
The film features music composed by Harris Jayaraj, with cinematography handled by Richard M. Nathan and editing done by Anthony. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and became a commercial success. It was dubbed in Telugu as Rangam, and released on the same date, which also becoming a success at the box-office.
The film won two Filmfare Awards South, three Vijay Awards, two SIIMA Awards, and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India, it won the Chennai Times Best Film Award for 2011. The film was remade in Bengali as Kanamachi (2013). A standalone sequel to the film titled as Ko 2 was released in 2016.