Kolamaavu Kokila

Kolam-powder Kokila) abbreviated as CoCo, is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar in his directorial debut, and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah of Lyca Productions.

The film stars Nayanthara, alongside Yogi Babu, Saranya Ponvannan, VJ Jacqueline, R. S. Shivaji, Charles Vinoth and Hareesh Peradi.

It revolves around a woman who takes to drug smuggling to pay for her mother's cancer treatment, but soon her entire family is dragged into the conflict.

Anirudh Ravichander composed the music, while Sivakumar Vijayan handled the cinematography and R. Nirmal was the editor.

She convinces Mohan to kill two of his henchmen suspected of leaking information and then decides to quit the business.

[3][4] Later, on the recommendation of composer Anirudh Ravichander, Lyca Productions hired Nelson to direct a female-oriented film starring Nayanthara, which became his actual directorial debut.

[9] 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.

"[17] Ashameera Aiyappan of The Indian Express gave the film 3 out of 5, praising the performances, writing and technical aspects.

[20] Kirubhakar Purushothaman of India Today wrote, "Kolamaavu Kokila had all the potential of becoming a tear-jerker, but it avoids those cliches like a plague and stays true to the tone of the film — dark and fun.

[21] Priyanka Sundar of Hindustan Times wrote, "Kolamaavu Kokila proves what spectacular writing can achieve.

[22] Sudhir Srinivasan of Cinema Express wrote the film's "inefficient digressions into comedy are a big problem" because "You get joke attempts where they scarcely seem to belong".

[24] Vikram Venkateswaran of The Quint wrote, "Only in an evolved movie can you switch from deep sorrow to fits of laughter.

[25] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote, "There is a lot of quirky moments in this dark comedy and much of the hilarity comes from unexpected instants.