 The film opened in April 2009 to positive review, and the year's highest-grossing Tamil language film.In 2011, his third directorial "Ko", starring Jiiva, Ajmal Ameer, Piaa Bajpai and Karthika Nair released to very positive response from media and public.One of the critics neatly summarized it by saying "For an audience numbed by predictable Kollywood potboilers week after week, here is an original offering from KV Anand, a fearless filmmaker who doesn't insult your intelligence.