The story revolves around Maria Francis, a Kho Kho school coach.[5] The film tells the story of the formation of a team of kho kho players in a school where only girls study and the events that follow. In the end, she is very happy and proud to learn that Anju, the most promising player of her former Kho Kho school team has gotten into the national Kho Kho team, under Maria's name.
[6] fun fact: the kho kho players in the movie are kho kho players in real life!
The film's soundtrack album and score was composed by music director Sidhartha Pradeep. The Malayalam lyrics on the album were penned by writers Rahul Riji Nair, Arjun Ranjan and Vinayak Sasikumar, and the English rap lyrics by Aditi Nair R. The album was launched on 24 March 2021 by 123 Musix.[11][12][13][14][15]
The film was released on 14 April 2021.[16][17] On 20 April, the film was withdrawn from the theatres due to COVID-19 crisis.[18][19]
Reception
Critical reception
Sujit Chandrakumar of The Times of India described Kho Kho as "an inspirational sports drama."[20] Writing for Cinema Express, Sajin Shrijith lauded the film as a predictable but empowering sports drama. "The film doesn’t bring anything new to the table in terms of storytelling. But at the same time, one wonders how many new ways can one narrate a sports drama, especially when motivation is its primary intention". He rated it as a film worth watching.[21] In a review for Firstpost, Anna MM Vetticad wrote, "Kho Kho stumbles intermittently when it gets too didactic or veers away from its slice-of-life narrative style. Nonetheless, it achieves a charming overall sweetness and positivity."[22]
