The film title Olavina Ole may be misleading as the film is not romantic nor the does story relate to love in totality. The script revolves around a real life honour killing that takes place in Mandya district of Karnataka, which shocks the conscience of many dwellers there.
Based on two lovers, who got killed on an account of the high handedness shown by the grandfather of a rich girl from an influential caste kept the plot of the story a little monotonous in the beginning.
However, the script starts with showing Mallige hailing from a rich and an influential upper caste family, who is cared dearly. She falls in for a guy named Narasimha, who belongs to a lower caste family, with a feeling that human values are more important than anything. Though Mallige wants to marry Narasimha but he rejects initially.
However, their affair is not taken lightly by Doddaiah, Mallige's grandfather and a named leader in their society who tries his best to stop the both of them.
Director Teshi Venkatesh deserves appreciation for basing his screenplay on the real life incident even when caste conflicts have still not subsided in several places in Karnataka, and only a few honour killing cases are reported. In a way it is similar to the Maryada Hathya incidents taking place in northern India.
The director has also tried to present the film authentically by selecting the right artists, who look real in their roles. Also, veteran actor Shankar Aswath stands taller with his ferocious looks and perfect dialogue delivery.
Taking more about the film, the comedy sequences shown are not that great. The director seems to be too eager to put in all his thoughts in the film in a go, as dialogues in many sequences are long and fail to make any impact.
Also, newcomer Santosh has tried to put his best foot forward in performing a complex role. Neha Patil proves that she has been underused in the Kannada film industry so far. Her emotional performance is sure to impress many. Shankar Aswath excels in the role of Doddaiah, while Auna Balaraj is another actress who makes an impact.
Technically, the film does not boast of any great work and the music is given by Yasho Vardhan which is very average.
Thus one can say 'Olavina Ole' has an interesting plot, ends as a revenge drama but lacks a good narration.
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