Coconut Motion Pictures’ Ole Aale (Marathi) is the story of a father and his son. It is a remake of Gujarati blockbuster Chal Jeevi Laiye!, which was also directed by the same filmmaker (Vipul Mehta).
Aditya Lele (Siddharth Chandekar) lives with his father, Omkar Lele (Nana Patekar). Although he loves his father a lot, Aditya is unable to devote much time to him because of the demands of his business. How the father and son bond with each other when they go on a picnic forms the crux of the drama. A revelation towards the end comes as a shock to the audience and also draws tears from the eyes.
Vipul Mehta’s story is very nice. The screenplay, written jointly by Vipul Mehta and Jainesh Ejardar, is interesting and pretty engaging. The light scenes of Omkar Lele are truly entertaining, evoking laughter at a number of places. The sudden twist in the climax, therefore, comes as an emotional shock. Ganesh Pandit’s dialogues are very nice.
Nana Patekar does an extraordinary job as Omkar Lele. Siddharth Chandekar shines in the role of Aditya Lele. Sayali Sanjeev leaves a fine impression as Dr. Kyra. Tanvi Azmi lends nice support as Dr. Pallavi. Makarand Anaspure has his moments as house help Baburao. Others are adequate.
Vipul Mehta’s direction is sensitive. He keeps the audience engaged from the beginning till the end, with his fine narration. Sachin-Jigar’s music is quite nice and so are Mandar Cholkar’s lyrics. Rajiv Bhatt’s background music is effective. Gulam N.S. does a fine job of the cinematography. Art direction (by Ajay Pujare, Harish Puri and Abhishek Bahuguna) is of a good standard. Jitendra K. Shah’s editing is sharp.
On the whole, Ole Aale is a universal entertainer and will, therefore, score at the ticket windows. It has the germs of a hit.
Released on 5-1-’24 at Plaza (daily 2 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay by Coconut Movies. Publicity: fair. Opening: so-so.