At its core, Side A is not a film about grand gestures. It is about the space between two heartbeats. The story follows and Priya (Rukmini Vasanth) , a couple from the middle-class lanes of Bengaluru. Their love is quiet—shared cigarettes, long walks, and dreams of opening a small phone booth.
The poetry of ordinary moments. Skip it if: You need a happy ending immediately (wait for Side B). Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A -2023- South H...
Most romantic films tell you the story of how two people come together. Side A of this two-part epic tells you the story of how a perfect love is systematically dismantled by the world’s cruelty. The film follows Manu (Rakshit Shetty) and Priya (Rukmini Vasanth), a couple whose love is as deep as the ocean referenced in the title. Manu is a humble studio photographer’s assistant; Priya is a middle-class woman with a voice like honey and dreams as wide as the sky. At its core, Side A is not a film about grand gestures
The visual language of is an unsung hero. Cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy employs a brilliant color palette to delineate the two timelines. Their love is quiet—shared cigarettes, long walks, and
Rao uses negative space masterfully. Long, silent shots of Manu staring at the ceiling or Priya walking down an empty street tell us more than pages of dialogue could. He trusts his audience to feel the silence.
Sapta Sagaradaache Ello (Side A) is not merely a film; it is a lesson in cinematic empathy. It captures the Indian middle-class nightmare: the fear that one wrong event can steal a decade of your life, and with it, your one true love. By the time the credits roll, you will feel exhausted, hollow, and yet, paradoxically, grateful. Grateful that filmmakers like Hemanth M. Rao still exist, willing to break our hearts in exchange for art that matters.