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''Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A'' (stylized as ''Sapta Saagaradaache Ello (Side A)''; ) is a 2023 Indian
Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
-language romantic
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directed by Hemanth M. Rao and produced by Rakshit Shetty. It stars Rakshit Shetty and Rukmini Vasanth in the lead roles. The music was composed by
Charan Raj Charan Rajkumar is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi films. Career Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South ...
, while the cinematography was handled by Advaitha Gurumurthy and editing by Sunil S. Bharadwaj and Hemanth M. Rao. ''Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A'' was released on 1 September 2023 to positive reviews from critics. A sequel titled '' Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B'' was released on 17 November 2023.


Plot

Manu and Priya's ardent love story unfolds, delving into the depths of their emotions. Manu goes to great lengths to fulfill his promise and their love faces a profound transformation when destiny triggers an unexpected turn. Manu is an innocent, simple man and a car driver to a business tycoon Shankregouda. His lover is a college student Priya. She has a passion for singing and she dreams of living in a beachside house with Manu and her family. Manu wants to fulfill his lady love's dream. One day Shankregouda's son Preetam drinks and drives, thus killing a man. In order to save his reputation, Shankregouda requests Manu to take this blame on himself and admit the same in the court trials. In return Shankregouda would bail Manu out and give him anything he desires. Thinking that he could make enough money for the beachside house if he does according to Shankregouda, Manu accepts before the judge that he is guilty, much to Priya’s disapproval and plea. With the assistance of Shankregouda's lawyers, efforts are made to bail Manu out. One morning Shankregouda dies of heart attack. His manager Prabhu who is greedy and corrupt suggests Shankregouda's wife to not waste money on Manu as it was Shankregouda who had promised to help Manu. She agrees to it too. Now Manu has neither the money nor power to help himself. Meanwhile Priya, desperate to free Manu tries contacting Shankregouda's wife, lawyer and Prabhu. But everybody ignores her. She sells some of her ornaments, hires a new lawyer for Manu's case. She even quits her education to earn money. In the jail, Manu is being beaten up by Soma and his gang because he doesn’t have anyone (Shankregounda) to back him up anymore. Because of this, he has a tough time. He later joins Patila and his team in weaving. There are subtle moments of love expressed between the couple in the jail through cassette tapes and meetings. Though Priya seems all okay whenever she meets Manu in jail, she was slowly loosing herself and getting depressed, to a point where she stopped singing. Seeing this, Priya’s mum visits Manu in jail and tells him to let Priya move on. Guilty, Manu writes a letter requesting Priya to let go of him and marry someone else as it was not possible for him to be released anytime sooner, and to never stop singing. Priya, in denial, kept visiting the jail to meet Manu but he never showed up. After an emotional turmoil, Priya gives up and agrees to marry someone else. Without knowing this Manu, not being able to take it longer without Priya, somehow ends up calling her only for her brother to pick up the phone and let Manu know that Priya is getting married. On her wedding day, Soma gang break the radio that Manu used to listen to Priya’s cassette messages. Having given up everything, Manu revolts back and gets severely beaten up. Towards the end, there is a teaser shown of the sequel movie where Manu gets out of jail 10 years later. Here he goes out for revenge and to find Priya again.


Cast


Soundtrack

Charan Raj composed the soundtrack and background score. The background score enhanced the output of the movie and all the songs of the movie were well received.


Songs


Release

''Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A'' released on 1 September 2023, while the dubbed Telugu version titled ''"Saptha Sagaralu Dhaati - Side A"'' was released on 22 September 2023.


Home media

The film premiered on
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on 29 September 2023 in Kannada with dubbed versions of Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages.


Reception


Box office

The film was reported to have grossed on its first day and on its second day. The film went on to gross on its 4th day and on its 5th day. During its theatrical run, the film grossed 20 crore at the box office.


Critical reception

''Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A'' received critical acclaim for its storytelling, acting, cinematography and technical aspects. Priyanka Sundar of ''
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'' gave 4/5 stars and called the film "Poignant, immersive and heart wrenching." Sridevi. S of ''
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'' gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "SSE is an amalgamation of fine performances and rich technical values, which makes it a must-watch." A Sharadhaa of ''
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'' gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "A profound portrait of love. Its an intense love story with a poetic narrative and this film is a sincere love story, there is no attempt to force songs into it. There is simplicity in the dialogue that accentuates the depth of the lines." M. Vivek of ''
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'' wrote "Sapta Sagaradaache Ello is a film that doesn’t end in theatres; the epic love story offers an immersive experience that keeps you wanting more."
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told in his review that "’Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A’ is a beautifully understated and very real romance, with dashes of a very real kind of poetry."


Reference


See also

Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B


External links

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