Sapta Sagaralu Dhaati Side A teaser: Watch Priya declare her love for Manu in this haunting story

Rakshit Shetty and Rukmini Vasanth’s beautiful love story Sapta Sagaradaache Ello is being presented by People Media Factory on September 22 in its Telugu version

Rukmini Vasanth and Rakshit Shetty in a still from the film

A little over three weeks after the Kannada original, Sapta Sagaradaache Ello Side A released in theatres, actor-producer Rakshit Shetty is taking his film to Telugu audiences. People Media Factory will present the film, called Sapta Sagaralu Dhaati on September 22, a perfect window with no major releases. Directed by Hemanth M Rao, Sapta Sagaralu Dhaati pairs Rakshit with Rukmini Vasanth. The Kannada version is said to have grossed around Rs 20 crore so far, and has received mostly positive feedback from audiences. While Rakshit and Rukmini’s pairing was the most definitive highlight of the film, Hemanth’s poetic and haunting story-telling, Charan Raj’s brilliant score and Advaitha Gurumurthy’s visuals were also talking points.

Sapta Sagaralu Dhaati is a script that Hemanth wrote several years ago, just after he had assisted on a film with late Kannada Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar, Prithvi. Over the years, the story had several rewrites and became a lot more poetic than it initially was, the filmmaker had said. Split into two halves, Side A follows Manu (Rakshit) and Priya (Rukmini) as they dream of a life together. He’s a driver for a big-time businessman and dreams of a better future, while she’s an aspiring future, whose world is Manu. When he then makes a mistake that lands him in jail, it has a devastating impact on their relationship. Can Manu and Priya’s love survive this?

Read our review of the Kannada original: Sapta Sagaradaache Ello Side A review: Hemanth M Rao's throbbing love story leaves you wanting more

Side B picks up 10 years later and introduces Chaithra J Achar into the mix as Surabhi. The film is set to release in theatres on October 20. It remains to be seen if Rakshit will release Side B in all languages simultaneously or will have a staggered outing yet again. With Side A, he had said that he was confident of the film’s ability to travel on its own and that he did not have to release it as a pan-India film from the word go.

Read: Exclusive! Charan Raj: Sapta Sagaradaache Ello’s soundtrack captures the soul of the film

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