Sairat

Parshya Kale grows up in a low-caste family with his fisherman father. He shines in school, captains the local cricket team, and quietly dreams of a life beyond the village. He remains diligent and hopeful that his future can defy caste boundaries.

Archana Patil hails from a wealthy, upper-caste family and is strikingly independent. She is academically capable and enjoys driving a tractor and a motorcycle, refusing to let tradition define her path. Her world contrasts with Parshya's, foreshadowing the couple's coming bond.

Archi and Parshya cross paths in college, and a bond based on intellect and mutual respect begins to form. They steal quiet moments together, learning to navigate love beyond caste lines. Their relationship grows from friendship into a steadfast romance.

During Archi's younger brother Prince's birthday, Archi's family notices the couple, triggering Tatya's anger. Tatya's men beat Parshya and his friends, illustrating the violence that caste and status can unleash. The incident shatters any illusion of unchallenged safety for the couple.

Tatya manipulates the system to file a false complaint that Archi was gang-raped by Parshya and his friends. Archi refuses to abandon those she loves and destroys the complaint, insisting that Parshya and his friends be released.

In retaliation, Tatya's men brutalize Parshya and his friends in the village, pushing the couple toward an impossible choice. The violence hardens their resolve to escape the caste-imposed life and seek safety elsewhere.

Archi and Parshya elope, leaping onto a moving train headed for Hyderabad as they reject a life dictated by caste. They abandon their old world and step into an uncertain cityscape with nothing but their love.

Arriving in Hyderabad, the couple is penniless and hungry, denied shelter at a lodge, and forced to sleep at the railway station. The city's vastness and unfamiliar rhythms press in as their precarious situation tests their resolve.

A woman named Suman Akka from a nearby slum takes them in, offering shelter in a spare shack. She helps Archi find work in a bottling factory while Parshya starts cooking at Akka's dosa stall.

Archi gradually learns Telugu with help from a coworker, but the city's vastness fuels homesickness. She longs for the sense of belonging she left behind while adapting to the new culture.

A fierce argument strains the couple, and Parshya, overwhelmed by fear and despair, nearly ends his life. Yet love and perseverance pull them back, and Archi chooses to stay by his side.

The lovers decide to stay together and marry at the registrar's office. Archi soon becomes pregnant, and their life in the city gradually stabilizes as they embrace new responsibilities.

Years pass as Archi and Parshya build a more comfortable life; Archi phones her mother and passes the call to their young son, Aakash. Prince and other relatives arrive with gifts, signaling a fragile reconciliation with the past.

A neighbor leaves Aakash at the doorstep, and he discovers his parents lying on the floor, bloodied and hacked to death. The brutal act shatters the family's fragile stability and echoes the violence lingering outside their doors.