Ruby Cube (film)
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| Directed by | P. Sheshadri |
| Produced by | Mitra Chitra |
| Screenplay by | P. Sheshadri |
| Story by | Pratham Sheshadri |
| Starring | Raadhya Jagdish Dev Devaiah H. G. Dattatreya Vidya Murthy |
| Music by | Pravin Godkhindi |
| Cinematography | Mahen Simmha |
| Edited by | B. S. Kemparaju |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
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Ruby Cube is an upcoming Indian Kannada-language family drama film. It is written and directed by nine-time National Film Award winner P. Sheshadri.
Based on a short story written by P. Sheshadri's son Pratham Sheshadri, Ruby Cube explores a family's attempt to reconcile after having grown apart over the years. The cast includes veteran actors H. G. Dattatreya and Vidya Murthy as a divorced couple and Raadhya Jagdish and Dev Devaiah as their daughter and son-in-law.
The film competed at the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival and is awaiting a theatrical release.
Synopsis
Ruby Cube is a quiet, emotionally layered drama about family, fractured relationships, and the fragile possibility of healing.
Rohini, a psychologist, is divorced from Moorthy, her former husband. Their daughter Chitra, married to Varun, brings them together for a short vacation to a hill station, hoping the shared journey might mend what time and resentment have broken. What begins as an ordinary family outing slowly reveals deeper emotional fault lines.
As the days unfold, it becomes clear that Chitra’s own marriage is on the verge of collapse, strained by incompatibility and unspoken disappointment. At the same time, the family confronts another unsettling truth: Moorthy is suffering from early-stage dementia, a condition that threatens not only his memory but also the unresolved emotional bonds he shares with Rohini and their daughter.
Through conversations, silences, and small gestures, the film observes how each character responds to loss, regret, and responsibility. The possibility of reconciliation—between former partners, between spouses, and within oneself—emerges not as a solution, but as a fragile process.
The Ruby Cube becomes a central metaphor in the film. Like life and relationships, the cube appears chaotic and unsolvable at first glance. Only through patience, compassion, effort, and persistence can its disorder be gently aligned. In the same way, the characters learn that healing is not about restoring the past, but about finding meaning within what remains. Ruby Cube is an intimate exploration of love, memory, and acceptance—where every turn matters, and not every side can be perfectly aligned.
Cast
- H. G. Dattatreya as Moorthy
- Vidya Murthy as Rohini
- Raadhya Jagdish as Chitra, Moorthy and Rohini's daughter
- Dev Devaiah as Varun, Chitra's husband
Production
Conception
Ruby Cube was initially written as a short story by P. Sheshadri's son, Pratham Sheshadri. When asked by his father to turn the short story into a feature film, Pratham admitted to lacking the maturity to envision it, and that "the Cube includes a variety of shapes and sizes; it represents complex mathematical concepts and is a metaphor for life’s challenges."
Upon hearing this, P. Sheshadri took it upon himself to make a feature film based on his son's short story. [1]
Themes
The film uses the Rubik's Cube as a metaphor for human relationships, and is set in present-day society.[1]
P. Sheshadri was encouraged to work with a Rubik's Cube when he was an "average student" in school to help with his thinking and comprehension skills and therefore ended up buying one. However, he admitted that it remains a complex puzzle to this day and has not been able to solve it.[1]
His inability to solve it, provided Sheshadri with the impetus to "explore the possibility of harmonising broken relationships" through Ruby Cube. According to him, "the complexities of any relationship should be visualised with the support of conversation, not through debates," with a belief that introspection facilitates reconciliation.[1]
Release
Bengaluru International Film Festival
Ruby Cube competed in the Kannada Cinema Competition category of the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival held from 29th January to 6th February 2026.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Khajane, Muralidhara (22 November 2025). "P Seshadri and his mode of transforming social issues". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Kannada Cinema Competition". Bengaluru International Film Festival. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
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