Character Relationship Map: Sometimes

Characters

• Krishnamurthy (played by Prakash Raj) — protagonist

  Krishnamurthy is an elderly married man among the seven people awaiting HIV results. After having sex with a sex worker during a work trip and learning that a colleague later died of AIDS, he seeks te...

• Doctor (played by Nassar) — supporting

  Doctor is the wary practice doctor overseeing the clinic while the seven patients wait for their HIV results. His presence prevents the Lab Technician from secretly discovering the results ahead of sc...

• Lab Technician (played by Saivam Ravi) — supporting

  Lab Technician is the clinic worker whom Deepa approaches in an attempt to uncover the patients' HIV results before the official time. He tries to find the information but cannot do so because Doctor...

• Sheila George (played by Anjali Rao) — supporting

  Sheila George is a young woman preparing to marry her childhood friend. After being raped by a stranger during a train journey, she seeks an HIV test to make sure she will not expose her future husban...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Sheila George → Lab Technician (Professional Patient And Technician) — The Lab Technician's work determines Sheila George's test result.

  Sheila George is one of the clinic patients whose HIV test result is processed by the laboratory.

• Sheila George → Doctor (Professional Patient) — Sheila George is receiving medical testing under the clinic's supervision.

  Sheila George attends the private clinic to receive an HIV test result before her marriage.

• Doctor → Lab Technician (Power Supervisor And Technician) — The doctor monitors the Lab Technician's conduct in the laboratory.

  The Lab Technician apologizes for failing to discover the results early because the doctor was watching him.

• Krishnamurthy → Lab Technician (Professional Patient And Technician) — The Lab Technician handles the testing process affecting Krishnamurthy.

  The laboratory processes Krishnamurthy's HIV test, and the Lab Technician is involved when the group tries to obtain the results early.

• Krishnamurthy → Doctor (Professional Patient) — Krishnamurthy is a patient under the clinic's medical supervision.

  Krishnamurthy waits at the private clinic for an HIV test result, while the doctor oversees the clinic and laboratory process.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Krishnamurthy → Sheila George (Social Fellow Patient) — They share the same anxious waiting-room experience without an established personal history.

  Krishnamurthy and Sheila George are among the strangers waiting together at the private clinic for HIV test results.

Story Analysis

A delayed medical result exposes how fear, stigma, and misinformation can become more destructive than the disease itself.

Plot Progression

1. Anxious Strangers Gather — Seven strangers wait at a private clinic for HIV test results. They initially avoid personal disclosures, but gradually explain the experiences that brought them there.
2. Stories Behind The Fear — Krishnamurthy describes his past encounter with a prostitute and the death of a colleague. Sheila George reveals her rape and her wish to protect her future marriage.
3. The Price Of Early Truth — The group learns that the official results will be delayed. After hearing the receptionist's financial distress, they offer money to obtain the results early.
4. One Positive Among Seven — The Lab Technician cannot identify the results because the doctor is watching. The group is then told that one patient has tested positive, intensifying everyone's fear.
5. A Fatal Misunderstanding — Five patients receive negative results, followed by the remaining patient before Krishnamurthy. Believing he is positive, Krishnamurthy dies before the receptionist's lie is exposed.