Character Relationship Map: Sevenes

Characters

• Shyam (played by Kunchacko Boban) — protagonist

  Member of the sevens football team. His group's confrontation causes severe head injuries to an opponent, driving them to raise surgery funds. The team inadvertently commits a homicide and becomes hun...

• Shaukath (played by Nivin Pauly) — supporting

  Member of the sevens football team. Participates in the incident that injures an opposing player. Collaborates with teammates to secure funds for surgery and faces life-threatening consequences after...

• Suraj (played by Asif Ali) — supporting

  Member of the sevens football team. Takes part in the match altercation leading to an opponent's critical injury. Joins the group's fundraising efforts and becomes a target of the local mafia as they...

• Linto (played by Ameer Niyaz) — supporting

  Member of the sevens football team. Engages in the incident resulting in an opponent's severe injury. Participates in the desperate fund-raising campaign and becomes a hunted fugitive alongside his fr...

• Arun (played by Aju Varghese) — supporting

  Member of the sevens football team. Involved in the on-field conflict that causes serious head trauma to an opponent. Works with friends to arrange surgical money and finds themselves hunted by the ma...

• Aravind (played by Vineeth Kumar) — supporting

  An opposing football player who suffers serious head injuries after a confrontation with the sevens team. His critical medical condition serves as the catalyst for the group's financial struggles and...

• Sharath (played by Rejith Menon) — supporting

  Member of the sevens football team. Participates in the game incident that severely injures an opponent. Joins his friends in raising money for surgery and becomes part of the group hunted by the ruli...

Story Dynamics

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

• Shyam → Aravind (Conflict Opponent) — The confrontation with Aravind drives Shyam's group to seek surgery money.

  Shyam's group confronts the opponent Aravind during football, causing severe head injuries.

• Sharath → Aravind (Conflict Opponent) — Their opposing football roles connect Sharath to the central inciting incident.

  Sharath participates in the game incident that severely injures the opposing player Aravind.

• Linto → Aravind (Conflict Opponent) — Linto's involvement links the football confrontation to the team's financial crisis.

  Linto engages in the incident resulting in the opposing player's severe injury.

• Arun → Aravind (Conflict Opponent) — Their opposing-team encounter triggers the need for emergency surgery funding.

  Arun is involved in the on-field conflict that causes Aravind's serious head trauma.

• Suraj → Aravind (Conflict Opponent) — The on-field conflict makes Suraj part of the injury's consequences.

  Suraj takes part in the match altercation that leads to the opposing player's critical head injury.

• Shaukath → Aravind (Conflict Opponent) — Their football confrontation contributes to Aravind's critical medical condition.

  Shaukath participates in the incident during which the opposing player Aravind suffers severe head injuries.

• Shaukath → Suraj (Alliance Teammate) — They share the team's escalating financial and criminal predicament.

  Both Shaukath and Suraj are members of the sevens football team involved in the match incident and fundraising effort.

• Shyam → Sharath (Alliance Teammate) — They remain connected through the injury, fundraising effort, and mafia pursuit.

  Sharath is identified as one of Shyam's six friends and a member of the sevens football team.

• Shyam → Linto (Alliance Teammate) — Linto shares Shyam's responsibility for raising surgery funds and escaping the mafia.

  Linto is listed among Shyam's six friends who always play together in the sevens football team.

• Shyam → Arun (Alliance Teammate) — They act within the same team as the consequences of the match escalate.

  Arun is identified as one of Shyam's six friends and a member of the same sevens football team.

• Shyam → Shaukath (Alliance Teammate) — They cooperate as teammates while dealing with the injured opponent and the later criminal danger.

  Shyam and Shaukath are both members of the same sevens football team and regularly play together.

• Shyam → Suraj (Alliance Teammate) — Their team connection places them in the same fundraising and survival crisis.

  Suraj is named as one of Shyam's six friends who always play together in the sevens football team.

Story Analysis

A football team’s attempt to fund an injured opponent’s surgery turns into a desperate struggle against a city-ruling mafia.

Plot Progression

1. Seven Friends, One Ambition — The seven friends play together in a sevens football team and seek a place in the more famous Kozhikode Strikers Club. Their ambition leads them into a confrontation with opposing player Aravind.
2. The Injury and the Debt — Aravind suffers severe head injuries during the confrontation. Disturbed by his condition, the team takes responsibility for arranging the money needed for his surgery.
3. A Desperate Quotation — The friends accept a quotation through a broker to raise the required funds. New financial problems make their attempt increasingly difficult.
4. The Fatal Entanglement — While dealing with their financial problems, the team inadvertently becomes involved in the homicide of a mafia king's son. Their original humanitarian goal is overtaken by a criminal threat.
5. Hunters Become Prey — The city's ruling mafia begins hunting the seven friends. The team must face life-threatening consequences after becoming targets of the criminal power they accidentally challenged.