Pehli Date(2025)

Storyline

A 45-year-old woman goes on her first date with a 35-year-old woman. Their day together leads to talks about straight relationships being seen as the norm, opening up emotionally, and getting another shot at love.

“A first date, a lifetime of waiting.”

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Trivia

• The film's title 'Pehli Date' was almost changed to 'First Date' but the director insisted on keeping the Hindi title for authenticity.
• Lead actress playing Aastha had to learn basic sign language for a key scene that was later cut from the final edit.
• Several scenes were filmed at a real-life LGBTQ+ community center in Mumbai with permission from the organizers.
• The director Sulagna Chatterjee drew inspiration from her own mother's late-life coming out story for the film's emotional core.
• The movie's soundtrack features an original song by the indie band 'The Local Train', marking their first Bollywood collaboration.
• Priya's character originally worked as a graphic novelist, but this was changed to a photographer during script revisions.
• The cafe where the first date takes place is a real location in Bandra that the director frequented while writing the screenplay.