The Promise(2025)

Storyline

A man waits twenty years for the woman he loves to come back to the bar where they first met. While hoping for their reunion, he starts to realize what he gave up by waiting.

“Two decades later, he's still waiting for her.”

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Cast & Crew

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PriyamaniChitra

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Ananya GhoshLara

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Roshan joy koottiyaniBartender

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Jim SarbhGeorge Batra

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Chirag NayakUncle Frank

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Rashid Ali WarsiPiano player

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Tigmanshu DhuliaDirector

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Trivia

• The film's title was inspired by a real-life promise made by the director's friend, who waited decades for a reunion.
• Lead actor Vicky Kaushal spent a week working in a Mumbai bar to learn the mannerisms of a bartender.
• The bar set was a detailed recreation of a 2005-era Mumbai pub, using vintage props sourced from old city establishments.
• A subplot involving a lost letter was based on a similar incident from the screenwriter's family history.
• The film's climax was shot in a single continuous take lasting over seven minutes.
• It features a cameo by a famous 1990s Bollywood playback singer, who appears as a bar patron.
• The project was initially conceived as a short film before being expanded into a feature-length romance.