The Promise(2025)
Hindi11 mins
The Promise (2025) is a 11-minute Hindi film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Starring Roshan joy koottiyani, Priyamani and Tigmanshu Dhulia. With an audience rating of 6.8/10, The Promise stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 2025.
Director:Tigmanshu Dhulia
Mood:
emotionaldarkuplifting
Where to watch:
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 18 March 2025
- Director
- Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 11m
- GudVibe Rating
- 6.8/10
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.”
Film Details
6.8Rating
11Minutes
HindiLanguage
UCertificate
Release Date18 March 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionaldarkuplifting
Themes
loveidentityfamilysurvival
Toneserious
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withalone
Violence1
Emotion5
Humor1
Rewatchability3
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
6.8/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
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Roshan joy koottiyaniActor
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PriyamaniActor
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Tigmanshu DhuliaDirector
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Jim SarbhActor
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Ananya GhoshActor
→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.