Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017) on Netflix
Jaya Shashidharan, a 35-year-old widow, joins a dating app and meets Yogi, a poet. He says three ex-girlfriends still pine for him; she challenges him to go and see them.
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Plot summary
Jaya Shashidharan, 35, is a widow who works at an insurance firm and still grieves for her husband, Manav. Tired of being needled by friends and relatives, she makes a profile on a dating website and arranges to meet Yogendra "Yogi" Kumar Devendra Nath Prajapati, a little-known poet with a carefree manner. Yogi helps her chase off men sending her strange messages. Though Jaya first wants to avoid him, she agrees to a second meeting. He mentions three former girlfriends who, he says, still long for him. Jaya challenges him to visit them and learn whether that is true. He asks her to come along, and she reluctantly agrees, prepared to introduce herself as his cousin. Their journey begins in Dehradun.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017)
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- The production team approached Richa Chadha, Kalki Koechlin and Pooja Hegde for Qarib Qarib Singlle, but talks with all three actresses failed to materialize.
- While scouting for the lead actress, co-writer Gazal Dhaliwal suggested Parvathy Thiruvothu, who had been set to work in a Vidhu Vinod Chopra film written by Dhaliwal but could not because that film was shelved.
