The one song that always comes on my lips when I think of romance is Pehla nasha pehla khumaar... from the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. Like in this song so in many hindi films the stress is invariably on the word pehla (first).
Pehle pyar ka pehla gham... (Papa Kehte Hain) talks about the first hurt experienced in first love. Can we ever forget the pehle pyar ki pehli chitthi that the heroine Bhagyashree sent off a pigeon to deliver to Salman Khan in Maine Pyar Kiya? There is an old song Aaj unse pehli mulakaat hogi... which Rakesh Roshan sings in anticipation of his first meeting with Hema Malini, his prospective bride. In Sirf Tum the heroine Priya Gill complains that she doesn't know what to do since its the first time she is in love. She sings Pehli pehli baar mohabbat ki hai kuch na samajh mein aaye main kya karoon... in the beautiful backdrop of Nainital.
There are many a songs that have paid tribute to love at first sight. Like in the duet Raja ko rani se pyar... (Akele Hum Akele Tum) Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala admit pehli nazar mein pehla pyar ho gaya. In the movie Run that I saw a few days back, Abhishek Bachchan professes merrily Pehli nazar mein dil diwana ho gaya, yeh toh dhadka aur kisika ho gaya... after seeing the first glimpse of Bhumika Chawla.
Then we have films with names like Pehla Nasha, Pehla Pehla Pyar, Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar and even First Love Letter. All of these to my knowledge sank at the box office.
There are many dialogues too that talk about various firsts. Often lovers can be found to proclaim "ki tumhi mera pehla aur aakhri pyar ho", that you are my first and last love. Post interval Kal Ho Na Ho begins by showing how hearts of various characters are breaking. Thats when Preity Zinta acknowledges "Apna pehla pyar bhulana aasaan nahi hai... its not that easy." In Hum Apke Hain Kaun, Salman Khan confesses to Madhuri Dixit "Aaj pehli baar koi ladki hamari gaadi ki front seat mein baithi hai." bringing out the significance of the simple act of giving her a lift in his car. These days Anil Kapoor can be caught declaring in trailers of the movie Tashan "Afterall first impression is the last impression."
My personal favourite however is a scene from the not so famous film Dil Maange More in which when actress Tulip Khanna patches up with her ex-boyfriend reasoning "Aakhir woh mera pehla pyar hai.", a heartbroken Shahid Kapoor retaliates in a timid voice "Pyar koi race nahi hai jisme pehla, doosra, teesra hota hai. Pyar sirf pyar hota hai."
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