First Day First Show

First Day First Show
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vamshidhar Goud Lakshminarayana Puttamchetty
Story by	K. V. Anudeep
Produced by	Srija Edida Sriram Edida
Starring	Srikanth Reddy Sanchita Bashu Tanikella Bharani Vennela Kishore Srinivasa Reddy C. V. L. Narasimha Rao Prabhas Sreenu
Cinematography	Prasanth Ankireddy
Edited by	Gullapalli Sambasivarao
Music by	Radhan
Production companies	Poornodaya Pictures Srija Entertainments Mitravinda Movies
Release date	2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

First Day First Show is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Vamshidhar Goud and Lakshminarayana Puttamchetty. The story was written by K. V. Anudeep.¹² The film stars Srikanth Reddy, Sanchita Bashu, Tanikella Bharani, Vennela Kishore, Srinivasa Reddy, C. V. L. Narasimha Rao, Prabhas Sreenu, Mahesh Achanta, Vamshidhar Goud, and Sai Charan Bojja.

Set in 2001, 18-year old Sreenu is a hardcore Pawan Kalyan fan who never misses watching all his films on the first day first show, which irritates his father Dharmaraju. When Pawan Kalyan’s new film Kushi is about to release, Sreenu’s love-interest Laya asks him for movie tickets of first day first show and whether or not Sreenu succeeds in getting those tickets amid heavy competition forms the rest of the story.

The music was composed by Radhan.³

First Day First Show was released theatrically on 2 September 2022.⁴ The digital streaming rights of the film were acquired by Aha, and the film premiered on 23 September 2022.⁵⁶

The film received negative reviews.⁷

Banda Kalyan of Samayam Telugu rated the film 2.5/5 stars.⁸ Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India gave the film 2/5 stars and wrote, "First Day First Show, which opened to high expectations, feels like an overstretch of a thin storyline. It invokes nostalgia from the 90s and early Y2K and might appeal to hardcore Pawan Kalyan fans but otherwise fails to deliver."⁹

A critic from Telugucinema.com rated the film 1/5 and wrote, "First Day First Show begins bland and stays bland with no logic and rhyme. You cannot sit through it after the interval."¹⁰ G. Gowtham of India Herald wrote, "The editing and writing are poor. What happens when a concept good for a short film is expanded into a full film lasting two hours? First Day First Show is the response."¹¹ A critic from Eenadu noted the film's stretchy narrative was a drawback, though it had some funny moments.¹²