Life in a Metro (2007)

Six different stories, about nine people, each with different issues and problems, all occurring within one place: the METRO.

Director:

Anurag Basu

Writers:

Anurag Basu (story), Sanjeev Dutta (dialogue)

Stars:

Dharmendra, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma

8 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dharmendra	...	Amol
Irrfan Khan	...	Monty
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Shruti Ghosh
Kay Kay Menon	...	Ranjeet Kapoor
Shilpa Shetty	...	Shikha R. Kapoor
Shiney Ahuja	...	Akash Sharma
Sharman Joshi	...	Rahul
Kangana Ranaut	...	Neha
Nafisa Ali	...	Shivani
Vicky Ahuja	...	Gupta, Rahul's boss
Gautam Kapoor	...	Vishy K.
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tejpal Kaur
Ashwin Mushran
Nilofar
Rinku Patel	...	Rucha R. Kapoor (as Rinku)

Storyline

The lives of a group of people, who live in Mumbai are told in this tale, which revolves around Rahul - who occupies an apartment owned by his uncle, and lets rich and influential people use it for their personal sexual past-times. An ignored and angry young wife, Shikha falls into the arms of a young man named Akash, who wants to be an actor for Indian movies; then there is Shikha's sister, Shruti, who is having an affair with a man named Monty; and finally there is Shikha's teacher, Shivani, who is romancing Amol. Things get complicated when Rahul finds out that Neha, who is his girlfriend, is using this very apartment to meet with Ranjeet, who is Shikha's husband.

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Plot Keywords:

apartment | love | actor | opposites attract | ambition | 

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Taglines:

One city. Countless emotions.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Metro

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$62,477 (USA) (11 May 2007)

Gross:

$150,212 (USA) (1 June 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

UTV Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Composer Pritam Chakraborty can be seen in the film, playing the leader of a rock band of minstrels. Such bands are often seen playing songs in metro stations. These minstrels appear at important junctures in the film and move the story forward.

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Connections

References The Namesake (2006)

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Soundtracks

"In Dino"
Written by Sayeed Qadri
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by Soham Chakraborty
Courtesy of Sony Music India

User Reviews

Nice but not great

Anurag Basu's GANGSTER is his best work so far LIFE IN A METRO is however though not bad but not up to the expectations Must say though it comes across as a nice episodic film unlike other such attempts like SEI

let's analyze the different stories

Kaykay- Shilpa, Kaykay- Kangana and Shiny- Shilpa

Believable but done to death on TV and other kinda films Shiny- Kangana affair is well handled and so is Shiny- Shilpa but the culmination is faulty Acting- Kaykay is fantastic as usual, Shilpa is great Shiny doesn't get a strong role, he is okay Kangana looks nice and acts well though she doesn't get a lengthy role

Irrfan- Konkona Their story is well handled and actually the mainstay of the film The scenes between Irrfan- Konkona are truly fantastic The gay relationship by her boyfriend though is similar to PAGE 3 Irrfan steals the show with his timing, he is out of the world Konkona is fantastic

Dharmendra- Nafisa Ali Nice moments between the 2 old couples Dharmendra is nice while Nafisa is okay

Sharman- Kangana Though copied from THE APARTMENT yet it is well handled though predictable Sharman excels in a serious role and shows his versatility Manoj Pahwa is okay