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Life in a Metro Hindi Movie - Anurag Basu Movie

Release Date: May 11, 2007
Tagline: One city. Countless emotions
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama
Shooting Studios: Filmcity
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Director: Anurag Basu

Star Cast:
Shiny Ahuja...... Akash
Shilpa Shetty...... Shikha
Kay Kay Menon...... Ranjeet
Sharman Joshi...... Rahul
Gautam Kapoor...... radio jockey
Konkona Sen Sharma...... Shruti
Kangna Ranaut...... Neha
Irrfan Khan...... Debu
Dharmendra...... Amol
Nafisa Ali...... Vaijanti
Manoj Pahwa...... Rahul's neighbour
Vicky Ahuja...... Rahul's boss (Gupta)
Pritam Chakraborty
James
Ashwin Mushran...... Shruti's boss

Cassettes and CD's on: Sony Music

Singers:
Soham Chakrabarthy
K K
James
Suhail Kaul
Pritam Chakraborty
Adnan Sami

Lyricist:
Sayeed Qadri
Amitabh Varma
Sandeep Srivastava

Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty

Executive / Associate / Co-Producer:
Deven Khote
Zarina Mehta
Ram Mirchandani
Ronald D'Mello
Alpana Mishra
Siddhart Roy Kapur

Cinematography: Bobby Singh

Editor: Akiv Ali

Screenplay: Anurag Basu

Dialogue: Sanjib Datta

Publicity Designs: Mantra @ SDS

Publicity Stills: Bobby Singh

Story / Writer: Anurag Basu

Line Producer: Tani Basu, Priya Aven

Metro Hindi Movie Info

The trend of narrating multiple stories in Hindi films continues. SALAAM-E-ISHQ, HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD., JUST MARRIED: MARRIAGE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING and LIFE MEIN KABHIE KABHIEE, all 2007 films, tackled multiple stories in those 2.30/3.30 hours.

METRO charters a new path because the multiple stories run concurrently. Also, the characters are, in some way, linked with each other.

With METRO, director Anurag Basu proves for the third time [after MURDER and GANGSTER] that he's an incredible storyteller. The complexities in relationships, the shortcuts one adopts in life to attain the goals and the corrosion of ethics and values have been depicted most convincingly.

Yet, METRO is no landmark film. It doesn't sweep you off your feet…

If Anurag Basu, the director, deserves brownie points as a storyteller, Anurag Basu, the writer, is just not in terrific form this time around. Reason: The culmination of a few stories, besides the unique concept of using the 'Metro Band' in every song, prevent the film from reaching dizzy heights.

Rahul [Sharman Joshi] works as a call centre executive in Mumbai. He silently loves his colleague Neha [Kangana Ranaut]. A smart young woman who has climbed the ladder in a very short time. And hard work is not her only secret. Because her boss, Ranjeet [Kay Kay Menon], loves her and is willing to shower her with gifts and opportunities… only if she is willing.

In his 30s, Ranjeet is married to Shikha [Shilpa Shetty] with a 6-year-old daughter. They had decided that she should stay back at home and take care of the house and the kid. Ranjeet ventured out on his quest for money and success… and forgot his family somewhere on the way. And bitterness and boredom crept into their relationship. Soon he found solace and a fresh lease of life in Neha.

Neglected by an indifferent husband and bogged down by family chores, Shikha is soon attracted to Akash [Shiney Ahuja], a struggling theatre artist whose wife divorces him because she cannot stand his failures anymore. Akash and Shikha's love blossoms and she almost crosses her limits.

Amol [Dharmendra] is a 70-year-old man who returns to India after 40 years. To spend the last few years of his life with his first love, Vaijanti [Nafisa Ali]. The lady lives in an old-age home and is Shikha's aunt who gives moral strength to Shikha.

Shikha's sister and Neha's room-mate, Shruti [Konkona Sen Sharma], works at 'Radio Mirchi'. In her 30s and still a virgin, she's desperate to get married. She is dreamy eyed about her RJ, Wishy K [Gautam Kapoor]. She also meets Debu [Irrfan Khan] through a matrimonial site. She hates him. But Debu doesn't.

Now let's have a microscopic view of what works and what doesn't…

Director Anurag Basu's handling of a few dramatic and emotional moments is exemplary. Dharmendra's introduction at the railway station, the tense moments between Kay Kay and Shilpa, the entire track featuring Irrfan and Konkona including the sequence on the rocks [after they've shopped for Irrfan's wedding] and the sequence when Shiney and Shilpa are about to get physical are portions that register a strong impact.

Also, the handling of the multiple stories concurrently is praiseworthy, for not once does confusion prevail since so much is happening to so many characters.

On the flip side, the culmination of a few stories looks hurried and half-baked. The Dharmendra - Nafisa Ali story deserved a better conclusion. The one depicted in the film is so filmy! Similarly, Kangana suddenly realizing that she needs to be with Sharman in the end [she leaves Kay Kay stranded] looks unbelievable.

The culmination to the Shilpa - Kay Kay story is ludicrous. Shilpa is about to leave her home when the door bell rings and she finds her husband [Kay Kay] staring at her. He seems repentant and one assumes he has returned home on a rebound [Kangana has dumped him]. Surprisingly, Shilpa goes back to the heartless guy, bidding goodbye to Shiney, who genuinely loves her. Wrong ending!

Another area where the film suffers is that each and every song has the 'Metro Band' coming up from nowhere and humming the lines. Agreed, they are good singers and using the Band in a song or two would've been okay, but every song? They're such a terrible put-off! Besides, the music [Pritam] is strictly okay.

METRO is embellished with superior performances, with Shilpa, Kay Kay, Irrfan and Konkona vying for top honors. Shilpa delivers her finest performance thus far, much better than her work in PHIR MILENGE. In fact, this performance needs to be remembered when the 'Bests of 2007' are compiled during the year-end. Kay Kay is exceptional. You hate him, detest his very sight, all thanks to a terrific portrayal.

Irrfan is the life of the show. You're bound to run out of adjectives to describe this performance. He's sure to appeal to every strata -- elite, intellectuals, classes, masses, kids… Konkona compliments Irrfan beautifully all through. A brilliant performance yet again. Dharmendra is simply superb. He makes you moist-eyed at several places. Sharman Joshi underplays his character beautifully.

Kangana is not in form this time. Shiney Ahuja is passable. He deserved a few more meaty scenes. Nafisa Ali is grace personified. Gautam Kapoor is adequate. Manoj Pahwa is okay.

On the whole, METRO could've been a path-breaking experience, but the faulty writing throws a spanner. At the box-office, the film caters to the multiplexes of big cities mainly. The initial weekend business will be encouraging at select metros, but things might get shaky eventually.

IndiaTimes Review of Life in a Metro Movie

After Salaam-e-Ishq , Honeymoon Travel Pvt Ltd and Delhii Heights , seems like multiple stories is what's sweeping Bollywood of late. This time it's Anurag Basu's Life In A Metro that sets out to deliver a realistic and unpretentious look at the lives and emotions of a handful of city dwellers in contemporary Mumbai. Indeed a good attempt, though does not sweep you off your feet completely.

Akash (Shiny Ahuja) forms an informal bond with Shikha (Shilpa Shetty) despite knowing that she is married to Ranjit (Kay Kay Menon). Ranjit on the other hand, has an innocent affair with his office subordinate Neha (Kangana Ranaut) sans any emotional bonding. Rahul (Sharman Joshi) who works in the same company is attracted to Neha, but is obvious to the fact that he is lending keys of his flat to his boss.

Then there is Shikha's sister Shruti (Konkana Sen) who is still a virgin at 30 and is hunting for a prospective groom for marriage portals till she meets Monty (Irrfan Khan). In a parallel story, a sexagenarian Amol (Dharmendra) reunites with his college exflame Vaijanti (Nafisa Ali) for a live-in.

Unlike Basu's previous film Gangster , Metro isn't an all-out dark film, but has sufficient dose of witty humour that basically comes out in the Irrfan-Konkana track and the initial reels for Sharman's story. A must mention is Kay Kay for being the epitome of male chavinism of an egoistic husband. Indeed the show stealer, for you hate him, detest his very sight, all thanks to a terrific protrayal. As for the much in controversy Ms Shetty, she does manage to deliver a fine performance a step ahead of Phir Milenge .

So what goes wrong? First, the half-baked Dharmendra-Nafisa Ali story that deserves a better end and then Kangana who one fine day wakes up to be with Sharman. As for Shiney Ahuja he deserved a moore meaty scene.

And if there is anything else the film lacks, Pritam's melodius composition presently topping the charts makes up for all.

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