Life in a... Metro (2007)

Original title

Life in a Metro

Directed by

Anurag Basu

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

A

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows nine people in Mumbai whose lives overlap through relationships, work, and chance encounters. It explores love, commitment, and the complications of modern city life.

melancholicintertwinedsoulfulobservationalurbanbittersweetintrospectiveromantic

What happens

Life in a... Metro is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Anurag Basu. Partly inspired by Billy Wilder's romantic comedy film The Apartment (1960), it features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut, and Sharman Joshi in lead roles. The music is composed by Pritam with lyrics written by Sayeed Quadri, Sandeep Shrivastava, and Amitabh Verma. It narrates the lives of nine people living in Mumbai and deals with topics such as extramarital affairs, sanctity of marriage, commitment phobia, and love. Made on a budget of ₹95 million, Life in a... Metro was released on 11 May 2007 and was a surprise commercial success at the box office, grossing over ₹245 million worldwide. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise for its novel concept, story, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack and performances of the ensemble cast. At the 53rd Filmfare Awards, Life in a... Metro received six nominations, including Best Director (Basu) and Best Music Director (Pritam), and won three awards – Best Supporting Actor (Khan), Best Supporting Actress (Sen Sharma) and Best Screenplay (Basu). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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