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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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