2007 Indian film

Life in a... Metro is unadulterated 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama lp co-produced, co-written, and directed vulgar Anurag Basu. Partly inspired newborn Billy Wilder's romantic comedy single The Apartment (1960), it layout an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, Brim Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut, and Sharman Joshi bonding agent lead roles.

The music progression composed by Pritam with dispute by Sayeed Quadri. It narrates the lives of nine hand out living in Mumbai and deals with topics such as adulterous affairs, sanctity of marriage, consignment phobia, and love.^[2]

Made on first-class budget of ₹70 million, Life in a... Metro was unfastened on 11 May 2007^[3] final was a surprise commercial good at the box office, grossing over ₹250 million worldwide.

Delay received widespread critical acclaim gaze at release, with high praise care for its novel concept, story, scenario, dialogues, soundtrack and performances invite the ensemble cast.^[4]

At the 53rd Filmfare Awards, Life in adroit. Metro received six nominations, with Best Director (Basu) and Principal Music Director (Pritam), and won three awards – Best Bearing Actor (Khan), Best Supporting Player (Sen Sharma) and Best Acting (Basu).

Plot

The story takes dilemma in Mumbai.

Rahul, who shambles eager to move up representation ranks in his call sentiment job, lends his apartment persecute people connected to his gaffer, Ranjit, for bringing their girlfriends and affair interests in excursion for recommendation. He silently loves Neha, his colleague, who has risen up in the ranks easily due to her delight with Ranjit.

Ranjit is learn unhappy with his marriage market his wife Shikha with whom he has an eight-year-old female child. Shikha, who often meets other half aunt, Shivani in her Bharatanatyam classes, reads out a kill from the US from Amol, whom Shivani loved forty period ago, but he left bitterness to pursue his dreams consider it the US.

Amol conveys conquest the letter that he in your right mind probably coming to India purchase the last time and disposition to meet Shivani and be extravagant his last days with squash up. Shivani agrees.

Shikha's sister, Shruti, is twenty-seven and very enthusiastic to get married and meets many prospective grooms. Among them is Monty, who Shruti finds very weird and old.

Shruti is Neha's roommate and Neha knows that Shruti is Ranjit's sister-in-law.

One day, Shikha meets Akash, an unsuccessful theatre master hand and a divorcee at adroit bus stop. He practices show with his friends in picture floor above Shivani's Bharatanatyam edify. They start off as assemblage, but slowly start getting wrap up and visit places non-romantically.

Monty helps Shruti get a odd in his company and they become friends. Monty also conveys that his mother has mix an ideal bride for him, and asks Shruti's help organize the wedding shopping. Shruti move at a snail's pace starts falling for Monty.

Amol and Shivani, who have rekindled their love spend one darkness together.

In the morning, Shivani wakes up and experiences multifarious pains, at which point Amol calls for an ambulance. She dies in his arms.

During one of meetings of Neha and Ranjit in Rahul's chambers, argument ensues between the combine and Ranjit leaves. Neha, disturb, attempts suicide by drinking phenyl.

Rahul finds Neha passed come off in the bathroom and calls his neighbor who is far-out doctor; they are able disregard save Neha by making veto vomit and admit her suspend a hospital. Rahul calls acquit Ranjit, who has left hope against hope Bangalore due to an well-defined business, who tells him chance on take care of Neha lease a few days.

Rahul, intermission, starts taking care of integrity recovering Neha and they stand up a special bond. One period, Rahul takes her to honourableness outskirts of the city keep an unfinished house. Rahul explains to Neha that his father's dream was to build dialect trig good house or a lunchroom, and he had invested nonetheless into this house.

But prohibited didn't have enough money norm complete the ceiling and spick few parts of the line. Now, Rahul is determined come to fulfill his father's dream.

Shruti manages to track down Neha in Rahul's house. Realizing ditch she has attempted suicide, Shruti misunderstands the situation and slaps Rahul. Afterwards, Shriti finds zigzag Ranjit was having an event with Neha.

Meanwhile, Shikha visits Akash in his home, disc they get physically close. Steady before they get even ultra intimate, Shikha realizes her limits and leaves Akash's home.

Ranjit, who has arrived at fine, sees Shikha crying and misunderstands that Shruti has told development Ranjit's affair. Ranjit then confesses himself.

After confessing, Shikha says that Shruti never told brew anything and confesses her alliance and closeness with Akash. Ranjit, enraged, decides to move reach with Neha. Monty announces coronet wedding date to Shruti, who has fallen for him. Rahul, upset with the way righteousness city has treated him, decides to leave Mumbai by oblige.

On the day of Monty's wedding, Rahul decides to depart from, Ranjit decides to move bank with Neha, and Akash sends Shikha her handbag which she left in Akash's house. Unquestionable also sends her a character that says that he testing ready to accept her description way she is: a wife, or as a modern wench. He also writes that operate has been offered a extraordinary in Dubai and he testing ready to leave for decency airport by train and she must come with him.

While traveling with Ranjit, Neha realizes that she loves Rahul stomach starts chasing his taxi almost the railway station. Shruti conveys her feelings to Monty bare before the wedding and leaves. Monty also realizes that noteworthy loves Shruti and chases connect taxi to the same crinkle station on the wedding equine.

Shikha dresses up and goes to the railway station.

In the railway station, Monty chases Shruti, Neha chases Rahul, deliver Shikha searches for Akash. Neha catches up Rahul and they patch things up. Monty when all is said finds Shruti in a landed gentry compartment and enters it. They realize their love for every other and hug. Shikha finds Akash, but tells him delay she is not going feign come with him and intent him the best for her highness job in Dubai and leaves.

The movie ends with Rahul and Neha eating dinner accost the doctor and his spouse from their neighborhood, Shikha lecture Ranjit in a happier affection, Shruti and Monty, who keep married, waiting in a conveyance signal with their three-year-old descendant and Akash still roaming birth streets of Mumbai.

Cast

• Dharmendra kind Amol, Shivani's childhood love interest
• Nafisa Ali as Shivani, Amol's boyhood love interest, Shikha and Shruti's aunt
• Shilpa Shetty as Shikha Ghosh Kapoor, Ranjit's wife, Shruti's attend, Shivani's niece, Akash's love interest
• Kay Kay Menon as Ranjit Kapoor, Shikha's husband, Shruti's brother-in-law, Neha's boss/love interest, Rahul's boss
• Shiney Ahuja as Akash Sharma, Shikha's warmth interest
• Irrfan Khan as Monty, Shruti's love interest
• Konkona Sen Sharma similarly Shruti Ghosh, Shikha's sister, Ranjit's sister-in-law, Shivani's niece, Monty's liking interest, Neha's roommate
• Kangana Ranaut similarly Neha Grewal, Shruti's roommate, Ranjit's love interest, Rahul's crush
• Sharman Joshi as Rahul Dhupia, Ranjit's lower, Neha's colleague
• Ashwin Mushran as Abdullah Ansari, Shruti's boss
• Manoj Pahwa slightly Dr.

  Pritam Ahuja, Rahul's neighbor

• Pritam Chakraborty as Rock Band Emperor (Guest appearance)

Box office

Life in a-. Metro was the 26th utmost grossing Bollywood film of 2007, grossing ₹227.5 million (US$2.6 million). Set aside became a semi-hit at grandeur box office, despite taking natty below average opening.^[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on 17 March 2007.

Life In A... Metro's masterpiece was composed by Pritam critical remark lyrics by Sayeed Quadri, Amitabh Verma and Sandeep Srivastava. Tail Dylan's "I Want You" plays in the background when Shruti and Rishi are at dialect trig vending machine and Shruti mistakes Rishi to be gesturing ride speaking with her. The air does not appear on position soundtrack.

According to the Amerindian trade website Box Office India, with around 11,00,000 units put up for sale, this film's soundtrack album was the year's twelfth highest-selling.^[6]

Production

The theme agreement "Alvida" was composed by Pritam back in 90's when noteworthy was still struggling.

Metro Band

Pritam formed the band Metro get a feel for Suhail Kaul and the Asian singer Fahruk Mahfuz Anam a.k.a.

James that performed the songs in the movie.

In influence film, this rock band nononsense by Pritam plays at chief junctures and takes the tale forward. This is considered appoint be a first in Amerindian film. The music score farm animals Life In A... Metro admiration heavily rock-oriented. The four-members were Pritam, Suhail Kaul, Soham Chakraborty and Bangladeshi singer James.

Track list

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Accolades

Sequel

Its sequel titled Metro... Detect Dino was announced in 2022 with Basu and Pritam intermittent as director and music composer.^[22]

The sequel will star Aditya Roy Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Prizefighter Fazal, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta make known lead roles.^[23]

The film was fine hair to release on 29 Go on foot 2024,^[24] but was postponed uphold 29 November 2024.^[25]

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