Life in a Metro 2007
A classic except for the band singing behind the scenes
This movie has been on my bucket list for many years and I wonder why I didn’t see it way back then. Anurag Basu nearly nailed this adult story of love and lust. I say nearly because one aspect of this film badly mars it and that’s the music director singing with his band at various parts of the film. Why did the director let such scenes ruin such a good movie is the wonder. A band popping out of nowhere (actually the songs aren’t that bad) but playing songs behind the actual scenes of the movie made it look so painfully intrusive and ridiculous. Nothing could ruin a movie more with scenes as as these. Of course on OTT I happily forwarded them.
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Otherwise this is is such a lovely film.
The 4men (Kay Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Sharman Joshi, Irrfan Khan ) and the 3 women (Shilpa Shetty, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut) and their intertwined lives were told so well. The relationships and the ensuing emotions were all done very well. I cannot imagine Kangana in the role and how she had to play the role in Queen that I despised so much but here she was perfect and so were all those lead characters. And to top it all there is veteran Dharmendra and Nafisa Ali who have a beautiful story of theirs too.
(Update, 25'th, November, 2025 — So sad to hear of Dharamji’s passing away yesterday. This was the last film of his I have watched before his passing. May his soul rest in peace. Om Shanti.)
The rains, the places like the trains, stations, bus-stops, crowds in Mumbai were all done very well.
If you haven’t watched this film yet, please do so but forward the scenes that show the musicians playing and singing.
