Life in a… Metro

Drama Comedy Musical

May 11, 2007 |

2hr 11min |

India |

Hindi |

U/A

Drama, Comedy, Musical

U/A

2hr 11min

May 11, 2007

India

Hindi

Storyline

The lives of a group of people who live in Mumbai: Rahul occupies an apartment owned by his uncle and lets rich, influential people use it for their personal affairs; ignored, angry young wife Shikha falls into the arms of a young man named Akash who wants to act in Indian films; Shikha’s sister Shruti is having an affair with a man named Monty; Shikha’s teacher Shivani is romancing Amol; Rahul finds out that his girlfriend Neha is using this very apartment to meet with Ranjeet, who is Shika’s husband.

Life in a... Metro Movie Cast & Character

Dharmendra

Amol

Nafisa Ali

Shivani

Shilpa Shetty

Shikha Ghosh Kapoor

Kay Kay Menon

Ranjit Kapoor

Shiney Ahuja

Akash Sharma

Irrfan Khan

Monty

Konkona Sen Sharma

Shruti Ghosh

Kangana Ranaut

Neha Grewal

Sharman Joshi

Rahul Dhupia

Ashwin Mushran

Abdullah Ansari

Sumit

Director

Pritam

Rock Band Leader (Guest Appearance)

Manoj Pahwa

Dr. Pritam Ahuja

Life in a... Metro Movie Crew

Anurag Basu

Director, Story, Screenplay

Dialogues

Producer

Cinematographer

Editor

Music Composer (Song)

Raju Singh

Music Composer (Score)

Life in a... Metro Movie Trailer, Teaser & Videos

Life in a... Metro Movie Poster & Photos

Where to Watch Life in a... Metro Movie Online (Stream)

Storyline

Life in a... Metro Movie Details

Status: released

Available on: streaming-platform

Theatrical Release Date: May 11, 2007

Budget: ₹9.50 crore

Worldwide Collection: ₹24.45 crore

Production & Distribution Company

Production Companies

UTV Motion Pictures

Distributors

UTV Motion Pictures

About Life in a... Metro Movie

Life in a… Metro is partly inspired by Billy Wilder’s romantic comedy film The Apartment (1960). 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 ₹70 million, Life in a… Metro was released on 11 May 2007 and was a surprise commercial success at the box office, grossing over ₹250 million worldwide. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with praise for its story, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack, cinematography and performances of the ensemble cast.
At the 53rd Filmfare Awards, Life in a… Metro received 6 nominations, including Best Director (Basu) and Best Music Director (Pritam), and won 3 awards – Best Supporting Actor (Khan), Best Supporting Actress (Sen Sharma), and Best Screenplay (Basu).
Its sequel is titled Metro… In Dino was announced in 2022 with Basu and Pritam returning as director and music composer.

Tracklist

Alvida – Lyrics: Amitabh Verma; Singer: KK
Alvida (Reprise) – Lyrics: Amitabh Verma; Singer: Fahruk Mahfuz Anam (James)
Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si – Lyrics: Sandeep Srivastava; Singer: Adnan Sami
Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si (Unplugged) – Lyrics: Sandeep Srivastava; Singer: Suhail Kaul
Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si (Remix – Lyrics: Sandeep Srivastava; Singer: Adnan Sami
In Dino – Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri; Singer: Soham Chakraborty
In Dino (Reprise) – Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri; Singer: Roopkumar Rathod
Kar Salaam – Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri; Singer: Soham Chakraborty, Pritam Chakraborty, Suhail Kaul
O Meri Jaan – Lyrics: Sandeep Srivastava; Singer: KK
O Meri Jaan (Reprise) – Lyrics: Sandeep Srivastava; Singer: Suhail Kaul & K. K.
Rishtey – Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri; Singer: Fahruk Mahfuz Anam (James)
Rishtey (Remix) – Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri; Singer: Fahruk Mahfuz Anam (James)