By Rediff, March 27, 2007 - 09:28 IST
7 of 9 people found this review helpful The unplugged version by Suhail of Baatein kuch ankahee si opens like Chal chalein of Woh Lamhe, thanks to Kalyan Baruah's inputs with Blues harp. You can't miss how much the first strain bears amazing likeness to Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak's Magar yeh to koi na jaane ke meri manzil hai kahan bit from the song, Papa kehte hain. Another version of the vibrant ditty, also featuring Adnan Sami, is better nuanced and definitive.
By Rediff, May 11, 2007 - 12:00 IST
Maybe it's the Metro band, which often enters the scene abruptly. A few favoured musical collaborators -- composer Pritam leads the group, and (it is rumoured) Basu slaps the drumskins himself -- act as sutradhars, a la the Farrelly Brothers film mentioned in this piece's title...
By Express India, May 12, 2007 - 09:35 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Life in… Metro may not have an out-of-the-box script and may not have the 'A' class stars studding it but the film is definitely not to be missed. It does what it was suppose to do. DELIVERS!
By Movietalkies, May 12, 2007 - 09:38 IST
0 of 1 people found this review helpful Metro is peopled by some brilliant actors. And all of them play out their characters adequately too. There is not much that one can say about a KK or an Irfan...
By Indya, May 12, 2007 - 09:40 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful The film tells the entwined stories of nine lives living in a metro, Mumbai. Shikha (Shilpa) is a talented but bored housewife who is craving for love. Her relationship with her husband Ranjeet (Kay Kay) is on the rocks, yet the couple is putting up with a façade of being a perfect couple in society...
By Filmfare / Times of India / Indiatimes, May 12, 2007 - 09:42 IST
0 of 1 people found this review helpful You have to live in a Metropolitan city before seeing Anurag Basu's latest multi-starrer - 'Life in a Metro', as only then you'll be able to feel the struggle that one goes through while coping his/her personal and professional life in a city.
By MTV India, May 12, 2007 - 09:43 IST
0 of 1 people found this review helpful Watching METRO reminds you of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's films - different stories intertwined together where the climax usually takes place in a crowded public place...
By Jam Mag, May 12, 2007 - 09:45 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Metro starts on a very practical note where all its characters think from their brains and ends on a very emotional note when their heart takes over. Anurag Basu does the same, using his brains to win our hearts.
By Now Running, May 12, 2007 - 09:47 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful The movie out shows an air of dryness and dullness because of flawed story writing. The appearance of the Metro band from nowhere at constant interval is annoying.
By WithoutGivingTheMovieAway, May 14, 2007 - 04:56 IST
1 of 2 people found this review helpful It is the climax of movies that do not have any particular purpose in mind that can make or break the movie. And the culmination fails here big time. It feels like the writer got bored towards the end and just wanted to get it done with one way or the other...
By Ibnlive, May 14, 2007 - 05:01 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Shilpa Shetty and Kay Kay Menon play a couple who have lost the spark in their marriage, thus searching for love in the arms of others.
By Apunkachoice, May 14, 2007 - 05:03 IST
0 of 1 people found this review helpful 'Metro' is a gripping film but it gets heavy in the second half when the stories in it begin to look more and more commonplace. Thankfully, things don't drag for long. The aforementioned stimuli sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the culmination of the stories.
By Glamsham, May 14, 2007 - 05:06 IST
0 of 1 people found this review helpful LIFE IN A METRO is not all that hot. But if you are one of those who appreciates good acting, this film is to look out for.
By Movie Walah, May 14, 2007 - 06:05 IST
Numerous characters, their intermingled lives and fast times... that sets the tone of the Anurag Basu movie called "Life in a Metro"...
By Dear Cinema, May 14, 2007 - 06:22 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Metro tells stories of characters we meet in our everyday lives.It showcases their dillemas which are similar to the ones we face quite often in a city like Mumbai...
By Bollyspice, May 14, 2007 - 06:29 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Life in a... Metro succeeds in mapping the emotions of a panorama of characters bound by the harsh realities of a metro, in this case Mumbai...
By DNA India, May 15, 2007 - 05:59 IST
0 of 1 people found this review helpful 'Metro' may be touted as Shilpa's film given her new international status, and she turns in one of her better performances too, but the ones to watch for are Konkona and Irrfan as they go about their mismatched lives till reality dawns on one and then the other...
