Anurag Basu's movie 'Life In A Metro' is a tale of urban relationships. It is a story of several characters whose lives are marked with ambition, greed, lust, sex, despair, failure and hope.
Shilpa Shetty as Shikha: She is an educated woman married to a successful man who prefers his work more than spending quality time with her. Mother of a 6-yr-old-son, Shikha is a bored housewife tired of her monotonous life.
Kay Kay Menon as Ranjeet: Ranjeet is Shikha's husband and a businessman. He has a domineering personality. He likes to be in control and keeps other people on their toes.
Kangana Ranaut as Neha: Neha is a young and beautiful working girl who doesn't mind using her body to climb up the corporate ladder.
Sharman Joshi as Rahul: He is a money-minded person who believes he holds his own keys to success in life. But then he gets in an emotional relationship and learns a few important lessons of life.
Konkona Sen as Shruti: She has spent most of her life studying and making a career. Shruti is a girl who is still a virgin at 30. She is desperate to get married. But she wants to choose her man very carefully lest she make a mistake and repent for the rest of her life.
Irrfan Khan as Debu: Debu is a very interesting character. He likes appreciating beauty in females. He is desperately looking for a woman to marry. He meets Shruti through a marriage portal and looks forward to marry her soon.
Storyline
Life in a Metro in the present times is no longer what it used to be. Ambition has taken precedence over emotions. Love has taken a backseat to sex. And commitment and honesty have become mere fancy words.
This is the setting of 'Metro'.
Shikha (Shilpa Shetty) is in a marriage of compromise with her husband Ranjeet (Kay Kay). They have a house but no home. Ranjeet is an entrepreneur having an extramarital affair with Neha (Kangana), his junior.
Neha is a smart girl who has risen in the corporate ladder very fast, thanks to her hard work and also the opportunities given by her boss Ranjeet with whom she is having an affair.
In the same office is Rahul (Sharman Joshi), a call centre executive who has a crush on Neha, his senior.
Neglected by her husband, Shikha gets attracted to a stranger. He is Akash (Shiney Ahuja), a struggling theatre artist who has not been able to get any success in life.
On the other hand, Shikha's sister Shruti (Konkona) works at a radio station. She is 30 and still a virgin. She is desperate to find a man for herself. She is attracted to a RJ in her studio. She also meets Debu (Irrfan Khan) through a matrimonial site. Although Debu is attracted towards her, she doesn't like him much.
Things get complicated after Neha asks Ranjeet for a commitment. Rahul's heart is broken when he figures out that the woman he loves is having a physical relationship with his boss. On the other hand, Shikha finds love in Akash and almost crosses the limit that any married woman sets for herself.
'Metro' is produced by Ronnie Screwala. It has music by Pritam. Its story and screenplay is written by Anurag Basu.
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