Life in a... Metro

The story takes place in Mumbai.

Rahul, who is eager to move up the ranks in his call center job, lends his apartment to people connected to his boss, Ranjit, for bringing their girlfriends and affair interests in turn for recommendation. He silently loves Neha, his colleague, who has risen up in the ranks easily due to her relationship with Ranjit.

Ranjit is very unhappy with his marriage with his wife Shikha with whom he has an eight-year-old daughter. Shikha, who often meets her aunt, Shivani in her Bharatanatyam classes, reads out a letter from the US from Amol, whom Shivani loved forty years ago, but he left her to pursue his dreams in the US. Amol conveys through the letter that he is probably coming to India for the last time and wishes to meet Shivani and spend his last days with her. Shivani agrees.

Shikha's sister, Shruti, is twenty-seven and very eager 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 artist and a divorcee at a bus stop. He practices drama with his friends in the floor above Shivani's Bharatanatyam classes. They start off as friends, but slowly start getting close and visit places non-romantically.

Monty helps Shruti get a job in his company and they become friends. Monty also conveys that his mother has found an ideal bride for him, and asks Shruti's help with the wedding shopping. Shruti slowly starts falling for Monty.

Amol and Shivani, who have rekindled their love spend one night together. In the morning, Shivani wakes up and experiences some 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 apartment, argument ensues between the two and Ranjit leaves. Neha, upset, attempts suicide by drinking phenyl.

Rahul finds Neha passed out in the bathroom and calls his neighbor who is a doctor; they are able to save Neha by making her vomit and admit her in a hospital. Rahul calls up Ranjit, who has left for Bangalore due to an urgent business, who tells him to take care of Neha for a few days.

Rahul, meanwhile, starts taking care of the recovering Neha and they form a special bond. One day, Rahul takes her to the outskirts of the city to an unfinished house. Rahul explains to Neha that his father's dream was to build a good house or a restaurant, and he had invested everything into this house. But he didn't have enough money to complete the ceiling and a few parts of the house. Now, Rahul is determined to fulfill his father's dream.

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

Meanwhile, Shikha visits Akash in his home, where they get physically close. Just before they get even more intimate, Shikha realizes her boundaries and leaves Akash's home.

Ranjit, who has arrived at home, sees Shikha crying and misunderstands that Shruti has told about Ranjit's affair. Ranjit then confesses himself. After confessing, Shikha says that Shruti never told her anything and confesses her friendship and closeness with Akash. Ranjit, enraged, decides to move in with Neha. Monty announces his wedding date to Shruti, who has fallen for him. Ranjit asks Rahul for the keys to which he resigns, and him, upset with the way the city has treated him, decides to leave Mumbai by train.

On the day of Monty's wedding, Rahul decides to leave, Ranjit is on the way to take Neha to a hotel, and Akash sends Shikha her handbag which she left in Akash's house. He also sends her a letter that says that he is ready to accept her the way she is: a housewife, or as a modern girl. He also writes that he has been offered a job in Dubai and he is ready to leave for the airport by train and she must come with him.

While traveling with Ranjit, Neha realizes that she loves Rahul and starts chasing his taxi to the railway station. Shruti conveys her feelings to Monty right before the wedding and leaves. Monty also realizes that he loves Shruti and chases her taxi to the same railway station on the wedding horse. Shikha dresses up and goes to the railway station.

In the railway station, Monty chases Shruti, Neha chases Rahul, and Shikha searches for Akash. Neha catches up Rahul and they patch things up. Monty finally finds Shruti in a ladies compartment and enters it. They realize their love for each other and hug. Shikha finds Akash, but tells him that she is not going to come with him and wishes him the best for his job in Dubai and leaves.

The movie ends with Rahul and Neha eating dinner with the doctor and his wife from their neighborhood, Shikha and Ranjit in a happier marriage, Shruti and Monty, who have married, waiting in a traffic signal with their three-year-old child and Akash still roaming the streets of Mumbai.

• Dharmendra as Amol, Shivani's childhood love interest
• Nafisa Ali as Shivani, Amol's childhood love interest, Shikha and Shruti's aunt
• Shilpa Shetty as Shikha Ghosh Kapoor, Ranjit's wife, Shruti's sister, 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 love interest
• Irrfan Khan as Monty, Shruti's love interest
• Konkona Sen Sharma as Shruti Ghosh, Shikha's sister, Ranjit's sister-in-law, Shivani's niece, Monty's love interest, Neha's roommate
• Kangana Ranaut as Neha Grewal, Shruti's roommate, Ranjit's love interest, Rahul's crush
• Sharman Joshi as Rahul Dhupia, Ranjit's subordinate, Neha's colleague
• Ashwin Mushran as Abdullah Ansari, Shruti's boss
• Manoj Pahwa as Dr. Pritam Ahuja, Rahul's neighbor
• Pritam Chakraborty as Rock Band Leader (Guest appearance)

Life in a... Metro was the 26th highest grossing Bollywood film of 2007, grossing {{INRConvert|227.5|m}}. It became a semi-hit at the box office, despite taking a below average opening.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=214&catName=MjAwNw==|title=Box Office 2007|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=23 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014132441/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=214&catName=MjAwNw%3D%3D|archive-date=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

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The soundtrack was released on 17 March 2007. Life In A... Metro's music was composed by Pritam with lyrics by Sayeed Quadri, Amitabh Verma and Sandeep Srivastava. Bob Dylan's "I Want You" plays in the background when Shruti and Rishi are at a vending machine and Shruti mistakes Rishi to be gesturing and speaking with her. The song does not appear on the soundtrack. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 11,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's twelfth highest-selling.{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624132928/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-date=24 June 2010|publisher=Box Office India}}

The song "Alvida" was composed by Pritam back in 90's when he was still struggling.

Pritam formed the band Metro with Suhail Kaul and the Bangladeshi singer Fahruk Mahfuz Anam (James) that performed the songs in the movie.

During certain song sequences in the film, the band led by Pritam appears on screen at performing the songs as the scenes play out. The music score in Life In A... Metro is heavily rock-oriented. The four-members were Pritam, Suhail Kaul, Soham Chakraborty and Bangladeshi singer James.

Its sequel titled Metro... In Dino was announced in 2022 with Basu and Pritam returning as director and music composer.{{Cite web |last=vrinda.mundara |title=Life in a Metro sequel 'Metro In Dino' announced with Sara Ali Khan and Aditya Roy Kapoor in leading roles |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/life-in-a-metro-sequel-metro-in-dino-announced-with-sara-ali-khan-and-aditya-roy-kapoor-in-leading-roles-vma-rmkfkj |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=en}}

The sequel will star Aditya Roy Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta in lead roles.{{Cite web |last=Hymavati |first=Ravali |date=2023-01-30 |title=Sara Ali Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Neena Gupta And Anupam Kher Team Up For Anurag Basu's 'Metro In Dino' |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/bollywood/sara-ali-khan-aditya-roy-kapur-neena-gupta-and-anupam-kher-team-up-for-anurag-basus-metro-in-dino-779977 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}

The film was scheduled to release on 29 March 2024,{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=ABP News |date=2023-01-30 |title=Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan-Starrer Anthology Film Metro...In Dino Gets Release A Date |url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/aditya-roy-kapur-sara-ali-khan-starrer-anthology-film-metro-in-dino-gets-release-a-date-1578847 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}} but was postponed to 29 November 2024.{{cite web | title=Anurag Basu's Metro... In Dino release date shifted to November 29| url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/anurag-basus-metro-in-dino-release-date-shifted-to-november-29/cid/2014338 |first = Agnivo |last = Niyogi |date=2024-04-19 |access-date=2024-04-20}}

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• [http://www.utvgroup.com/motion-pictures/past-releases/life-in-a-metro.html Life In A... Metro : UTV Motion Picture Official Website]
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