Metro... In Dino Movie Review: So brilliantly ‘Basu’!

Metro In DinoUA Drama romanceDir Anurag BasuCast Aditya Roy Kapur Sara Ali Khan Pankaj Tripathi Konkona Sensharma Neena Gupta Anupam Kher Fatima Sana Shaikh Ali FazalRating 45Frankly I donrsquot think Irsquove seen a film lately that so belongs to its times as Metro In DinoAnd I donrsquot mean this in a way of how it is after all a movie with multiple characters across age groups going through relationship crises of sorts What with choice killing love in its own waySure thatrsquos thereBut Irsquom really referring to how this film has been shot and edited or rather how it flows mdash cutting through flickering images for scenes that barely last longer than a minute before switching to another characterstory and yet anotherAs if the entire film was actually a three hoursrsquo long trailer a pastichemontage More fittingly a series of stunning Instagram ReelsTo the extent that the technically sound writerdirectorproducer Anurag Basu among the most visual of Indian filmmakers couldrsquove even shot this brightly lit compilation of fine vignettes as a vertical videoThatrsquos how we consume content on our phones And thatrsquos where this pic chiefly derives its currency from There isnrsquot a moment to spare or get far too deep into emotions You inhale the scenery smile at the characters and marvel at the moments insteadThere are quite a few occasions when yoursquore likely to go ldquoWhat a shotrdquo As it is itrsquos never so much about what you wanna say but how you say it noMetro In Dino is firstly a musical Yoursquore made aware of that from the getgo As in the long opening credit sequence where the characters break into a song midconversationLikewise break the fourth wall to talk directly to the audience mdash about how for instance their life might seem perfect but thatrsquos because of their social media posts another one feels theyrsquore in a relationship that fits each other like a gloveTherersquos a lsquoMetro bandrsquo with composer Pritam singer Papon and others always at the corner of the screen playing their music often for transition sequences Stories have basically been weaved through a soundtrack rather than the other way aroundAnd these are some great songs for the sort of assorted album that Bollywood was once known for including lilting melodies and soulful lyricsMy favourite by far is the track Aur mohabbat kitni karoon mdash instantly takes you back to the RD Burman ditty Waadiyan mera daaman from Abhilasha 1968Whatrsquos the film about though Well basically humans doing human stuff mdash dealing with anger hope regret jealousy confusionhellip And it appears for the most part everyone loves somethingsomebody else What binds them I guess Lifehellip in a Metro the title of Basursquos 2007 film along the same lines To be fair his equally exciting Ludo 2020 was a similar romp only in the actionpacked thriller space instead of a romcomWhat draws you to the characters here offering a slice of their life in Delhi Mumbai Pune Bengaluru Goahellip Foremost that pretty much all of them barring a couple of exceptions are such fine actors They make you wanna look at themSo you start to empathise with the old woman Neena Gupta whorsquos spent her whole life sticking to a marriage because maybe there was nowhere else to goOr her two daughters one of whom Sara Ali Khan could end up the same route and the other Konkona Sensharma whorsquos probably in a dull marriage or maybe itrsquos just that the husband Pankaj Tripathi is sensing the sevenyearitchWhich is furthest from the travel blogger Aditya Roy Kapur top of the lot who inevitably falls in lust at first sightOr the equally young Ali Fazalrsquos character destroying his marriage because he canrsquot look beyond his career thatrsquos stuck between a secure job and the possibility of following his passionmusic insteadYou see what Irsquom trying to do here thatrsquos seemingly so tough Which is to give you a gist of so many characters and their separate storylines Irsquove not even covered the breadth of it and not going to either Itrsquos for you to watch not for me to tellOf course itrsquos hard enough to resolve a story Imagine attempting to convincingly conclude so many simultaneously But thatrsquos essentially Basursquos brilliance I know people whorsquove worked with him closelyOne thing theyrsquoll unfailingly tell you is the entire movie is usually in his head He then painstakingly stitches them on the edit taking months even years Nobody knows for sure what theyrsquore likely to watchHis other forte at least with Metro In Dino are oneliners so profound and delivered so lightlyAnd so you remember that lovely dialogue on ldquobehavioural psychologyrdquo to do with ldquoghar ki chappal syndromerdquo mdash the fact that one often stays in relationships because they feel so comfyOr that everybody has a right to be happy mdash do as you like mdash so long as you donrsquot hurt another That safety kills the drive to take chancesAnd indeed the central thought which is that yoursquove gotta love the same person again and again for the emotion to survive Thatrsquos what you head home withThe images as an experience is what you stay on for I could just go back to this film simply to count the staggering number of locations Yup might just go back you know Is there a better compliment

Metro... In Dino Movie Review: So brilliantly ‘Basu’!

Metro... In Dino
U/A: Drama, romance
Dir: Anurag Basu
Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sensharma, Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ali Fazal
Rating: 4/5

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Metro... In Dino Movie Review: So brilliantly ‘Basu’!

Metro... In DinoU/A: Drama, romanceDir: Anurag BasuCast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sensharma, Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ali FazalRating: 4/5

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Metro... In Dino
U/A: Drama, romance
Dir: Anurag Basu
Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sensharma, Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ali Fazal
Rating: 4/5