18 Years Apart, These 5 Elements In Metro In Dino Will Remind You Of Life In A Metro

Very rarely does a sequel, even when spiritual, become a worthy successor of the first film. Anurag Basu's Metro In Dino is a warm exception. The movie is a sequel to the 2007 movie Life In A Metro. The new movie features Pankaj Tripathi, Sara Ali Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ali Fazal, and Konkona Sen, the only returning cast member from the last movie. The director's brilliance is highlighted when the scenes in the sequel serve as a warm reminder of its predecessor, yet it will not want to make you ditch the new movie for the old one. At the risk of coming across spoilers, take a look at the elements from Metro…In Dino, that serves as a warm callback to the OG Life In A Metro.

Sara Ali Khan and Aditya Roy Kapur recreate the Konkona Sen and Irrfan Khan scene 

In the OG film, Konkona Sen Sharma (Shruti in the movie) is taken aback when she is faced with the reality of the sexuality of the man she falls in love with. A heartbroken Shruti finds comfort in Monty (played by Irrfan Khan), who not only lends her a listening ear but also gives her the much-needed space to vent out. Resultant is the iconic scene in the abandoned building where Shruti yells her lungs out to let out her frustration. The scene is recreated in Metro…In Dino, where Aditya Roy Kapur helps Sara Ali Khan, who is dealing with exasperation when confronted with the reality of relationships. This time, the couple are in Delhi's Maharaja Agrasen Baoli with the female screaming in the void until she breaks down.

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Konkona Sen's brush with homosexuality 

Homosexuality is a minor theme in both Life In A Metro and Metro In Dino. In the last film, the actress is shocked when she finds out that the man she loves is only pretending to date her and is gay. This time, the actress's 15-year-old daughter plays a confused character who is unsure of her sexuality and is torn between her feelings for her girlfriend and a boy who has a crush on her.

The open-ended climax

In Life In A Metro, Irrfan Khan's character is shown to have decided to get married on a whim. Closer to the movie's end, Konkona Sen is seen to crash his baraat to confess her love for him, which he eventually likely reciprocates. In Metro In Dino, Aditya Roy Kapur, with his entire family, is enroute to Kalka to get married when Sara Ali Khan gatecrashes the entourage to, no points for guessing, confess her love. This time, the couple is shown getting married.

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A dialogue that binds the two films together

In the opening credits of Life In Metro, Shilpa Shetty's character can be heard talking about marriage as a ‘facade’. She highlights how her marriage (with Kay Kay Menon in the film) hardly has a silver lining, and yet her friends believe her couple is perfect. While the same trope is explored with Konkona Sen and Pankaj Tripathi's marriage in Metro In Dino, a particular dialogue is verbatim recited. In the original, the dialogue - “Shaadi kuch sikhaaye ya nah sikhaaye, acting karna zaroor sikha deti hai," is said by Aditya Roy Kapur while talking to Sara Ali Khan about the pretence in relationships. 

Pritam, his gang and their guitars

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If you miss the other connections between the two films, this one will stare you in your face, making it too difficult to ignore. The composer, along with the other singers in the musical, keeps making appearances in the middle of the Metro In Dino just like Life In A Metro.