Metro... In Dino

Not sure from where this movie is getting all those rave reviews. For someone who has watched first one like 10 times, it was easy to guess that the makers actually tried to make a failed and a toxic replica. May be in life of all these celebrities but stuff shown in this movie doesn't happen in real people's life. The funda of first casually sabotaging a relationship and then applying a bandage over it was new and used to work 18 years ago but not today. People understand the value of a relationship and what it takes to build it no matter what kind of past they have. I literally found the movie way too negative. Lots of cliched dialogs, deliberate attempts of including hidden adult content in songs, Sara Ali Khan.... I mean there were so many things that were wrong about this movie.

The story is decent, but it feels very one-sided. Every couple in the film is shown dealing with life's struggles, yet the narrative always portrays women as being suppressed and men as the sole cause of their suffering. Men are depicted almost entirely as villains. It's disappointing, because in reality men also face hardships, including depression. Just as a woman leaves behind her past life after marriage, a man does too-but this perspective is rarely acknowledged. The experiences aren't the same for both, so the film's constant focus on blaming men feels unfair.

The movie is good in parts only.

But why have the makers portrayed only women-centric sub-stories? Why only women are being shown at the receiving end in a relationship?

Are there no unhappy or dissatisfied men out there?

A more balanced approach would have been to include at least one relationship where the man is the one who needs validation.

The only sub-plot making proper sense is that of Aditya Roy Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan. Rest all are extremely lopsided and sometimes over the top too.

Was hoping to see the magic of 'Life in a Metro' being repeated, but, that movie was at another level.

This one is a one time watch.

The songs are beautiful. Anupam Kher's arc has the most tragic outcome and he, like Shiney Ahuja in the first part, remains all by himself. Ali Fazal and Fatima's story has a lot of soul too. Basu could have snapped short on Konkona and Pankaj Tripathi's story because it drags after a point, drags to irritation. Sara and Aditya's story had a lot of wit and charm, but lacked soul. And there was ABSOLUTELY no need for horse-shoeing the Rainbow prpaganda. It murdered an otherwise fascinating film.

"Zamana lage" and "Aankh mudi, khwab aya" are the best picks among Pritam's melodies.

The cinematography, as always, is delicious.

I just wish Basu goes back to making little gems like Barfi and Jagga Jasoos.

His Gangster and Metro days are best left behind.

I personally feel this should have never been a correlation of life in a metro. That movie meant so much as it was a new rendition of what small intertwined relationships were fading into a full bloom rose. The songs the actors the story line.... Man!!!! It was the perfect flim that year.

Now they remove contrasting to that flim.

No qualms no regret but the vibe is not vibing, I guess a flim of that power calibre should just be left as it is.... Untouched.

Irfan Sir thank you for that fantastic experience in that movie...and may you rest in peace. The movie metro in dino is a good movie but it's nothing great to what I experienced the first movie ( k.k menon's ) gave me.