Metro In Dino Review: If You Loved Life In A… Metro, This Sequel Will Wreck You (In the Best Way)
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
Metro In Dino review: After an 18-year-long wait, director Anurag Basu returns with a spiritual sequel to his 2007 ensemble hit Life In A… Metro. Titled Metro… In Dino, the film is a timely, heartfelt, and refreshingly female-driven narrative that proves the wait was worth it. This Metro In Dino review explores how the movie captures modern relationships, heartbreak, and hope in a new-age urban setting.
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Women Take the Lead
Unlike its predecessor, which often focused on the male gaze and experiences, Metro… In Dino gives its women center stage. The film portrays characters who are tired of emotional labor, done waiting, and are finally making bold choices for themselves.
Ali Fazal’s Aakash, a struggling musician, is one of the few men shown emotionally unraveling, with a particularly powerful moment when he breaks down in front of his journalist wife Shruti — played with depth and grace. The scene is complemented by the mood of Muneer Niyazi’s iconic lines:
“Hamesha der kar deta hoon main har kaam karne mein…”
It’s a film that resonates with the emotional messiness of real life, but does so with subtlety and soul.
Metro In Dino review – A Lighter but Relatable Sequel
While Life In A… Metro was more somber and cynical in tone, Metro… In Dino comes off lighter — yet not lacking emotional weight. It is less about the theatrics of heartbreak and more about quiet resolve, tough conversations, and second chances. Basu keeps the intertwining narrative style but leans more into emotional realism than melodrama.
The music by Pritam and lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya help stitch together a cityscape of feelings — from loneliness to love, from letting go to holding on.
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