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Spoiler Warning: This section has additional observations, other than the ones noted in the main review. It may have some details that could distort your experience while watching the movie.
Story:
Various characters and their combinations lead to relationships with varying degrees of complexity. Ranjeet (Kay Kay Menon) and Shikha’s (Shilpa Shetty’s) marriage faces peril while Rahul (Sharman Joshi) woos Neha (Kangna Ranaut). But, Neha has her own complicated relationship to handle. Shruti (Konkona Sen Sharma) and Monty (Irrfan Khan) are still figuring out theirs.
What worked:
The strain in the Shikha (Shilpa Shetty)-Ranjeet (Kay Kay Menon) marital relationship was covered in barely two minutes, without the audience having to go through the details of their tiffs.
What didn’t:
The leap in dialogue from Shikha complimenting Akash (Shiney Ahuja) about his talent and him starting to talk about his wife.
Nitty-gritty:
What was it that Shikha throws in a box on the road? Was it a letter in a mail box? If it was, why was it not in an envelope? And anyways, if they were not going to bother telling us what it was, why show it in the first place?
Amol (Dharmendra) crosses railway tracks by jumping platforms. When he climbs onto the other platform, he does so like he is climbing a 6-inch step! A 60 year-old climbing a platform without support of his hands, when he needed support to jump down?
Why is Shikha, the wife of a senior officer at a BPO, commuting by bus?
Amol tells Shivani (Nafisa Ali) that he is terminally ill. And before asking what was wrong with him, she asks him how long he has to live. Is that really the natural flow of questions?
Was the Ranjeet-Neha relationship a year old or two years? At one place they mention one year and at another two.
Was there a specific reason why Amol wrote his diary in Urdu?
2 Responses to “An interesting plot sorely misses the final punch”
The overseas audience will only want Shilpa, Shilpa, and more Shilpa. The Indian audience will want hairball heros beating up 50 goons, and chasing a young lady around some trees. So “Metro” just won’t make the cut, will it?
oooooh Tawny…heavy on stereotypes, aren’t we? Well, if the movie does not do well, it would be because at the end of it all, they had nothing new to say.
The overseas audience will only want Shilpa, Shilpa, and more Shilpa. The Indian audience will want hairball heros beating up 50 goons, and chasing a young lady around some trees. So “Metro” just won’t make the cut, will it?
oooooh Tawny…heavy on stereotypes, aren’t we? Well, if the movie does not do well, it would be because at the end of it all, they had nothing new to say.