India, June 26 -- If you think about it, 2007 seems further ago than it actually is. Virat Kohli was barely out of school, Facebook was an alien concept, and romantic dramas in Hindi cinema were not outliers. Life in a Metro was released in this milieu and turned out to be one of the biggest successes in the genre. Director Anurag Basu took 18 years to bring its 'spiritual successor'-Metro In Dino (styled as Metro...In Dino).

The film, like its predecessor, is an anthology of several interconnected stories that deal with themes of love in metro cities. "I never wanted to call this Metro," the director opens candidly as we begin chatting about Metro In Dino, before he explains, "But the DNA of the story is the same. So, it made sense."

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