India, June 26 -- The Hindi film industry is more sold on 'spiritual' sequels than actual sequels. These films do not necessarily continue the story but are connected through themes and genres. The latest spiritual sequel is Metro...In Dino, a successor to Anurag Basu's 2007 hit Life in a Metro. As is the norm, the new Metro has an entirely different cast, with only Konkona Sen Sharma returning, but that too, in a different character.

However, Konkona ensured that there was one tiny connection Metro In Dino retained with Life in a Metro, which also served as a nod to the iconic role played by the late Irrfan Khan in the original.

Life in a Metro saw Konkona play Shruti, a girl looking for a match in an arranged marriage setup. The film ...