Metro banking on Shilpa Shetty

Life in a... Metro’, UTV Motion Pictures’ much-awaited film premiered yesterday in the Theatreland of London -Leicester Square. This busy quarter of metropolitan London is widely acclaimed for its big screens, classy theatres, royal premières and a showbiz legacy that goes back to the early years of the past century.

This is Shilpa Shetty’s first film post her Big Brother reality show win, and her producer has decided to take advantage of the added interest in the actress’ career in the UK. Present at the red carpet gala premiere were Shilpa Shetty, with mother Sunanda and sister Shamita, director Anurag Basu, producer Ronnie Screwvala, Keith Vaz, Labour MP, Preeya Kalidas of‘Bombay Dreams’ fame amongst others.

'Metro’ released in world cinemas on May 11th. The film will have premieres in world metros like Dubai and Mumbai besides the ones held in London, Sydney, and Melbourne. Another novel and first for an Indian film is that ‘Metro’ would run for the length of 2.09 hours and it is going to be screened without intermission in theaters across the world (except for India). This is to cater to the audience abroad which is used to western movies running without an intermission.

Director Anurag Basu elaborates on Plato’s statement that a city is what it is because of what its citizens are life. Basu draws incidents from the lives of three couples that dwell in the city. ‘Metro’ is an intertwined story of the emotional journeys of these six characters who live in modern metropolitan cities; they are portrayed on screen by a talented star ensemble cast comprising of Shilpa Shetty, Shiney Ahuja, Kay Kay Menon, Konkana Sen Sharma, Sharman Joshi, Kangna Ranaut and Irrfan Khan.