Anurag Basu credited Irfan for the metro in Dino: This film is a tribute to him and KK.
Director Anurag Basu credited Irrfan for ‘Metro in Dino’, in an interview. The upcoming film ‘Ek Metro in Jeevan’ is a spiritual sequel.

In short
- ‘Metro in Dino’ is scheduled for a release on July 4, 2025
- Director Anurag Basu said that the film is a tribute to Irrfan and KK
- He said that this will be his last film in the trilogy after ‘Ludo’ and ‘Life in a Metro’.
Filmmkaer Anurag Basu recently talked about his upcoming film ‘Metro in Dino’ and how this is an Odd for late actor Irrfan and singer KK. The film is set to hit theaters on July 4, 2025. The director shared that the two artists were an integral part of the 2007 original ‘Life in a Metro’. Basu credited Irfan to propose the idea of creating a sequel.
In an interview with News18 ShowshaAnurag said, “Post ‘Jagga Jasos’, Irfan and I were talking The sequel to ‘Life in Metro’He, in fact, gave me the idea to start working on it. He told me, ‘Metro 2 is Banat.’ He told me about it much later, not immediately after the first film. ,
Back in 2017, there were reports that Irrfan had already signed to be a part of the second film. However, Basu clarified that ‘Metro in Dino’ was never planned as part of the trilogy of hyperlinked films. “I had no plans to make a trilogy. I was afraid if ‘life in a metro’ would work. It was very different. But after that, I was hung. I started enjoying writing hyperlink films. Then ‘Ludo’ and ‘Kit’ shared by the director of ‘Gangster’ and ‘Kit’.
He said, ‘Metro in dino’ can mark the end of this story stories, at least for now. “I am not going to make such films because it is like writing four movies in one, and it takes a lot of time. But it is challenging, it is also fun. The best part is getting to work with an entire team of actors.” Hyperlinkad Films Mein is the fun. It is not going to be a very soon, “said Anurag.
The filmmaker also reflected how dating and relationships have developed since 2007. Citing the story of Irrfan and Konakona Sensaharma’s characters from the original film, he said how this story was ahead of its time. “Their characters were found online, on a matrimonial site. A lot has changed in these 18 years, and we should come with it. People are now less expressive in the individual. They speak their hearts, in fact. They can make all their feelings online. Aaj kal one-to-one mein nahi hota hai (In today’s time, there are no face-to-face things), ”he said.
On a personal note, Anurag also shared what Love has taught him for years. “What love has taught me that I have started looking at the world and started looking at people’s stories from a woman’s point of view. I have learned to see things from his point of view after falling in love and it really helped me as a creative person.”
Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Anurag Basu Productions produced, ‘Metro in Dino’ Anupam Kher, Nina Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Fatima Sana Sheikh and Ali Fazal have the facility of artists. The film investigates four modern-day relationship stories established in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.


