Anurag Basu shares how the ‘Life In a Metro’ trilogy came to be and shares Irrfan Khan was the reason—deets inside!

Anurag Basu, the mastermind behind creating the fan favourite ‘Life In A Metro’ and its sequel ‘Metro…Dino’, has recently revealed how the upcoming sequel came to be and more. The director delved into how the upcoming film is a direct tribute to the actor Irrfan Khan and singer KK.

Both KK and Irrfan were heavily involved in the making of the first film, with the actor starring as one of the leads in the film, while KK was responsible for creating some of the biggest musical hits that came from the movie.

Anurag Basu’s take on why he made a sequel to ‘Life In A Metro’

Basu, while sitting for an interview with News18 Showsha, revealed that the new film is a direct tribute to the late Irrfan Khan and KK. He added that the actor was the one who suggested that there should be a follow-up project. He shared in his statement about the matter that, “Post 'Jagga Jasoos', Irrfan and I were talking about a sequel to 'Life In A Metro'. He, in fact, had given me the idea to start working on it. He told me, ‘Metro 2 banaate hai.’ He told me about it much later, not immediately after the first film."

The director shares whether there will be another film

Basu confirms that the linked-up films will end with ‘Metro…In Dino’. He also added that right off the bat, he had not thought about making this into a trilogy, and that the idea remained until he saw the success.

Later, when ‘Ludo’ (the second film of the trilogy), Basu could see the vision of making three films better.He has, however, confirmed that there will be no other movie released from his end that is in any way related to the ‘Metro’ series. While talking about it, he stated that “I’m not going to make such films anymore because it’s like writing four films in one, and that takes too much time. But while it’s challenging, it’s also fun.

The best part is getting to work with a whole team of actors. Hyperlinked films mein yeh ek maza hai. But as of now, Metro in Dino feels like the final one. That’s not to say that there’s no possibility of making another hyperlinked film, but even if I do, I don’t think it’s going to happen very soon".

About ‘Metro…In Dino’

The sequel film ‘Metro…Dino’ follows a similar storyline of four different cities, and how the people living there deal with everyday life and emotions. At the focal point are the four main metropolitan cities: Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi.