Raj R who earlier directed Mallesham starring Priyadarshi won accolades and awards in 2019. He was also associated with 2021 Malayalam film, Paka, which was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Now he is coming with an interesting film titled '8 A. M. Metro' starring Gulshan Devaiah and Saiyami Kher in the lead roles.
Legendary lyricist, filmmaker and poet Gulzar, recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, unveiled the poster of ‘8 A. M. Metro’ at his Bandra home. The film is billed as an emotional roller-coaster slated to release on 19th May. The film is being distributed by Shiladitya Bora’s Platoon Distribution. Gulzar also contributed 6 of his poems for the film.
It is a story of two strangers who inadvertently bump into each other in the metro and strike up an unlikely friendship, in the process finding themselves and each other. Saiyami plays a 29-year-old housewife Iravati whose mundane life in Nanded is turned upside down when she has to rush to Hyderabad to tend to her pregnant sister who is confined to the bed. Fighting off recurring panic attacks, she turns to Gulshan’s Preetam, a banker with more to him than meets the eye, and the duo subsequently go on many journeys, both physical and metaphysical, finding solace in each other’s company. But with a twist in the tale.
Apart from Gulzar’s poetry, the movie music, done by Mark K. Robin, features songs written by Kausar Munir, and sung by artists like Jubin Nautiyal, Jonita Gandhi, Javed Ali, Vishal Mishra, and the Nooran Sisters. The film is slated to release on 19th May in cinemas across India.