8 A.M. Metro (2023): Two strangers inadvertently bump into each other in the metro and strike up an unlikely friendship, and in the process find themselves and each other.

What’s Good: The actor who understands the dilemma and pain of their characters and plays with each other’s energies is precisely the frame an immersive watcher deserves. Both Gulshan and Saiyami give this one their all.

What’s Bad: Raj suffers the Anurag Kashyap dilemma of not understanding where to pull the trigger and say cut. The climax stretches out of control, partly taking away the magic.

Loo Break: It certainly isn’t a flawless product, but it is an immersive watch that, in fragments, will test you. You have to be an audience who appreciates that kind of cinema.

Watch or Not?: This is an experiment that needs to be watched not just for how good a writing example it is, but also for how excellent synergy the actors share.

Language: Hindi (with subtitles).

Available On: In Theatres Near You.

Runtime: 162 Minutes

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Two star-crossed people meet on a metro in Hyderabad. After several meetings, they start developing a bond that is not love because there are married to their respective partners. Who do they call it, then? What does the world think of them? What does losing someone exactly look like? Explore it as they do.