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8 A.M. Metro

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78% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 94% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
The mundane life of Iravati -- a 29-year-old housewife living in Nanded -- is thrown into mild disarray when she is asked to look after her pregnant sister, Riya, in Hyderabad after complications arise. Triumphing over her irrational fear of traveling alone, she takes on the role of her guardian and caretaker while her brother-in-law, Abhiram, is away for work. Unbeknownst to her, the journey is just the first of many, and there is no smooth sailing. A childhood incident triggers panic attacks and she (literally) latches on to the closest kind stranger; albeit one, who battles demons of his own. Preetam, a seemingly ordinary banker, fosters crippling depression and is haunted by his past. They find solace with each other and forge an unlikely friendship traversing many conversations and a physical as well as metaphorical series of journeys that lead to emotional evolution. They inadvertently give each other the will to truly live. But Preetam harbors a devastating secret that might destroy their relationship and threaten to dismantle everything they believe in if unraveled.

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Christopher Machell CineVue 06/26/2023
2/5
The blandness of the spouses remain but with little dimension, while the leads’ likeability is so doe-eyed and soft-edged as to require regular injections of rote narrative contrivance in place of genuine emotional conflict. Go to Full Review Joe Muldoon Battle Royale With Cheese 06/23/2023
Despite teetering towards the edge of becoming overlong, the diaphanous poeticism that permeates every scene, thought, and word, is enough to keep things interesting. In a word: soothing. Go to Full Review Michael Talbot-Haynes Film Threat 06/20/2023
7.5/10
What enriches this film’s frothy concoction is its strong intellectual underpinnings. The questions raised about how social media has increased public persona versus private interactions carry a lot of weight. Go to Full Review Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 06/08/2023
3/5
A valiant effort at showing how a simple act of kindness has the power to change someone's life. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 06/07/2023
3.5/4.0
While 8 A.M. Metro may not be the best film you'll see in 2023, it's a beautiful film that left me contemplating its messages and meditating upon its wisdom. Go to Full Review Prathyush Parasuraman Film Companion 06/05/2023
Gulzar’s poetry, which in most minds is an ideal, almost a benchmark, beyond criticism — often beyond clarity — here, comes like suffocating arabesques, pretty sounds, empty words, tired circumstances. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Raj Rachakonda

Director

Saiyami Kher

Iravati

Gulshan Devaiah

Preetam

Nimisha Nair

Riya

Umesh Kulkarni

Umesh

Kalpika Ganesh

Mridula

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Synopsis The mundane life of Iravati -- a 29-year-old housewife living in Nanded -- is thrown into mild disarray when she is asked to look after her pregnant sister, Riya, in Hyderabad after complications arise. Triumphing over her irrational fear of traveling alone, she takes on the role of her guardian and caretaker while her brother-in-law, Abhiram, is away for work. Unbeknownst to her, the journey is just the first of many, and there is no smooth sailing. A childhood incident triggers panic attacks and she (literally) latches on to the closest kind stranger; albeit one, who battles demons of his own. Preetam, a seemingly ordinary banker, fosters crippling depression and is haunted by his past. They find solace with each other and forge an unlikely friendship traversing many conversations and a physical as well as metaphorical series of journeys that lead to emotional evolution. They inadvertently give each other the will to truly live. But Preetam harbors a devastating secret that might destroy their relationship and threaten to dismantle everything they believe in if unraveled.
Director
Raj Rachakonda
Producer
Kishore Ganji, Raj Rachakonda
Screenwriter
Raj Rachakonda
Distributor
Platoon Distribution
Production Co
Studio 99
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
May 19, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 56m
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