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Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta, two of the most celebrated actors from the film fraternity, recently recalled their golden theatre days at the National School of Drama and talked about having successful and failed relationships. Both the stars studied at the same time at NSD in 1970 and performed together in the play Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha. They’ve also acted in two movies together, in Sooraj Barjatya’s Uunchai and Ajayan Venugopalan’s Shiv Shastri Balboa. Once again, the duo will be seen opposite each other in Anurag Basu’s upcoming movie, Metro In Dino. They will be playing the role of college batchmates who never expressed their love for each other, who meet years later at a college reunion and give their romance another chance.

Metro In Dino stars recently interacted with Screen and discussed their failed and successful relationships. Talking about falling in love, Neena Gupta shared, “I don’t know. I got to know what love means when Masaba (Gupta, daughter) was born. That’s the only love I know. I haven’t been able to wrap around any other kind of love so far. Maybe I’m too practical to love or be loved. I get worried a lot if there’s a problem with me.” Shedding light on the same topic, Anupam Kher said that falling in love with someone is like falling in love with yourself. He expressed that for him, there is a sense of belonging in love.

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On being asked about adapting to Anurag Basu’s impromptu working style, both the actors mentioned that it's not a big deal for them to improvise a scene on the spot. “If someone gives us dialogues last minute, we won’t have to say “Excuse me,” go into a corner, and mug up our lines. We can do that on the spot, especially in Hindi. If it’s a scene in English, then I may take time. But since this was in Hindi, we were very happy,” Neena said.

The duo also recounted their theatre days at the National School of Drama. Explaining their first meeting, actor Anupam Kher revealed, “She was one year junior to me. She came to the sink to wash her glass, that’s when I first met her. I also used to see her walking to a shop near Mandi House. I wasn’t one of those who’d get noticed.”

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Along with Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta, Metro In Dino also stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Konkona Sen Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi and Fatima Sana Shaikh. Anurag Basu’s much-awaited movie is slated to release on July 4, 2025.