METRO charters a new path because the multiple stories run concurrently. Also, the characters are, in some way, linked with each other.
With METRO, director Anurag Basu proves for the third time [after MURDER and GANGSTER] that he's an incredible storyteller. The complexities in relationships, the shortcuts one adopts in life to attain the goals and the corrosion of ethics and values have been depicted most convincingly.