How to Act Out "Life in a Metro" (2007) in Dumb Charades
📅 2007
🎭 Dharmendra, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kay Kay Menon
Difficult
Acting Clues, Word by Word
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Life (1 syllable)
- Place a hand on your chest and mime a steady heartbeat pulsing.
- Spread both arms wide slowly as if embracing everything around you.
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in (1 syllable)
- Point downward and inward with your index finger, stepping forward into an imaginary space.
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a (1 syllable)
- Pinch your thumb and index finger together to signal a small connecting word.
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Metro (2 syllables)
- Grip an overhead train strap and sway with the motion of a moving train.
- Mime train doors sliding shut quickly in front of your face.
💡 Bollywood Shortcut
- Mime several different couples passing each other on a crowded train platform, each absorbed in their own worries.
- Sway holding an overhead strap while glancing curiously at strangers beside you.