Wouldn’t you agree that Salman Khan’s train stunt in Kick might have appeared a lot more real in a Mumbai local train? We feel the same too. For some reason, our city’s local trains have always made their presence felt in a Hindi film, especially when the story is set in Mumbai. Be it action or a romantic scene, filmmakers have made it a point to shoot at least one scene on Mumbai’s lifeline. hitlist recalls a few movies where the jampacked multiple-wheelers became the backdrop of a filmi tale...

A Wednesday (2008)
Lowdown: An unlikely hero, Naseeruddin Shah, arises when one fine day, he misses his daily commute — thus inadvertently saving his own life — but ends up losing his “local train” friends. As a result, he sets out to set things in order by eliminating the terrorists responsible for the cowardly terrorist attack on a train.