Apart from the spot-on dialect, the actor imbues the role with heartbreaking vulnerability as he plays a man struggling to hold on to his pride as he goes up against a city determined to break him. Rao plays Deepak Singh, a gullible man from a village in Rajasthan who inadvertently gets embroiled in a web of crime and deception once he reaches Mumbai.

At first glance (and in 2022), the plot may seem clichéd – for instance, Patralekha's character, Rakhi, has to work in a dance bar to support the family – but Citylights is a film that makes you forget you're watching a done-and-dusted set-up due to the authenticity with which it portrays these characters' laborious lives. Citylights, starring Rao and Patralekha (who is also Rao's wife), is a poignant rendering of a family from a small town trying to make it in the big city that is Mumbai. Rao's recent roles show off his superb comic timing, but at the start of his career, the actor was known for his serious roles. Bitti Mishra is a bohemian Bareilly girl who falls deeply in love with Pritam Vidrohi, an author because she admires his progressive way of.

A remake of the British film, Metro Manila (2013), this was Rao's second collaboration with director Hansal Mehta.

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