With a repertoire of films like the award winning "Phir Milenge" as well as Bollywood commercial hits, one would have thought that actress Shilpa Shetty would have no reason to be insecure, but that is not the case, as she revealed today.

"In my new film 'Metro' I am working with such a talented cast of actors, including Shiney Ahuja, Kay Kay Menon and Irfan Khan, that for the first time in in my career I was insecure. But it was also challenging because then you up your own capability," Shetty told reporters here at a sneak preview of "Metro" at the ongoing International Film Festival of India.

The film, also starring Irfan Khan, Sharman Joshi, Kangana Ranaut and Konkona Sen Sharma, is directed by Anurag Basu.

"My film is about life in a metro where people are so busy chasing the big dreams in life that they do not have the time to stop and enjoy the small pleasures that life throws at them. The characters in the film, however, stop to do that," said director Anurag Basu, whose latest film is the hit "Gangster".

When asked for the reason for arranging a sneak peak into the movie at IFFI, producer Ronnie Screwala of UTV said, "This is a lovely platform on which you can showcase different aspects of your film. This festival is gaining prominence every year and the Goa and Central governments should take some credit for that."

Elaborating on the film, expected to hit theatres in February next year, Basu said, "This film is about three stories, but all the characters are connected to each other. There is no intellectual story line where one has to figure out the connection between three totally different stories."