He is a man with panache and his movies deal with burning issues and fantastic subjects. We all have seen 'Black Friday', 'Dev D','Gulaal', 'GOW 1&2' and 'Ugly'. We all admire Anurag Kashyap for the cinematic brilliance and he has taken the affliction of taking the Indian Cinema to the next level. It starts just after the Indian independence and tells the story of how the seven islands become Bombay, the reclamation, corrupt politician, organized crime, Jazz cafés and love story of Johnny Balraj and Rosie.īalraj comes to Bombay with his mother and wants to become 'Big Shot' and he can go to any length to achieve his dreams. 'Bombay Velvet', Anurag Kashyap's most ambitious project riding on 90 crores, based on the 'Mumbai Fables' by Gyan Prakash. As i stated earlier, my 70 year old dad was with us n even he did not enjoy the movie compared to once upon a time. Was anurag trying to show the prohibition era of the United States. He basically carried the same look from barfi. Ranbir did not look like a fighter from 60's. My grandfather was from 50's and he had bulkier build with big biceps. I think Kashyap thinks we are not watching Korean films. I found the movie too long and boring n very very predictable. Forget Robert De Niro or AL Pacino or Ray liotta, Ranbir did not even come close to Aditya Pancholi or Sanjay dutt. Saathi, Aatish, Footpath, Naam, Dewaar, Once upon a time in Mumbai, Parinday. There have been much better gangster films in Bollywood which were copied but still better n more engaging than Bombay velvet. But we all were cheated as there was no retro feel to it. I was not in the mood to see Bombay velvet but my dad called me n asked me to book the tickets as he felt it will be nice to experience 60's n retro look. N third, u can make out that it was heavily influenced or inspired by Martin Scorsese films. Second, the female lead was too skinny to be from 60's. First, I was put off by the trailer because there were no tommy guns in Mumbai.