Archive · 1 Jan 2026
Bombay Velvet's Failure Strained Kashyap's Relationship with Kapoor and Sharma
Bombay Velvet is a movie directed by Anurag Kashyap that came out in 2015.
It starred Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.
The movie didn't do well at the box office, making only ₹23.71 crore in India and ₹43 crore worldwide compared to its ₹115 crore budget.
This made Ranbir Kapoor very upset, and he asked Anurag Kashyap to stop talking about the movie.
Anurag felt bad because he thought he let Ranbir and Anushka down.
Over time, they became distant but still greet each other nicely when they meet.
The movie was inspired by a book called Mumbai Fables and had a big cast, but it didn't get good reviews or make much money.
Anurag also mentioned that people didn't like Ranbir's curly hair in the movie, which was a conscious choice.
Bombay Velvet, directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, was a box office failure, earning only ₹23.71 crore in India and ₹43 crore worldwide against a ₹115 crore budget.
Ranbir Kapoor was very upset about the film's failure and asked Anurag Kashyap to ignore it in interviews.
The failure strained Kashyap's relationship with the lead actors, making him hesitant to meet them initially.
Over time, their relationship became cordial, though they remain distant.
Bombay Velvet is a neo-noir period crime drama inspired by Gyan Prakash’s book Mumbai Fables and received mixed critical responses.
- Who
- Anurag Kashyap, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma
- What
- Bombay Velvet's box office failure and its impact on relationships
- When
- After the film's release in 2015 and subsequent interviews
- Where
- India, primarily in the context of the Indian film industry
- Why
- The film's poor performance led to strained relationships and emotional distress among the involved parties
- Film
- Bombay Velvet
- Director
- Anurag Kashyap
- Lead Actors
- Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma
- Release Year
- 2015
- Budget
- ₹115 crore
- Worldwide Earnings
- ₹43 crore
- Nationwide Earnings
- ₹23.71 crore
- Genre
- Neo-noir period crime drama
- Inspiration
- Gyan Prakash’s book Mumbai Fables
