IMDb RATING
5.5/10
6.4K
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An ordinary man goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a 'Big Shot'.An ordinary man goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a 'Big Shot'.An ordinary man goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a 'Big Shot'.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations
Atul Srivastava
- Rao Saheb Desai
- (as Atul Shrivastava)
Ashwinder Jandu Singh
- Japaani
- (as Shaanti Ashwinder)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia1960's Bombay was recreated in Sri Lanka and the majority of the film has been shot there.
- GoofsYou see a sign-board for Falkland Road in the first few minutes with the PIN code on it. Well, PIN codes did not appear in India until 1972, but the scene is of 1949.
- Quotes
Johnny Balraj: When a movie becomes housefull, then the only one who knows the manager gets a ticket...
- Alternate versionsThere was an earlier director's cut, in length of 188 minutes, which was earlier to be the theatrical version of the film...but because of producer's concern it was cut down to 149 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- SoundtracksFifi
(a remake of the Hindi song "Jaata Kahaan Hai Deewane", from the 1956 film C.I.D. (1956))
Original Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri
Original Music by O.P. Nayyar
Re-created by: Mikey McCleary
Vocals by Suman Sridhar
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"Bombay Velvet" fell really short on writing.
"Bombay Velvet", Anurag Kashyap's most ambitious project riding on 90 crores, based on the "Mumbai Fables" by Gyan Prakash. 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.
Balraj comes to Bombay with his mother and wants to become "Big Shot" and he can go to any length to achieve his dreams.
We all admire Anurag Kashyap for the cinematic brilliance and he has taken the affliction of taking the Indian Cinema to the next level. We all have seen "Black Friday", "Dev D","Gulaal", "GOW 1&2" and "Ugly". He is a man with panache and his movies deal with burning issues and fantastic subjects. However, "Bombay Velvet" fell really short on all aspects, it never embraces you as a viewer and it never connects with you.
It has a world-class art direction, awesome sets of Bombay erected in Sri Lanka, fantastic cinematography and CGI. Every nuance of 60's Bombay has been put to the detail. The background score is mostly loud but some songs compliment the scenes. It runs for 150 delirious minutes.
However, the writing is never convincing, it tries to be "Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "Scarface" altogether. The culmination is pretty sour as we never understand the sudden changes. There are many subplots which do not add anything to the story and left open.
Ranbir's character is powerful but it is confused between a gangster and a lover. Anushka Sharma doesn't have much to do except lip sync and some exaggerated scenes. Karan Johar looks phony as a slick and stylish villain but he is flat throughout the movie. Why did he laugh so much on the word "Tender", it looked awful? Satyadeep Mishra has done a good job. Kay Kay impresses as always in a small role.
We could also see Varun Grover's stand-up comedy presentation in the café.
This could have been a way better film if some more time would have been invested in writing because it has some instances of being a masterpiece.
Balraj comes to Bombay with his mother and wants to become "Big Shot" and he can go to any length to achieve his dreams.
We all admire Anurag Kashyap for the cinematic brilliance and he has taken the affliction of taking the Indian Cinema to the next level. We all have seen "Black Friday", "Dev D","Gulaal", "GOW 1&2" and "Ugly". He is a man with panache and his movies deal with burning issues and fantastic subjects. However, "Bombay Velvet" fell really short on all aspects, it never embraces you as a viewer and it never connects with you.
It has a world-class art direction, awesome sets of Bombay erected in Sri Lanka, fantastic cinematography and CGI. Every nuance of 60's Bombay has been put to the detail. The background score is mostly loud but some songs compliment the scenes. It runs for 150 delirious minutes.
However, the writing is never convincing, it tries to be "Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "Scarface" altogether. The culmination is pretty sour as we never understand the sudden changes. There are many subplots which do not add anything to the story and left open.
Ranbir's character is powerful but it is confused between a gangster and a lover. Anushka Sharma doesn't have much to do except lip sync and some exaggerated scenes. Karan Johar looks phony as a slick and stylish villain but he is flat throughout the movie. Why did he laugh so much on the word "Tender", it looked awful? Satyadeep Mishra has done a good job. Kay Kay impresses as always in a small role.
We could also see Varun Grover's stand-up comedy presentation in the café.
This could have been a way better film if some more time would have been invested in writing because it has some instances of being a masterpiece.
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- ajit2106
- Jul 13, 2015
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹800,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $450,692
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $390,774
- May 17, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $758,478
- Runtime2 hours 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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