Bombay Velvet
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| Bombay Velvet |
| Directed by | Anurag Kashyap |
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| Screenplay by | Anurag Kashyap Karan Johar Vikramaditya Motwane |
| Story by | Gyan Prakash Anurag Kashyap S.Thanikachalam Vasan Bala |
| Based on | Mumbai Fables |
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| Music by | Amit Trivedi |
| Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi |
| Edited by | Prerna Saigal Vikas Bahl Thelma Schoonmaker[1] |
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Production
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Phantom Films
Fox Star Studios |
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Release dates
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget |  90 crore (US$14 million)[3] |
Kashyap was inspired to make such a film after reading L.A. Quartet, a sequence of four crime fiction novels by James Ellroy, set in the late 1940s through the late 1950s in Los Angeles.[5] The novels inspired him to "dig into the dark trenches of the history of Bombay",[5] where he "found a treasure trove that was never-ending".[5]
Contents
- 1 Cast
- 2 Production
- 2.1 Development
- 2.2 Filming
- 3 Soundtrack
- 4 References
Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor as Johnny Balraj: A boxer/street-fighter
- Anushka Sharma as Rosie: A Jazz Singer
- Raveena Tandon as a Jazz Singer
- Karan Johar as Kaizad Khambatta: A flamboyant, quick-witted, Parsi media mogul with a high-end attitude.[6]
- Kay Kay Menon: Investigative Officer[7]
- Manish Choudhary as Jimmy Mistry: A newspaper editor
- Siddhartha Basu
- Remo Fernandes
- Satyadeep Misra
- Vivaan Shah
- Mukesh Chhabra
- Kriz Chris Henri Harriz
- Jagdish Rajpurohit
- Shaanti
- Sandesh Jadhav
Production
Development
The film was initially to be produced by Viacom18 but Fox Star Studios decided to co-produce it with Phantom Films. It is based on Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables and set in early 1950's towards 1970's, before Mumbai became a metropolis. Prakash is also one of the scriptwriter's for the film.[8]Ranbir Kapoor will be portraying a street fighter, whilst Anushka Sharma will appear as a jazz singer, as well as his love interest in the film.[9][10]
Director Karan Johar will make his full-fledged acting debut, where he will enact the role of the primary antagonist, Kaizad Khambatta.[11] His role is said to have been inspired from Russi Karanjia.[6] On Karan's acting, Vikas Bahl of Phantom Films has said “I think there is a beautiful actor hidden in Karan. I simply love his ads. I'm sure he'll make the character bigger than the actor.”
On his decision to do the film Ranbir Kapoor stated that, "There is no process in selecting the kind of work I do. I'm fortunate to be working with some of the best filmmakers. The script of "Bombay Velvet" just fell into my lap. I read it and I knew immediately that I wanted to be part of Anurag's grand vision, his innovative storytelling, his movie-making process; everything that he does so perfectly."[12]
The film will be released in two versions, one for Indian audience and the other for an international release.[13] The editing for the international version is by Oscar-winner Thelma Schoonmaker, who has been a frequent collaborator of director Martin Scorsese, and edited films like Goodfellas, Raging Bull and The Departed.[13] While the Indian version simultaneously, is being edited in Mumbai by Prerna Saigal, who was an associate director and editor for the Indian film, The Lunchbox.[13]
