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Bombay Velvet Movie Review: Anurag Kashyap Shows Potential At The Start But Ends Up Creating A Big Mess Of A Film

Bombay Velvet had the potential to be the definitive Mumbai noir. But the centre does not hold

Anupama Chopra

Updated:14th May, 2015 at 5:30 AM

Director: Anurag Kashyap

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar

Last week, when I interviewed the team of Bombay Velvet, Karan Johar described director Anurag Kashyap as 'a mess, a glorious mess'. He could've been talking about the film. Bombay Velvet, which starts out in 1949 and ends in the 1960s, is admirably ambitious. Parts of it are glorious, but it's also undeniably a mess.

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