Bombay Velvet (2015)

Hindi 2 hrs 31 mins Thriller, Action, Drama
52 %
Total Reviews: 47
Sahi: 24 Nahi: 23

Review Summary: Stylish but lacks substance, 'Bombay Velvet' may be Kashyap's biggest misfire to date

Average Critic Rating: (2.84)
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Est. Budget: 110.0 CR
Est. Box Office Collection: 24.5 CR

Plot: Bombay Velvet is an upcoming Hindi neo-noir Mob crime drama Romantic thriller film directed and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, based on historian Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables. Set in Bombay of the 1960s, the film tells the story of a boxer, Johnny Balraj, and an aspiring jazz singer, Rosie, and... Read more

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Bombay Velvet - Movie Reviews

This is the gangster epic that Bollywood has been waiting to unleash..Tactile,smoky,powerful passionate pulsating with periodicity. Ranbir’s towering hero-giri and Karan Johar’s sly villainy bolster the sanguinary saga
SKJ
Bombay Velvet is an obviously shallow film, an all-out retro masala-movie with homage on the rocks and cocktail-shakers brimming with cliché
REDIFF
Flawed but ever so beautiful
Filmfare
The movie had full potential of having a smooth effect just like the velvet fabric instead, ends up being a product with synthetic effect.Now, enjoy
MovieZadda
Here there is a song and dance and copious amounts of money spent on the look and feel and on recreating a past era
Yahoo India
Much of the film dazzles, but I found myself longing for some soul
Rajeev Masand
Bombay Velvet paints a pretty postcard but not the soul of its decade
REDIFF
Anurag Kashyap serves up another extravagant canvas tinted in blood and peppered with bullets
Emirates 24X7
Ambitious in scale but flawed in execution
India Today
Watch it for the experience.
Mid-Day
Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet begins with a mention of Martin Scorsese’s name and bears an imprint of the maverick filmmaker’s style in most of its 150 minute length.
Full review on Bollywood.Com
Bollywood.Com
The mood is electric but the story goes stale
The Hindu
Although the actor performances are brilliant, one feels that the narration could have been better
Full review on Sulekha
Sulekha
Ranbir, Anushka's sizzling chemisty can't save boring second half
First Post
Bombay Velvet spends too much time on period details and loses focus
REDIFF
If you want to watch Bombay in its pristine glory of the past, BOMBAY VELVET is a must watch. However, if content is what you are looking for, stay away!
Glam Sham
Bombay Velvet is utterly gorgeous to the eyes, but manages to have zero effect on the heart or the mind
Chirtamala
On the whole, Bombay Velvet is a colossal waste of money and resources.
KomalsReviews
Anurag Kashyap’s paradigm shift from radical to mainstream commercial cinema is a beautifully shot, flawlessly detailed period saga enriched by gorgeous performance, but this well crafted technical wizardy lacks depth, allows the clichés to have its say and falls short of its dream to be the magnum opus it should have being.
Full review on India Glitz
India Glitz
Depsite these few flaws, Bombay Velvet can be watched for Ranbir-Anushka's sizzling chemistry amidst drastically transforming Bombay into Mumbai.
Full review on India TV News
India TV News
It takes you back into a harsh yet beautiful era of struggles, dreams and hope
BookMyShow
Anurag Kashyap's baby, Bombay Velvet, is unadulterated beauty on celluloid.However, in his creation, Kashyap suffers the fate of a Greek hero
India Today
Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap’s epic collaboration ends up as a colossal disappointment!
Full review on Bollywood Life
Bollywood Life
By the time the last bullet is fired, all you can feel is relief that Bombay Velvet is over.
First Post
Ranbir's macho, Anushka's weepy and they'll bore you to death
First Post
So if you are a true Anurag Kashyap Fan, you may not like his commercial bend, but overall the film is worth a watch for is grandiose.
Koi Moi
It fascinates as only Kashyap can with sheer details, romancing the past, setting up a picture that blends the lure of jazz with blood on the street
India Today
Ranbir Kapoor as the wild child Johnny endears in this star-crossed romance
Full review on Gulf News
Gulf News
If you go in without expecting any pop corn entertainment, you will surely love this suave period thriller.
Bollywood3
For all that, Bombay Velvet falls very short of the cult film it should have been. It is a decent watch, but do not go in expecting the moon (as I did).
Friday Nirvana
Bombay Velvet might go ‘Difficult’ with regular cine-goers
Full review on Just Bollywood
Just Bollywood
Watch it for a solid dose of retro romance, glamour & past glory.
Pink Villa
Bombay Velvet is Anurag Kashyap's tale of a street fighter's ambitious dream of becoming a "Big Shot"
India Today
BOMBAY VELVET Is Classic Case Of Too Much Style And No Substance
Full review on BoxOfficeCapsule
BoxOfficeCapsule
If you are someone who wears velvet everyday, watch it.
DNA India
फिल्म रणबीर कपूर की बढ़िया एक्टिंग की वजह से देखी जा सकती है। अगर आप अनुराग कश्यप के डायरेक्शन के फैन रहे हैं, उन्हें फिल्म निराश करेगी।
Bhaskar
Rather than the story, ‘Bombay Velvet’ is worth watching for its flamboyance
Full review on BollywoodMantra
BollywoodMantra
On the whole, BOMBAY VELVET is a visual masterpiece that is rich in form
Full review on Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama
This film is more like a roller coaster ride, as it takes you on a dizzy high with its charming ambience and music that is bound to stay with you for long, but later you are brought down not so gently with the underwhelming plot and lack of punches
Full review on JAGRAN
JAGRAN
Bombay Velvet movie is based on historian Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables, a story of how the city of Mumbai became a metropolis
Full review on Filmi Beat
Filmi Beat
Catch Ranbir, Anushka’s sizzling chemistry backed by a film with fewer complexity but greater beauty
Full review on Just Bollywood
Just Bollywood
Ranbir Kapoor is "Johnny" Balraj, a small time conman looking to hit the big time
Planet Bollywood
Unlike its pugilist protagonist, the film punches well below its weight
Full review on NDTV
NDTV
Regrettably the film turns out to be a way short of what is expected of Anurag Kashyap. At its best Bombay Velvet is a superficial, average attempt at an entertainer.
Full review on Nowrunning
Nowrunning
It is every crime movie you have already seen but so much more.
The Hindu
Oh no! Anurag Kashyap pulls a Sanjay Leela Bhansali in this Ranbir-Anushka starrer
First Post
Bombay Velvet is beautifully shot, beautifully acted, beautifully edited but remained beautifully boring!!
Masala