Bombay Velvet

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor,Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar, Satyadeep Misra(Chimmam), Kay Kay Menon and Manish Choudhary(Jimmy)
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Musical, Thriller



Not a bad watch keeping expectations low. Contradictory to what the reviews may suggest, its not a hopeless movie as 'Roy' :) It does deserve a watch!




You may look forward to:

• The cinematography of the movie is beautiful, one to look out for. Anurag Kashyap's take in presenting the film; very retro as well modern take of making it a musical thriller, ubiquitous background music throughout the length of the movie is different and for sure catches your attention
• Ranbir Kapoor's role reminds you of multiple actors from Hollywood from various movies. Nevertheless, in his own charm, he indeed does a good job, no second thoughts about that. While i hated him in 'Roy', even though this role was again a lot experimental, he still does a good job and he should be appreciated for it
• Anushka Sharma looks fabulous throughout the movie. The retro look, her costumes and everything, she was a charm. And for good, she wasn't just a role for singing and dancing, she has much more to do as a character
• Karan Johar does a decent job, on the other side of the camera :) He doesn't appear to be much of a nasty character, nevertheless, his attitude suits on the caricature
• Satyadeep Misra, Kay Kay Menon and Manish Choudhary were important supporting roles. All of who are commendable

What you can sleep over:

• The embellishment of Jazz music as a major audible and visible aspect of the movie, doesn't quite work, blame it on the music director. Songs were way too experimental and sounded weird, funny and ear sore. Nevertheless, the attempt was unique and hence cannot be counted as a minus
• I must say, this movie had a lot of potential, alas, it didn't work!

The dampeners you should be aware of:

Not sure what really failed the film. I agree there is something missing throughout the movie, and very difficult to catch as in what! The story somewhere felt short, none of the emotions were highlighted with passion, not romance, nor ambition, neither politics. Everything is very melodramatic in the movie lacking any dominant factor of a higher degree, which fails catching your due attention




My Rating: 3/5 (For the style of presentation)


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