Overview
- Speaking in late-December interviews, Kashyap said the noir drama was conceived for Ranveer Singh but was ultimately financed and marketed on Ranbir Kapoor’s name after the budget swelled.
- He said the actor switch took about a year to accept, stressing that Kapoor was “a dream actor” whose commitment and ability were never the issue.
- Reflecting on the 2015 failure, Kashyap said he avoided meeting Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma for a time and that he has since grown distant from them.
- Kashyap recounted studio post-mortem research claiming audiences rejected Kapoor’s curled hairstyle, a conclusion he labeled absurd.
- He said the commercial collapse left him creatively scarred and pushed him away from Bombay-set stories, with his remarks resurfacing as new box-office comparisons between Singh and Kapoor intensify.