Overview
- In a SCREEN interview highlighted by Indian Express and News18, Kashyap says he wrote the film for Ranveer Singh before backers sold it on Ranbir Kapoor’s name, a disclosure resurfacing as Singh’s Dhurandhar outgrosses Kapoor’s Animal.
- He says it took about a year to adapt to the casting change, while praising Kapoor’s commitment and calling him a dream actor to work with.
- Kashyap adds the project was not conceived as a high-budget film but was ultimately sold at a very high budget, forcing creative recalibration.
- He recounts that the commercial failure left a mark on his career and led him to steer away from Bombay-set stories, moving to projects like Raman Raghav and later Sacred Games.
- In new remarks, he says Kapoor gets upset when Bombay Velvet is brought up, recalls keeping his distance from the leads after the flop, and cites studio research claiming audiences disliked Kapoor’s hairstyle.