Sorry, this movie sucks

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This movie was so totally interesting but I really liked the movie Storyline is good screenplay is good editing is good direction is good Songs are not bad Ranbir kapoor is amazing anushka is outstanding Kay Kay is impressive Karan does well in his negative performance vivaan shah is superb 7/10

Anurag Kashyap is widely known for his bold and disturbing off-beat movies that mostly struggle at the box office in search of some decent returns. Hence to break this set pattern of his career, he desperately wanted to take a big leap by making a commercial box office success with BOMBAY VELVET setting some new records in the trade. Luckily he got all his big finances delivered, a reputed cast enrolled and an exceptionally talented technical crew at his disposal too, ready to help him deliver a polished finished product to win over the viewers.But unfortunately Anurag couldn't get the mathematics of Hindi commercial cinema right in his calculations, resulting in a completely avoidable product that simply fails to connect with the viewers in its entire duration of 150 minutes showcasing a lot of overplay, over confidence and visible pressure of delivering a 'made to order' classic.However to begin with the positives associated with the project, BOMBAY VELVET does get its time period graphics worked upon perfectly well supported by a fine cinematography and an energetic background score. It has a splendid show of lighting, costumes and set designing enhancing the visual impact on the screen, setting up the desired mood along with the 'jazz' notes. Plus the performances are mostly intense getting into their given characters passionately. Yet the most important factor missing in the film remains 'the instant connect with the viewers' that isn't visible right from its first sequence to the last, which has to be the prime concern of a director making a Hindi commercial film to entertain his wide audience.To give you a precise idea, it honestly gives me immense pain when I have to pull down such a movie wherein hundreds of talented technicians have worked together so hard to the best of their ability for so many months or even years. But then, if you are really talking about commercial Hindi cinema specifically made to entertain the masses then you got to know that how many of them actually go to watch a movie for its technical excellence, sets, lighting, cinematography, costumes and more? How many of them are really familiar with the names of Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Al Pacino and others favourites of the directors, influencing the overall treatment of the movie more than required?How many of them can really cherish the 'JAZZ' tone of most of the songs and the weird lyrics like "Dhobi Ka Kutta", "Yeh Kya Kiya Syliva", "Dhadaam Dhadaam" and more.And how many of them are supposed to enjoy a Yash Chopra/Manmohan Desai kind of script (revolving around an underdog winner, smugglers and politicians) presented in the form of 'a festival product' following the deep, dark patterns of 'world cinema'.Sadly (and unexpectedly) while making his so called time-period classic talking about nothing new, Anurag completely forgets about his actual 'Target Audience'. The people who want ample quantity of everything put into their plates of entertainment as was perfectly done by the likes of Manmohan Desai, Prakash Mehra, Yash Chopra and more successful directors of 70s.In other words, if I put up a question that, "Can there be a Hindi commercial movie conceived without any sufficient dosage of action, humour, love or emotional connect with the viewers?" Then the answer has to be NO unarguably.But here director Anurag Kashayp strangely makes a vague attempt to win over the common man or the masses with NO enjoyable action, NO humor in the entire duration and NO love or emotional pull in its lead pair having an affair heading towards Nowhere. Yet why he still insists of calling this as an attempt to venture into the commercial cinema remains out of my understanding. Moreover who keeps a name such as BOMBAY VELVET if one wishes his film to reach the masses as a pure commercial venture? In fact in my opinion Anurag's GANGS OF WASSEYPUR series had more power to influence every single person of our country than this colossal disappointment called BOMBAY VELVET.Coming to its clichéd choice of subject (based on Gyan Prakash's book 'Mumbai Fables'), the storyline has no steady progression making any impression whatsoever on the viewer. And it was really hilarious to see the reservations the makers had giving more time to the poverty, mill workers and the strikes that happened to be an important part of the life lived in that particular time period. May be it was on the strict instructions of the corporate production house that just keep your focus on stars, clubs, smugglers, police or politicians and that's it.In straight words, nothing worked for me in the film apart from its technical excellence achieved, a couple of good tracks including 'Behrupia' (but not the oldie remix), the laughing scene of Karan and a few enjoyable moments provided by Kay Kay Menon. Neither Ranbir's Al Pacino inspired looks could do some good to the film, nor Amitabh's NASEEB inspired fight sequences could add the much needed thrills to its uninteresting sequences. In addition both Anushka and Karan Johar acts also turned out to be strictly okay with nothing exceptional as was being conveyed before the film's release.Overall, if this was Anurag Kashyap's ambitious dream of directing a complete commercial film for the masses, then I would request him to please wake up from your sleep and get back to making your own kind of cinema forgetting this major failure. But since now he has discovered a new kind of association with people who actually CONSTRUCT Hits rather than MAKING films, I seriously get worried about what he will be directing next and targeting whom sitting in the theaters, spending their hard earned money on the tickets.

There just isn't any other explanation! Nobody in a sober state could like this pathetic piece of junk!! I am absolutely positive that the people who like this movie are smoking up or are being offered money to write positive reviews! I am open to both the scenarios! If I am offered either i'll give this movie 10 stars or a positive review too! And if that is not the case then to those people's families I say.. please get them checked into an asylum! They (likers of this useless movie) are definitely out of their minds! this movie is 10 degrees of pathetic! nothing is right about this film! even for a fiction! It is so bad that it made want to hit something hard! made me want to pull my hair out or poke something sharp in my eyes! I wish i knew some curses or hexes to put on the makers and all the useless actors in this movie! I want my money back! In fact i want more than what i paid for!

While a lot of reviews have talked about Bombay Velvet being a disappointment (it is considering Anurag Kashyap's stellar filmography), I want to discuss what it could have done to have fared better. The biggest problem - Romance, easily the weakest aspect of the film, the story of Bombay Velvet is overambitious and tries to do a lot of things and romance spoils the entire dish. There is good in Bombay Velvet, the story of a small time crook trying to rise up the ranks to become a "bigshot" is endearing but what's irritating is that while Johnny Balraj wants to be a bigshot he is illogical, falls in love with wrong woman and doesn't realize that it's bigshot or the girl. Romance plot between the wrong woman and the young crook rising up the ranks is so clichéd and badly done it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you can't help but think that AK could have done better because HE HAS DONE BETTER. AK has done better gangster films than this (Gangs Of Wasseypur) and even better romance films (Dev D) how can such a master of both the genres fall so flat on his face while integrating romance into the gangster genre? Crime aspect often gets clumsy too but the romance is dead weight and should have been a side story not the entire film. I liked the corporate-crime aspect of the film it was interesting, I would like to mention that Johnny Balraj's awe while watching with the classic Roaring Twenties was easily the best scene of the film, the sets are gorgeous, JB's frustration at being nothing more than a hired goon is also well done, Karan Johar's gay villain would have been better if there was no Anushka Sharma and he was more blatant towards his attraction towards Blaraj that would have made him the romantic tension and the villain which would have led to a far better film. The actors are all decent, all do well but are let down by a messy almost borderline 1980's cheesy plot which was not too bad till the interval and then it takes a big nosedive in quality. This could have been a bigshot so much failed potential because there are scenes which are well done and show the brilliance of AK but the ludicrous and predictable plot let it down, while better than most Hindi movies it's not bad but it's still a disappointment. I think AK is more suited to non commercial cinema with smaller names I think there was pressure on him to turn BV into a romantic film first and a gangster film second which ultimately led to it's demise. Second Hindi period film after Detective Byomkesh Bakshy which was a letdown as far as I am concerned. P.S.- I was very angry with how they wasted Kay Kay Menon, easily the best actor in the entire cast and one of the best actors in the country and he gets such a small role.