Ranbir Kapoor Replaced Ranveer Singh In Bombay Velvet: 'Filmmakers Called Him Treadmill, Had No Faith'

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For years, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has openly spoken about his struggle to make big-budget films. But now, he has revealed a major casting secret about his most infamous project — Ranveer Singh was his original pick for Bombay Velvet. Before the film became a giant studio production with Ranbir Kapoor leading the cast, Kashyap had envisioned a smaller, controlled movie with Ranveer in the role. But as the film’s budget shot up, so did pressure to cast a bigger star.

Bombay Velvet Budget

Kashyap explained, on the Game Changers podcast, that Bombay Velvet was never supposed to be the massive Rs 90 crore venture it became. In his words, the budget spiral destroyed the film creatively and financially. “The original budget was quite low. But as soon as the studio ent