Bombay Velvet

Bombay Velvet
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Vikas Bahl Vikramaditya Motwane
Written by	Vasan Bala Gyan Prakash Anurag Kashyap S.Thanikachalam
Based on	Mumbai Fables by Gyan Prakash
Starring	Ranbir Kapoor Anushka Sharma Karan Johar Kay Kay Menon
Music by	Amit Trivedi
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Edited by	Prerna Saigal Thelma Schoonmaker
Production company	Phantom Films
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release date	15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹1.2 billion
Box office	₹431 million

Bombay Velvet is a 2015 Indian period crime-drama film directed and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, based on historian Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles with Kay Kay Menon, Manish Choudhary, Vivaan Shah and Siddhartha Basu appearing in supporting roles. The film was released on 15 May 2015.

The film, made on a budget of ₹120 crore, only took ₹22.27 crore in the first week and was a commercial disaster.

Set in 1960s Bombay, the film tells the story of Balraj (Ranbir Kapoor), a street fighter/boxer who is in love with the jazz singer Rosie. Seeing Rosie (Anushka Sharma) with wealthy men further sparks his dream of becoming a "big-shot", believing that if he manages to become rich, he might win Rosie's heart. Balraj and his friend Chimman (Satyadeep Misra) then catch the eye of Kaizad Khambatta (Karan Johar), a wealthy businessman who is impressed by Balraj and offers him to manage his club "Bombay Velvet", which Khambatta uses to further his illegal tasks and activities. He also nicknames Balraj "Johnny", which then becomes his identification. As well as this, Johnny and Chimman fulfill minor tasks for Khambatta, including capturing a dirty photograph of a minister who Khambatta wants to blackmail. This news reaches Jimmy Mistri, a media reporter, who also happens to be the same wealthy man Johnny had previously seen with Rosie.

Remembering that Johnny had a crush on Rosie, Mistri takes advantage of this and sends Rosie to Johnny's club to get her hands on the photograph of the minister. However, Rosie and Johnny eventually fall in love, until Mistri threatens to reveal Rosie's true identity to Johnny. Therefore, Rosie begins to supply information about Johnny & Khambatta's activities to Mistri. After a photograph of a secret meeting between Bombay's big-shots is leaked, Khambatta guesses that it was Rosie supplying the information and orders her to be killed. Johnny hears of this and forms an enmity with Khambatta, the man who brought him into the crime world.