QnA: Reasons why Bombay Velvet failed?

Q. Can Akshay Kumar’s Brothers surpass the 20 crore mark on its opening day and become the highest opener of Akshay’s career - Faizan Tariq Khan

A. It should most certainly be Akshay’s biggest opener, but we expect the opening day to be somewhere around 17-18 crore. The second day, which happens to be a national holiday for Independence Day, should comfortably cross the 20 crore mark and could even go much higher. The trailer will be out soon and depending on how well the trailer is received, we will be able to better predict its opening day.

Q. Why has Bombay Velvet opened to such a disastrous response? How can the collections be lower than Ranbir’s special appearance film ‘Roy’? – Priya Negi

A. ‘Roy’ had excellent songs and it was also smartly promoted by T-Series as Ranbir’s first film after a year and half. On the other hand, Bombay Velvet was surrounded by negative media reports. There were rumours that Ranbir wasn’t happy with the way the film had shaped up and the makers were planning on reshooting a few scenes. Then came news that the film would be postponed by 6 months. Then came the theatrical trailer, the response to which was negative. Most felt that the film would be boring. When the promo doesn’t work, only good music can do some damage control. Music fell flat too. In short, nothing about the film could excite the audience. Most people weren’t even interested in Bombay Velvet. Having said that, opening day business of Rs 5.2 crore is inexplicably disastrous.

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Q. Can Ranbir Kapoor and Karan Johar recover from a disaster like Bombay Velvet? What about Anurag Kashyap? – Sujal

A. Karan Johar is a producer / director and acting is not his main profession. His performance has been received well and even though the failure of Bombay Velvet will hurt him, it won’t affect him professionally. Moving on to Ranbir Kapoor, he is too good an actor to be affected by a couple of failures. Every actor has gone through phases when their films don’t work. Hrithik Roshan was down and out after the super-success of Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai. Salman Khan wasn’t even a bankable star for around 3-4 years before the release of Wanted. Aamir, Akshay, SRK have had their share of failures too. Ranbir is working with directors like Karan Johar, Ayan Mukherji, Anurag Basu and Rajkumar Hirani, he’ll most certainly make a strong comeback.

Q. Is Shahid Kapoor heading Aamir Khan way. The kind of movies he is choosing and also script oriented movies as well. Carving the trust in audience and then going commercial with good script? – Fazil

A. Aamir Khan has arguably the best script sense amongst actors in the industry. Even some of Aamir’s off-beat films have gone on to be hugely successful and also received critical acclaim. On the other hand, it’s Shahid’s choice of films that has let him down over the years. He has rejected quite a few films that have gone on to do well at the box office and instead opted for films that have failed big time. His next film ‘Shaandaar’, directed by Vikas Bahl of ‘Queen’ fame, looks promising, but it remains to be seen how it has shaped up. While films like ‘R… Rajkumar’ and ‘Haider’ have done well, Shahid needs a big success. People associated with his films should start earning money, just about recovering costs isn’t good enough.

Q. Will Bombay Velvet be removed from theatres in the first week itself? – @SrK365 on Twitter

A. If the film doesn’t show growth on Sunday, the number of shows at multiplexes will be reduced from Monday onwards and if the occupancy is too low during the weekdays, Bombay Velvet will be out of most theatres in Week 2. Some multiplexes have stopped advance booking for the weekdays, which is a sign that Bombay Velvet could be running on limited shows from Monday.

Q. Has ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ been postponed to Independence Day. If yes, will it clash with ‘Brothers’?

A. Baseless rumours. Kabir Khan has already rubbished the rumour saying “Bajrangi Bhaijaan is definitely releasing this Eid… The media reports are rubbish”

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68 Comments

  • Akshay can never touch even 15 cr forget the 20 cr. Only khans, ranbir and hrithik are capable to do this as they have the charismatic power & stardom.
    Brothers might touch 20 cr only because of siddharth female fan-following not because of Limited Akkians group.

  • WTH…..when did KING have failures.. he has given non-stop hits throughout without getting into a flop phase the very fact dat earned him the title…. KING KHAN….

  • Why are people even interested in asking questions on worst film of year bombay velvet…..?????…..

    Not even mosquitoes n pseudo critics have went to watch it…..!!….

    People should focus on next garbage disastrous dil dhadakne do………!!… Starring irritant Ranvver…….!!…

    As far as Brothers…. @indicine u have smartly knocked off the question……!!….

    Brothers will not only open well ,, but will be one of biggest grosser of year……..!!….
    It will also help sinking ‘acting’ career of sid…..

    Waitin 4 brothers……!!..

  • ohhh….. logic of king of multiple id… brothers will collect more than 20 cr because of siddharth malholtras following….OMG this is like saying indicine is running only cause of ur comments…

    MEANWHILE….HAPPY TO SEE BAJRANGI BHAAIJAN NR POSTPONED..THANNXX ALOT INDICINE….

  • I watched Bombay Velvet today..First I have never been a big fan of Anurag but to be honest with you, I really loved and enjoyed Dev D and gangs of wasseypur and this time neither I was expecting from him a record breaking film nor have high hopes as well because I knew Bombay velvet is a such attempts usually end up being box office failures in India but at least I was expecting a masterpiece film… I decided not to bother reading the reviews, what a mistake that was!!!.
    Anurag disappoint me this time not only me but vast majority of the audience who watched BV feel the same way I do.

    While its not one of the worst films I’ve ever watched but it was close!

    Bombay Velvet belongs to Johnny Balraj ( Ranbir), a normal good guy gone bad.

    Bombay Velvet is over-long and drawn out, but the performances of the some actors are good to pass up,especially Ranbir and Karan but still sometimes the acting didn’t feel sincere except Ranbir as a J. Balraj. The other good things about the film are the makeup, clothes, style,Great cinematography, general 70s vibes. But apart from this, this movie really sucks.

    Btw, you can completely see so much of Martin Scorsese’s form being completely ripped off in this film and got nothing new for the ones who commonly watched Scorsese movies.

    The production and the costume design were AMAZING!
    The ending is predictable, there may some scenes are enjoyable but overall, this is a bravely attempt with badly written and directed film but nothing more.

    Thumps Up:

    Acting
    Cinematography
    Soundtrack/Score & Set Design

    Thumps down:

    Writing/very weak script
    Dialogue
    Plot
    Editing

    Do yourself a favor, skip this one and wait until its on TV. I wish I had read the reviews before going to the theater.

    I’ll go with 4.5/10

  • BV music cann’t be loved by people who are lover of typical massy songs. Amit Trivedi is just Superb. The Dhadam Dhadam track is being admired.

  • @rockstar rk ur ranbir not even cross opening of sunny Leone ek paheli leela …
    n ur talking about rk charismatic power n stardom…lol
    I have a one song for rk fans n especially for ranbir…
    KHONA CHAHIYE AE AE ”TARE JAMINE PAR”…

  • Bombay velvet will be the biggest disaster of Indian cinema..

    I watched the movie today and did not like it at all..
    It was for me worst movie of the year..

    @indicine It is my personal choice that i like anurag’s films. .

    But this time casting is wrong.. They should not have taken Bad actors like Ranbir..

    Ranbir in Bombay velvet is like Salman Khan in Awarapan.

  • @Ajay rocks: Really u did’nt read any reviews and went to watch?? Even after several warnings by us,u jumped into the well,lol

  • Eagerly awaiting for brothers… Heard that trailer is releasing 1st week of june. Is it correct news @indicine?

  • the reason why Bombay velvet failed is
    1st – postponed by 6 months
    2nd – title of this movie
    3rd – songs
    4th – anurag kashyab direction
    5th – poor script
    6th – running time
    7th – roy affect totally on bv collection Bcoz ranbir fools his fans just doing guest appearance In roy…
    people r not idiot to fool again
    I mean why they not released this movie as it is on 28th Nov 2014…
    if that time released this movie atleast movie will collect around 50/60 cr…
    that’s wrong decision by ranbir…

  • I don’t agree than salman wasn’t a banckable star before wanted, yes he isn’t top3 or 5 but salman gave successful films like partner, no entry, msk,mpkk,tere naam etc, salman was a superstar since 90’s n srk never gave a single flop in his so called bad phase 2008-2012 thats why srk is the king of bollywood

  • Completely agree with Nipun, BV music is something that’ll be remembered even after 30-40 years.
    Specially the Dhadaam Dhadaam track and instrumentals.

  • Waiting for bajrangi bhaijaan .., i also started saving my money so that i can watch it for atleast 5 times.

  • Tamasha sureshoot turn successful, not sure about jj or sanjay dutta biopic, even ADHM doesn’t look promissing due to the failior of ranbir anushka pair.

  • Well said indicine,yes Aamir Khan is Best Actor of bollywood.living Legend Ace of Bollywood.

  • @ajay nice review
    bv flopped.. i thought it is going to flop particularly because of its huge budget but a disaster?? naa neva xpected in ma dreams ranbir will deliever a disaster.
    hope he bounces bak wid jagga jasoos n eagerly waited imtiaz ali’s magnum opus tamasha

  • @babaji, lolz nope haven’t read a single review besides one of me friend who watched the movie yesterday praised it n asked me to give it a try lolz dats s y I watched it today but it was a horrible exexperience

  • @shaggy,.. In bombay velvet karan johar is in the Lead role and Ranbir has a side role u idiot R.K hater…
    Keep barking but we all know akshay in nothing in front of Ajay devgn forget about Ranbir, khans & hrithik. I don’t consider akki in top 10 becaus he has double flops then his total hits. And 60% of his movies are multi-starres. So Akki fans plz don’t compare him to ranbir, khans and hirtic roshan.

  • @indicine
    HRITHIK was not out after Kaho Naa Pyaar Hain
    because even with flops/average hits he managed HRITHIK managed his position among top superstars of Hindi Film Industry during 2001-2002.
    I agree that HRITHIK was down but completely disagree that he was out after Kaho Naa Pyaar Hain.
    IF HRITHIK WAS OUT THEN HE SHOULDN’T BOUNDED BACK WITH “KOI MIL GAYA”

    TRUTH IS THAT A TRUE SUPERSTAR MAY DOWN BUT NEVER OUT AND THEIR FANS ALWAYS INCREASE NOT DECREASE
    WHENEVER A TRUE SUPERSTAR DOWN OF HIS HIGH PHASE THEN HE JUST NEED A MUSICAL (BLOCKBUSTER SONGS) FILM OR MUSICAL ACTION OR COMEDY FILMS (DON’T NEED SO GOOD SCRIPT) THAT BECOMES ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER OR BLOCKBUSTER THEN A FEELING COME THAT LIKE HE WAS NEVER DOWN AND HE IS STILL BIGGEST SUPERSTAR OF HINDI FILM INDUSTRY AND THIS KIND OF SUPERSTARDUM ONLY A TRUE SUPERSTAR CARRY.

    HRITHIK ROSHAN WAS BOUNDED BACK AFTER “KOI MIL GAYA” LIKE HE WAS NEVER DOWN OF HIS CAREER AND SHOWING THAT A TRUE SUPERSTAR IS NEVER OUT.

    I AM WAITING FOR MOST AWAITING FILM OF HINDI FILM INDUSTRY ?MOHENJO DARO
    STARRING GREATEST SUPERSTAR OF HINDI FILM INDUSTRY ?HRITHIK ROSHAN
    RELEASING ON 12 AUGUST 2016.

  • @ajay rocks- guy who suggested u to watch BV is nt ur friend…. jst kidding… bt why to weste money on bv wen tannu weds manu is coming i suggest u to watch it… again.. giv it a try

  • At the time of Gabbar Is Back , many had bashed me for my review. Why? only because it has Akki ? ? And now many are praising negative reviews of BV! It shows nothing, but their jealousy with Ranbir Kapoor. According to Critics, BV(Average)>>>> GIB(Bad)

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