A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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

"Bombay Velvet", Anurag Kashyap's most ambitious project riding on 90 crores, based on the "Mumbai Fables" by Gyan Prakash. It starts just after the Indian independence and tells the story of how the seven islands become Bombay, the reclamation, corrupt politician, organized crime, Jazz cafés and love story of Johnny Balraj and Rosie.Balraj comes to Bombay with his mother and wants to become "Big Shot" and he can go to any length to achieve his dreams.We all admire Anurag Kashyap for the cinematic brilliance and he has taken the affliction of taking the Indian Cinema to the next level. We all have seen "Black Friday", "Dev D","Gulaal", "GOW 1&2" and "Ugly". He is a man with panache and his movies deal with burning issues and fantastic subjects. However, "Bombay Velvet" fell really short on all aspects, it never embraces you as a viewer and it never connects with you.It has a world-class art direction, awesome sets of Bombay erected in Sri Lanka, fantastic cinematography and CGI. Every nuance of 60's Bombay has been put to the detail. The background score is mostly loud but some songs compliment the scenes. It runs for 150 delirious minutes.However, the writing is never convincing, it tries to be "Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "Scarface" altogether. The culmination is pretty sour as we never understand the sudden changes. There are many subplots which do not add anything to the story and left open.Ranbir's character is powerful but it is confused between a gangster and a lover. Anushka Sharma doesn't have much to do except lip sync and some exaggerated scenes. Karan Johar looks phony as a slick and stylish villain but he is flat throughout the movie. Why did he laugh so much on the word "Tender", it looked awful? Satyadeep Mishra has done a good job. Kay Kay impresses as always in a small role.We could also see Varun Grover's stand-up comedy presentation in the café.This could have been a way better film if some more time would have been invested in writing because it has some instances of being a masterpiece.

The story of ambitions, love, hatred, politics, greed, and jazz is called "Bombay Velvet". It is the story of an ordinary man who toils hard and burn the midnight oil to forge his destiny and become a 'Big Shot' of Bombay. Set in the backdrop of 60's, the story develops gradually and shifts its gears smoothly. The best part of the whole film is its choice of characters and the sequential way of unfolding the events. The director has done a great job in putting up all the characters, situations, story and emotions in a logical and yet convincing way. The appearance of "Karan Johar" as an actor appeals you throughout the plot and he acts like a veteran actor with catchy expressions, smooth dialogue delivery and most importantly his persona. Ranbhir did a great job to prove people of his acting abilities once again. He looks like a complete package in this film and gives you numerous times the looks and acts of Al Pacino of "Scarface". Anushka Sharma has finally made an appealing appearance on the screen by all means. She has intelligently disclosed the ammunition and weapons out of her acting armory. Her performance as a Jazz artist is phenomenal. Her dialog delivery has improved by leaps and bounds. The film has been shot mostly in a dark environment utilizing Hollywood technique. But the lightening arrangements, camera work and direction has covered up almost everything. Few of the characters appear in a haphazard manner. The second half is bit clumsy and the pace of scenes is quite faster. Few characters do appear in the movie at once but then forgotten all of a sudden. Overall the film is good keeping the cinematography, dance, music, thrill and acting in mind. I recommend this movie to be watched at least once and a big kiss for Anushka Sharma for her acting talent with a thumbs up for Ranbhir

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!