After making small-budget successful films like Dev D and Gangs of Wasseypur franchise, Anurag Kashyap made his first big-budget film titled Bombay Velvet with Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar. While the film turned out to be a huge disappointment at the box office, it was lauded for its star performances. Though it might surprise you to know RK was not the first choice for the film as Anurag wanted cast Ranveer Singh as his leading man.
In an interview with journalist Faye D'souza while talking about the debate of Insider Vs Outsider, AK said, "However much people call him an insider because of some remote connection, from two generations before, the man has struggled. Ranveer Singh was rejected in an audition in Shaitan. Ranveer Singh is an actor who when I wanted to cast him in Bombay Velvet, I had a tough time. My studios and nobody believed in me and told me they will not give me money if I made the film with him. So even that Ranveer Singh, that I know two personal stories of my own production that rejected him, he is a star today."
Talking about nepotism debate, he added, "See nepotism was a debate of 2000, the early decade. Right now, with OTT coming into the picture, that debate is pointless. There are much more opportunities on OTT, there are much more outsiders coming in. That was the time I fought that battle. When me and Kangana were friends and were like 'We will do this film'. How many people believed in Queen? Nobody did. We went down and fought that battle. This industry was about supporting their people, like any other business."
Talking about Ranveer Singh, the actor has interesting projects under his belt, which includes '83, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Takht. He will be seen in a cameo in Akshay Kumar starrer Sooryavanshi.
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