India, Jan. 4 -- Bombay Velvet was one of Anurag Kashyap's biggest films. Till then, the filmmaker had made independent films that had limited star power but earned critical acclaim. In Bombay Velvet, he had a Rs.100 crore budget along with the combined stardom of Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma. Yet, the film was a massive box office bomb. In a recent interview, Anurag recalled how the studio's research team provided a bizarre explanation for the film's lack of connection with the audience.

In a recent interview with Screen, Anurag recalled the discussions around Bombay Velvet's failure after its release. "The debacle of the film was such that when they did the research, the shocking thing was, people didn't like Ranbir's hair. They sa...