Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shared a surprising reason for the commercial failure of his 2015 film Bombay Velvet. According to studio research, Kashyap stated that audiences were reportedly put off by lead actor Ranbir Kapoor's hairstyle. The ambitious period drama, made on a budget of 118 crore, grossed only 43 crore worldwide. Kashyap found the explanation regarding the actor's hair 'absurd,' contrasting it with more substantive reasons for a film's underperformance.