Actors
rarely
talk
about
their
unsuccessful
projects
in
public
but
Ranbir
Kapoor
is
honest
about
his
last
release
Besharam
and
how
its
failure
gave
him
a
reality
check.
Directed
by
Abhinav
Kashyap,
the
film
saw
Ranbir
teaming
up
with
his
parents
onscreen
for
the
first
time
but
the
trio
failed
to
save
the
film's
fate
at
the
box-office.
In
'Besharam',
I
took
my
audience
for
granted.
This
is
why
I
fell
flat
on
my
face.
I
thought
I
will
sing
some
songs
and
make
a
few
jokes
and
it
will
work,
it
did
not.
You
need
to
learn
and
fall.
I
am
glad
that
it
did
not
do
well
because
its
success
would
have
confused
me," Ranbir
told.
"Industry
has
this
herd
mentality.
If
a
Dabangg
works,
then
there
would
be
five
other
films
on
the
same
line.
We
forget
that
the
first
one
did
well
because
it
was
different.
Good
films
will
make
money
though
the
gamble
is
bigger
with
a
big
star," he
said.
Ranbir
is
now
coming
to
the
big
screen
with
Anurag
Kashyap's
period
drama
Bombay
Velvet
after
a
gap
of
almost
two
years.
In
between,
he
did
a
cameo
in
Roy.
Slated
to
release
on
May
15,
the
film
will
see
him
playing
a
street
boy
who
wants
to
become
a
'Big
Shot'
at
all
costs
in
the
city
but
unwittingly
becomes
a
pawn
in
the
hands
of
a
scheming
mentor,
played
by
Karan
Johar.
"Yes,
there
was
a
long
phase
but
I
am
not
to
be
blamed,
I
was
working
with
directors
like
Anurag
who
really
believe
in
their
work
and
don't
like
to
give
a
deadline
to
their
films.
"Bombay
Velvet
was
supposed
to
release
in
November
but
it
got
postponed.
I
felt
bad
initially
because
my
last
film
had
not
done
well
and
I
wanted
it
to
release
soon.
But
their
intention
was
to
make
it
better
and
they
stuck
by
their
conviction," he
said.
The
movie,
produced
by
Phantom
and
Fox
Star
Studios,
is
Anurag's
most
ambitious
and
expensive
project
with
the
director
building
a
massive
set
in
Sri
Lanka
to
recreate
the
Bombay
of
1960s.
"Anurag
was
trying
to
make
it
for
eight
years
but
couldn't.
Like
any
film,
it
has
a
hero,
a
heroine
and
an
antagonist
but
the
backdrop
against
which
this
story
is
told
is
completely
different.
It
is
a
role
for
any
actor
to
die
for
because
you
rarely
see
this
world
in
our
cinema," Ranbir
said.
What
sets
this
film
apart
from
the
actor's
other
projects
is
the
way
he
has
been
presented
in
the
movie.
Anurag
has
cast
Ranbir
against
his
image
of
the
urban
and
cool
hero.
"I
have
a
very
urban
image
and
I
think
I
have
done
so
many
coming-of-age
stories
that
only
'Harry
Potter'
is
left.
I
don't
get
offered
roles
like
this.
I
had
to
call
Anurag
and
ask
for
this
part
because
I
found
it
so
engaging,"
he
said.
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