Anurag Kashyap reveals how ‘big directors’ used to call Ranveer Singh ‘treadmill’, urged him to cast Ranbir Kapoor instead in ‘Bombay Velvet’

Anurag Kashyap revealed his film Bombay Velvet failed due to its inflated Rs 90 crore budget. Preferring budget control and guerrilla filmmaking, he initially cast Ranveer Singh, dubbed ‘treadmill’ by directors, before switching to Ranbir Kapoor. Kashyap values creative freedom but criticizes unnecessary expenses in filmmaking.