Ranbir Kapoor: Bombay Velvet is my most intense role

Panaji, May 5: He has mostly fronted romantic and coming-of-age roles but in “Bombay Velvet” Ranbir Kapoor will be seen in his most intense avatar, something that the actor found both fascinating and challenging. Set against the backdrop of 1960s Prohibition era Bombay, the Anurag Kashyap-directed movie juxtaposes a man’s ambition to grow at all costs with that of a city.“It is my most angry role, it is very intense. I have never even slapped in my earlier movies. The intensity is there because of the place that Johnny comes from. His aggression is about survival. It is not out of choice,” Ranbir told PTI. The 32-year-old actor, who along with the entire star cast is in Goa for the film’s promotions, said Kashyap helped him a lot to get into the skin of the character.“Anurag has that intensity. The world of films like ‘Barfi’ and ‘Bombay Velvet’ is not familiar to me. The credit should go to the directors. I am just an instrument.” Ranbir learnt the cage fighting style besides mastering the ‘tapori’ language of that era for which his reference point was Johnny Walker from the Guru Dutt-Madhubala starrer 1955 film “Mr & Mrs 55″.“He spoke the tapori language of that era but since I have an urban image, I had to ensure that it does not turn out to be a caricature,” he said. The film, slated to release on May 15, has already caught the eye of cinema lovers with its meticulous recreation of the nostalgia of ’60s.