Bombay Velvet failed because it tried to be a mainstream spectacle built on arthouse sensibilities. The deleted scenes prove that Anurag Kashyap was less interested in making a hit and more interested in building a living, breathing museum of 1960s Bombay nightlife.
Without this scene, the lifestyle movement died on the cutting room floor. Today, content creators on Instagram reels search for "Bombay Velvet aesthetic" only to find static posters, missing the kinetic rhythm of those lost bar sequences. bombay velvet deleted scenes hot