Anurag Kashyap's 'Bombay Velvet' to be produced by Fox Star Studio

So its confirmed now. Anurag Kashyap’s most ambitious project 'Bombay Velvet' will now be produced by Fox Star Studio and not Viacom 18. It is learnt Kashyap and Viacom 18 did have issues about the budget of the film and the director too was concerned about the project as the studio was not making an official announcement of producing the film.
On Monday Fox Star Studios announced its partnership with Phantom Films to produce Bombay Velvet.The film, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, will go on floors in July 2013 and is slated for a worldwide release on 25th Dec 2014. The first film of a trilogy, as planned by Anurag Kashyap, Bombay Velvet is the story of how the city became a Metropolis, set against the backdrop of love, greed, violence and Jazz.
An excited Anurag Kashyap says, “Bombay Velvet is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a Metropolis. It’s a story that has always fascinated me and we have been developing it for about four years, and I am very excited that now its fully ready and we begin shoot this year.”