Ranbir Kapoor is one of the bankable actors in Bollywood. The actor has impressed the masses with his spectacular performance in Rockstar and will be soon seen in a challenging role of deaf and mute in Barfee. Also, the Kapoor lad has bagged the leading role in Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet.

As per reports, the film was first offered to Aamir Khan, but due to some unavoidable reasons, he said 'No'. The film is based on Mumbai Fables, it is a semi fictional study of 'Bombay' in the sixties by eminent historian and Professor of History at Princeton University, Gyan Prakash. Ranbir is quite excited about the role and is also reading the book to get the flavour of that era. Apparently, Anushka Sharma has been signed opposite Ranbir and will play his love interest.