‘Bombay Velvet’ is just watchable

It is a high-stakes, star-driven project, so Bombay Velvet is forced to be judicious about the aspects of urban history it opts to incorporate into its narrative. And that is not the film's only failing. It would have landed stronger blows had it been more consistent in the way it weaves the drama of the life of a pugnacious 1960s street fighter into the history of a city that is no less than a tenacious pugilist who gives as good as he gets.