Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet starring the actor has been now pushed to next year.

Bombay Velvet is undoubtedly Anurag Kashyap's magnum opus. The period drama has Ranbir Kapoor playing a street fighter who goes on to become the manager of a jazz club by the same name. Everyone, including RK, was waiting for the curtains to go up on the musical in November but Mirror has learnt that the film will not be unveiled before May 2015, reports The Times of India.

Confirming the news Anurag told Mirror, "We have just realised that it will take us a long time to finish the VFX which we had not anticipated. I'm recreating a bygone era but I had not imagined that it needs so much of postproduction. I'm finally learning what it takes to make a big film."

According to a source close to the development, although the shoot has wrapped up, only 25 per cent of the special effects are done. "The Mumbai you will see is very different from the city we know today. It will be January before the VFX is completed. Even the background music is still to be recorded ," the source added.

Buzz is, RK is unhappy with the film and wants a major portion to be reshot. However, when this query was posed to him, Ranbir responded saying, "We are very proud of Anurag's vision of Bombay Velvet and want to put the best product out. The film's VFX is taking time and hence we have decided to move to May. We don't want to do a hasty job."

Mirror (April 17) had earlier broke the news that Anurag's ambitious drama, which was initially scheduled for a Christmas 2014 release, had been pushed forward by three weeks to November 29. The move was prompted by a prudent need to avoid a clash with Raj Kumar Hirani's alien fantasy, PK, which had not only swooped down on its festival date, but also arm-twisted exhibitors into blocking screens for two weeks (December 19 and January 1) to ensure has an uninterrupted initial run.

So Aamir Khan can play Santa this winter while RK gears up for a summer release.