Scenes showing exactly how he groomed Johnny, treating him more like a pet than a partner. 4. The Political Subplot: The Mills of Mumbai
For a film that originally clocked in at 149 minutes (already a demanding runtime for audiences), the director’s cut was reportedly much longer—rumored to be over three hours. The excised footage, glimpsed only in trailers, promotional stills, and whispered festival anecdotes, suggests a very different, and perhaps superior, film was left on the cutting room floor. bombay velvet deleted scenes