Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap spoke about how T-series paid him "very little" for "cult soundtracks" from his movies. He said, "They paid very little money for music of 'DevD', 'Gangs of Wasseypur', and 'Gulaal'...They only pay for the star in it. They don't pay for the quality of music. The highest amount of money they've paid me was for 'Bombay Velvet'."