Kalank

Kalank
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbhishek Varman
Written byStory:
Shibani Bathija
Dialogues:
Hussain Dalal
Screenplay byAbhishek Varman
Produced by
StarringVarun Dhawan
Alia Bhatt
Sanjay Dutt
Madhuri Dixit
Sonakshi Sinha
Aditya Roy Kapur
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byNamrata Rao
Music bySongs:
Pritam[1]
Score:
Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Star Studios[2]
Release date
  • 17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) (India)[3]
Running time
165 minutes[4]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹130 crore[5]
Box officeest. ₹146.31 crore[6]

Kalank (pronounced [kəˈləŋk]; lit. Blemish or Stigma) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film. It was directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, and Apoorva Mehta under Dharma Productions, and Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, in association with Fox Star Studios as presenter and distributor. The film is set in the pre-independence British era. The film stars an ensemble cast of Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, and Aditya Roy Kapur.[7][8][9]

Kalank marked the first film distributed by Fox Star Studios following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.

Kalank was released on 17 April 2019[3] on 5,300 screens worldwide, making it the widest Bollywood release of 2019.[10] The film grossed around ₹146.31 crore, hence emerging as a box-office bomb.[6][11] It received mixed reviews upon release, with praise for its soundtrack, cinematography, production design, costumes and performances of the ensemble cast, but criticism towards its direction, story, screenplay and length.

At the 65th Filmfare Awards, Kalank received 7 nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Dixit) and Best Music Director (Pritam), and won 2 awards – Best Male Playback Singer (Arijit Singh for "Kalank") and Best Choreography (Remo D'Souza for "Ghar More Pardesiya").

  1. ^ Mathur, Kajol (23 April 2018). "Here's an interesting update from Varun Dhawan on Kalank". Filmfare. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. (21 April 2019). "Kalank box office collection: These are the 2 reasons for this multi-starrer multi-crore disaster". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (9 March 2019). "IT'S FINAL... #Kalank to release on 17 April 2019 [was slated for release on 19 April 2019 initially]... Will be a 5-day *extended* opening weekend... Teaser will be out on 12 March 2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Kalank". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Box Office: Understanding the Economics of Kalank and why it is not a big loss-making venture for its makers". Bollywood Hungama. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Kalank Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Kalank: Madhuri-Sanjay To Reunite on Screen Along With Alia, Varun, Sonakshi and Aditya". CNN-News18. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Kalank: Varun-Alia, Madhuri-Sanjay to share screen space in Karan Johar's next". The Indian Express. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ^ Basu, Nilanjana (28 March 2019). "Kalank Trailer: Alia Bhatt's Self-Destructive Quest For Illicit Love With Varun Dhawan". NDTV. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ^ Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (17 April 2019). "#Kalank screen count... India: 4000 Overseas: 1300 Worldwide total: 5300 screens* #Kalank is the widest release for Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. *Also, #Kalank is the widest release of 2019 *so far*. *#MahaveerJayanti [Wed] and #GoodFriday [Fri] holidays will boost biz" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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