Dharma Productions Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributed by
Fox Star Studios[2]
Release date
17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) (India)[3]
Running time
165 minutes[4]
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Budget
₹130 crore[5]
Box office
est. ₹146.31 crore[6]
Kalank (transl.Stigma or Blemish; Hindi pronunciation:[kələnk]) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film 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. Set in the pre-independence British era, the film stars an ensemble cast of Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, and Sanjay Dutt.[7][8][9]
Kalank marked the first film distributed by Fox Star Studios following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
Kalank 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 9 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").
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^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.
^ abTaran 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.
^"Kalank". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^"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.
^ ab"Kalank Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^"Kalank: Madhuri-Sanjay To Reunite on Screen Along With Alia, Varun, Sonakshi and Aditya". CNN-News18. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^"Kalank: Varun-Alia, Madhuri-Sanjay to share screen space in Karan Johar's next". The Indian Express. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^Basu, Nilanjana (28 March 2019). "Kalank Trailer: Alia Bhatt's Self-Destructive Quest For Illicit Love With Varun Dhawan". NDTV. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^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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