

The drama stays serious and intense for most part of it as a result of which audience need to be in a certain frame of mind to enjoy what is being offered. After all, when you have a film titled as Kalank, it is bound to be heavy weight and that indeed turns out to be the case.Īll of this means that there is no such thing as welcome relief in the film. With Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt coming together, one may expect yet another light hearted entertainer but that was never going to be the case here.


Talking about the story, it is quite unique and smartly integrates elements of partition, industrial evolution as well as communalism in the love story which is on display. In fact these are the three strong pillars of Kalank which ensure that the narrative stays engaging, exciting and entertaining. What he does is integrate the three elements quite well – story, dialogues and performances. Well, he does succeed at least in meeting, if not exceeding, expectations. He had a job in hand to put it all together and make a film that not just met but exceeded huge expectations that everyone had from it. A fascinating subject, a production team that was willing to go all out (Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Fox Star) and a dream multistarrer cast. No one other than director Abhishek Varman could have understood it better. With big power comes big responsibilities.
