Yash Johar conceptualized an idea for a film in hopes of something new for Dharma Productions 15 years ago but due to his demise, this idea was pushed until 2019. Abhishek Varman who received fame for his debut film 2 States was roped to handle this conceptualized idea by implementing the direction and screenplay.
Anticipating factors of Kalank 1) Multi-Starrer Seeing Madhuri Dixit & Sanjay Dutt back together after 3 decades 2) Alia-Varun's chemistry 3) Majestic feel
Husnabad is a city that lies between Pakistan & India near Lahore which was set in 1945. The city is known for breeding blacksmiths who produce swords for a living and an influential family with a power known as the Chaudhury's which consist of Balraj who runs a newspaper business and his son Dev whose wife is dying and is told by her to marry Roop. Zafar is a Muslim blacksmith who falls for Roop and their chemistry and their stigma is what forms the story
There is a saying that "all style and no substance" and that is exactly what this film did. A film that had the chance to dodge that bullet but turned out to be a headshot. The screenplay was very inconsistent in terms of its predictability and just messing up the film with such high hopes and aspirations that the audience had for this film by the commonality of religious love with already predicting the outcome of it. The dialogues were very new and it didn't fit that historical culture.
The acting in this film was somewhat lackluster.
Varun Dhawan's role as Zafar, a blacksmith with daring instincts wasn't that bad but he did overcomplicated while introducing his character during the 1st half of the film. The point where the action scenes started to emerge, that is when his role managed to do justice.
Alia Bhatt's role as Roop, a middle class married to Dev and Zafar's love interest with the passion and endurance of dancing was boring and bland at the same time. Her role didn't have that energetic brilliance that we were expecting.
Sonakshi Sinha should seriously get a new acting agent and maybe better roles that fit because the dress she wrapped up in was a wrong fit and that's how I can describe her acting.
Aditya Roy Kapoor's roles are all about drinking and getting drunk "beware" and that is exactly what Dev did throughout
Sanjay Dutt's look was fantastic but his acting was too underwhelming and he was on standpoint throughout.
Madhuri Dixit's role was like a repeat performance on how she acted in both Devdas and Dedh Ishqiya just dancing and little miss "begum".
Aesthetically it did have that wow factor in terms of its set design and somewhat there was that historical feel to cling onto even with the grainy screenplay.
Music was a headshot and seeing Pritam just messing up was just obliterating although Ghar More Pardesiyan is a good song.
Overall, potentially wasted and too baseless beyond belief.
2/5
Anticipating factors of Kalank 1) Multi-Starrer Seeing Madhuri Dixit & Sanjay Dutt back together after 3 decades 2) Alia-Varun's chemistry 3) Majestic feel
Husnabad is a city that lies between Pakistan & India near Lahore which was set in 1945. The city is known for breeding blacksmiths who produce swords for a living and an influential family with a power known as the Chaudhury's which consist of Balraj who runs a newspaper business and his son Dev whose wife is dying and is told by her to marry Roop. Zafar is a Muslim blacksmith who falls for Roop and their chemistry and their stigma is what forms the story
There is a saying that "all style and no substance" and that is exactly what this film did. A film that had the chance to dodge that bullet but turned out to be a headshot. The screenplay was very inconsistent in terms of its predictability and just messing up the film with such high hopes and aspirations that the audience had for this film by the commonality of religious love with already predicting the outcome of it. The dialogues were very new and it didn't fit that historical culture.
The acting in this film was somewhat lackluster.
Varun Dhawan's role as Zafar, a blacksmith with daring instincts wasn't that bad but he did overcomplicated while introducing his character during the 1st half of the film. The point where the action scenes started to emerge, that is when his role managed to do justice.
Alia Bhatt's role as Roop, a middle class married to Dev and Zafar's love interest with the passion and endurance of dancing was boring and bland at the same time. Her role didn't have that energetic brilliance that we were expecting.
Sonakshi Sinha should seriously get a new acting agent and maybe better roles that fit because the dress she wrapped up in was a wrong fit and that's how I can describe her acting.
Aditya Roy Kapoor's roles are all about drinking and getting drunk "beware" and that is exactly what Dev did throughout
Sanjay Dutt's look was fantastic but his acting was too underwhelming and he was on standpoint throughout.
Madhuri Dixit's role was like a repeat performance on how she acted in both Devdas and Dedh Ishqiya just dancing and little miss "begum".
Aesthetically it did have that wow factor in terms of its set design and somewhat there was that historical feel to cling onto even with the grainy screenplay.
Music was a headshot and seeing Pritam just messing up was just obliterating although Ghar More Pardesiyan is a good song.
Overall, potentially wasted and too baseless beyond belief.
2/5