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8 reviews
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Summary
Kalank (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 46 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
In Pre-Independent India, circa 1945, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Abhishek Varman · written by Abhishek Varman & Shibani Bathija & Hussain Dalal · music Sanchit Balhara & Ankit Balhara & Pritam Chakraborty
Abhishek VarmanWriter · Director
Shibani BathijaWriter
Hussain DalalWriter
Sanchit BalharaMusic
Ankit BalharaMusic
Pritam ChakrabortyMusic
Binod PradhanCinematography
Shweta Venkat MathewEditing
Alia BhattLead
Varun Dhawan
Aditya Roy Kapur
Sanjay Dutt
Madhuri Dixit
Sonakshi Sinha
Kunal Kemmu
Kiara Advani
Achint Kaur
Pawan Chopra
Hiten Tejwani
Kriti Sanon
Full crew
Production designKshamata Sachin Gurav · Pravin Tambe
CostumeAjay Kmr
ChoreographySaroj Khan · Remo D'Souza
LyricsAmitabh Bhattacharya
ActionSham Kaushal
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Summary
In Pre-Independent India, circa 1945, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
8 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 8 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Saibal Chatterjee · 17 Apr 2019
<i>Kalank</i> Movie Review: Stunning Alia Bhatt And Luminous Madhuri Dixit Make Film Near-Spotless Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 76
60
Rachit Gupta · 17 Apr 2019
Kalank Review {3/5}: A visually stunning film topped with great performances Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 63
60
Anupama Chopra · 17 Apr 2019
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 60
60
Raja Sen · 17 Apr 2019
Kalank movie review: Varun Dhawan and Madhuri Dixit can’t salvage this beautiful, hollow film | Bollywood Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 17 Apr 2019
The reviewer calls Kalank a visual and musical treat with strong performances, but concludes it holistically falters as a film, weighed down by an… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
35
Shubhra Gupta · 17 Apr 2019
Kalank movie review: All show and no go Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 30
30
Nandini Ramnath · 17 Apr 2019
‘Kalank’ review: Partition-era saga is derailed by a lack of feeling Read it there →
Published · 2/5.0
Filmi’s reading 28
40
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 8 readings; 7 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Kalank?
Kalank is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Kalank?
Kalank has a Filmi Score of 46 (Mixed), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Scroll.in) to 76 (NDTV). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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