He’s also a hardworking blacksmith facing the loss of his livelihood as progress barrels into Husnabad in the shape of a metalworking factory that Roop’s husband wants to open in Hira Mandi.
Zafar, a Muslim, is poor and illegitimate. Netflix Expands Indian Slate With 10 Original Films
Sparks fly, but a genuine warmth and friendship also blossoms between Roop and Zafar, making it harder and harder for Roop to return to the relative dullness of her palatial but loveless new home at the end of each day. One day, after a singing lesson, Roop comes across the fiery and unstable Zafar (noted dancer and comic actor Dhawan), the exact opposite of the stolid Dev.
But instead of playing the part of a devoted second wife to newspaper scion Dev Chaudhry (Aditya Roy Kapoor), she finds herself drawn to Husnabad’s seedier neighborhood of Hira Mandi, where an aging courtesan (Dixit) holds court teaching music. Roop, a bright and educated young woman from a struggling family in Husnabad, a fictional town outside Lahore, is persuaded/forced to marry into the town’s wealthiest family for an unusual reason: Their daughter-in-law Satya (an elegant Sonakshi Sinha) is dying, and she herself wants Roop to take her place after her death so that Roop can provide heirs to the family’s newspaper fortune. Tensions are growing between Hindus and Muslims in the run-up to the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan and although the characters don’t yet know that Partition will lead to up to two million deaths and 14 million displaced, the audience does, adding to a growing sense of anxiety. 'Gully Boy' ('Apna Time Aayega'): Film Review | Berlin 2019īased on a story by screenwriter Shibani Bathija, who wrote Karan Johar’s moving post-9/11 drama My Name Is Khan, and directed and written by Abhishek Varman, Kalank is set in 1945, at the tail end of British rule. Kalank’s cast, including A-listers Bhatt ( Gully Boy) and Varun Dhawan, and a highly anticipated reunion between 1990s screen pair Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt weren’t enough to pack theaters, and the film only made back around half of its steep production costs on its opening weekend. Its story, its music and even its costumes are far subtler and more complex than the typical Bollywood fan might expect, while its richly drawn lead character, a headstrong and thoughtful young woman named Roop (Alia Bhatt), leaves a lasting impression long after the film’s two-and-a-half-hour running time. Kalank offers unexpected and welcome nuance for a mainstream Bollywood film.
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