Kalank, after recording the biggest opening at the box office this year, has recorded almost a 50 percent drop in its earnings on day 2. On its opening day (17 April), Kalank earned Rs 21.60 crore, making it the biggest opener of 2019 so far. The holiday of Mahavir Jayanti and its release across 4,000 screens could have played a role in revenue generation. However, Kalank has witnessed almost a 50 percent drop on the second day of its release, minting Rs 11.45 crore. The film is expected to see a jump in its day 3 collection, owing to the Good Friday holiday. The total collection of Kalank currently stands at Rs 33.05 crore. With Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt and Sonakshi Sinha in pivotal roles, Kalank was deemed by most as one of the most highly anticipated films this year. However, it has received criticism for its portrayal of the Partition and even the performances by the cast (with most critics praising only Bhatt and Roy Kapur). Kalank has been directed by Abhishek Varman and backed by Fox Star Studios, Sajid Nadiadwala, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta. In an Instagram post, producer Karan Johar recollected that the film was actually conceptualised by his late father, Yash, 15 years ago. It was the last film he worked on before he passed away. The filmmaker had called the film "a story of turbulent relationships and eternal love".<doc-sep>After registering the highest opening collection of the year, Bollywood’s latest release Kalank saw a major dip in collections on the second day of its release following mixed reviews and criticism over the narrative. While critics have appreciated Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan’s performances and Madhuri Dixit’s elegant presence in the film, it has majorly been panned for being lengthy and predictable. According to early estimates, Kalank has earned Rs 10 crore on Thursday, more than 50% drop in the earnings from day one. The two-day total for the movie now stands at Rs 31 crore. Also read: Kalank: Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan have eyes only for each other in new stills before title song’s release. See pics here A BoxofficeIndia report claimed the film collected an estimated Rs 10-10.5 crore on the second day. The film has also earned Rs 51 crore overseas, trade analyst Joginder Tuteja tweeted. Directed by Abhishek Varman of 2 States fame, Kalank collected Rs 21.06 crore on Wednesday — the first day of the release. With the collection on the first day, which was a holiday on account of Mahavir Jayanti, the film became 2019’s highest opener, highest opener for Alia Bhatt and Varun’s careers as well as their biggest opener together. The period war film, Kesari starring Akshay Kumar has been pushed to second position on the list of top openers of 2019 and Alia Bhatt-Ranveer Singh-starrer Gully Boy is a close third with Rs 19.41 crore opening collection. While Varun’s highest opener before Kalank was Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer Dilwale with an earning of Rs 21 crore, Alia had Gully Boy as her highest opener. Alia and Varun had their best opening collection together with their last outing — Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017) which earned Rs 12.25 crore on day one of its release. Produced by Karan Johar, Kalank is a period drama set in the 1940s and filmed on grand and lavish sets. Kalank, that also stars Madhuri, Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha, is a story of family, passion and emotions. Follow @htshowbiz for more ott:10<doc-sep>After registering a very good number of Rs.21.60 crores on Wednesday, Kalank dropped on Thursday due to it being a regular working day. The film collected Rs.11.45 crores and though a better number would have been in Rs.13-14 crores range, there is still a lot of time available to cover this bit of a ground. So far, the film’s total stands at Rs.33.05 crores and now one waits to see how big does the growth take place. It is partial holiday of Good Friday today and that could propel collections by a couple of crores. Post that there is a regular Saturday and Sunday when films further grow and that could ensure a decent extended weekend total for the multistarrer. As of now it seems that the film could well earn around Rs.80 crores before it enters the weekdays. Anything more than that would be an added bonus for the Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt starrer as from there on it would be a period of consolidation for the period love story drama.<doc-sep>Dharma Production's period love saga Kalank has become the highest opener of 2019. The multistarrer film has collected Rs 21.60 crore on Day 1. Kalank has surpassed Akshay Kumar's Kesari, which collected Rs 21.50 crore on its opening day. The film collected around Rs 6 crore in Mumbai. In Delhi and UP, Kalank has so far earned Rs 4 crore. According to boxofficeindia.com, Kalank has also beaten the opening day collection numbers of Varun Dhawan or Alia Bhatt's Judwaa 2. However, Kalank has received a negative reviews from movie critics. Taran Adarsh has called Kalank "disappointing" and has given two stars. #OneWordReview…#Kalank: DISAPPOINTING. Rating: ⭐️⭐️ Doesn’t live up to the expectations... Writing, music, length play spoilsport... Few dramatic portions work... Second half engaging in parts... Good climax... Varun, Alia, Madhuri, Aditya, Kunal Kemmu top notch. #KalankReviewpic.twitter.com/rJgyNi3Ain — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 17, 2019 With a screen count of 4,000, Kalank is one of the biggest releases of 2019 followed by Kesari, Gully Boy and Total Dhamaal. Kalank is a period drama set in 1945 in the pre-independence British era. It is directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios. The film revolves around stories of six characters who are connected by love and revenge. Kalank brings together two of the most popular Bollywood pairings - Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt. It is after a gap of 22 years that Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit are seen together in a film. The duo was last seen in 1997 release Mahaanta. Besides, Kalank also marks the fourth collaboration between Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan after Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Student of the Year, and Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Apart from them, Kalank also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Aditya Roy Kapur and Kunal Kemmu. Also read: Kalank Box Office Collection Day 1: Varun Dhawan-Alia Bhatt's film expected to earn over Rs 18 crore Alos read: Kesari box office collection Day 1: Akshay Kumar's second biggest opener film earns Rs 21.50 crore<doc-sep>
Check out the day 2 collection of Kalank which released on Wednesday. The film stars Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sonakshi Sinha. Director Abhishek Varman's multi-starrer Kalank released this Wednesday. The period drama stars , , , Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapur and in the lead roles. Produced by , the film received mixed reviews from the audiences as well as the critics. On its first day, Kalank made a collection of Rs 21.60 crores. This Varun-Alia starrer was also the biggest opener of 2019. Coming to its day 2 box office collection, it has seen a major drop in its collection. There is a drop of 50% approx and the collection of Kalank is around Rs 11.50 crores. This makes the collection of the film Rs 31 crores approx. However, there is a whole weekend for the film to bounce back to better numbers. As the film released on Wednesday, the next day Thursday was a working day. It would be interesting to see how much the film collects on its third day and the entire weekend. Kalank is a dream project of Karan Johar's father Yash Johar. After more than 20 years, the audiences got to see the 90s hit on-screen pair Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt on the 70 mm screen together. Coming to its reviews, people are praising the performances delivered by the star cast. However, many found the story slow, although the music of the film is top notch. Are you planning to watch Kalank? If you have watched it already, what are your views on it? Let us know in the comments section below. Credits :Pinkvilla Read More