A lot of hope and hype was pinned with ‘Kalank’, an all-star period Dharma Production film. The songs, the trailer, and the cast raised the bar for this film, which is why almost every Bollywood fan out there was expecting the film to be outstanding.
Yesterday, the film opened to audiences and the reactions were definitely not what anyone expected.
#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. #KalankReview pic.twitter.com/rJgyNi3Ain— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 17, 2019
People just did not enjoy the film.
#Kalank: While walking out (not in the midway, because hum hai Khatron Ke Khiladi) overheard some people saying iss Kalank pe baad 'palang' (bed) ki zaroorat hai! #VarunDhawan #AliaBhatt #SonakshiSinha #AdityaRoyKapur #SanjayDutt #MadhuriDixit
— Umesh Punwani (@PunwaniUmesh) April 17, 2019
The film had the biggest openings of 2019, so far, but that doesn’t change the fact that audiences did not enjoy it.
Highest opener doesn't mean it's a great film. #Industry needs to understand that. #Kalank was a bad and flawed film. Yes, hard work has gone behind it but let's accept the mistakes too. Boasting about set, costumes etc & not focusing on story or screenplay is wrong.
— Chetna Kapoor (@chetnak92) April 18, 2019
At some point, as the internet always does, people started making memes to cope with the disappointment and they’re funny as heck.
The movie was clearly a sore point.
* My friend who went to watch Kalank in PVR *
Me : Kalank Acha laga Kya ?
Friend :#KalankReview pic.twitter.com/kGEoUkQqGT— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@theesmaarkhan) April 17, 2019
Some were imagining how the ‘industry’ would react to this news.
Entire bollywood industry after seeing a big production movie flop: pic.twitter.com/X2ZwEYBzEk
— Jay Salia (@JaySalia997) April 17, 2019
Apparently, story tou thi hi nahin film mein.
Audience looking for good story, plot, screenplay, entertainment in kalank. #KalankReview pic.twitter.com/bFdxBztsdv
— SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) April 17, 2019
Songs from the movie were being used against it!
Audience after watching Kalank. #KalankReview @sagarcasm pic.twitter.com/sgihs7zIrp
— Prashant (@prashant_7_) April 17, 2019
It hurt everywhere!
Me * After Watching Kalank#kalank #KalankReview #KalankMovieReview #bollywood#memesbrasil pic.twitter.com/e7dWKssfWf
— I_am_aditya (@Iamadit38270574) April 17, 2019
“Mujhe ghar jaana hai”.
#KalankReview. After 1st interval audience be like. pic.twitter.com/begGjyqzdj
— Lagbhag Kejriwal( Chowkidar)👮♂️👮♂️ (@Lagbhag2) April 17, 2019
People felt very barbaad.
Audience after watching Kalank. #KalankReview pic.twitter.com/FxGps5Bb2y
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 17, 2019
Walking in, some knew it was going to be bad, but didn’t know it was going to so bad so fast.
Audience just after watching movie for 5 mins.#KalankReview pic.twitter.com/gto9nt09EQ
— Gulshan Laassi (@gulshanlassi) April 17, 2019
Savagery tou aasmano tak pohanch gaya tha!
Pic 1: When Sanjay Leela Bhansali makes period movies
Pic 2: When KJo apes n copies SLB n tries to make period movies
☺️😂#KalankReview pic.twitter.com/QAdjLqb0vW
— Chowkidar Baby Driver 💥 🏏 (@MaheshShenoy12) April 17, 2019
These people have seriously got no chill.
Bollywood is improving day by day now they are telling us the review of movie in title itself. First Zero and now Kalank #KalankReview
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) April 17, 2019
Only some people were happy…
Reaction of people who did not get tickets for the movie pic.twitter.com/l8NMeSCMoB
— Faking News (@fakingnews) April 17, 2019
‘Zero’ was beginning to look like a good film, in comparison.
Karan Johar is a true friend. He made #Kalank so everyone would forget about Zero.
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) April 17, 2019
The ‘Game of Thrones’ crossover memes were pretty hilarious.
#KalankReview pic.twitter.com/MBhXlH313w
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) April 17, 2019
Apparently the film’s bullfight scene was just freaking hilarious.
Pic 1: Expectation
Pic 2: Reality😂😂#KalankReview @Varun_dvn pic.twitter.com/oNNGpNiR7y— MR.विलेन🍷 (@MRVillain420) April 17, 2019
We’ll probably never get to see the film in our cinemas, but in a way it’s good- we all didn’t have to waste 3 hours of our lives.
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Cover Photo Courtesy: Dharma Productions