After marriage, Roop moves to Husnabad near Lahore where the Chaudharys reside. Dev and Roop get married and the former makes it clear to the latter that this will be a marriage of convenience. Satya, Dev and Dev’s father Balraj (Sanjay Dutt) agree.
However, she has a condition – Dev will have to marry her first and only then she’ll move into the house of the Chaudhrys. Roop at first rejects Satya’s offer but upon knowing her medical condition, she agrees. The families of Roop and Satya go back a long way. Her search takes her to Rajputana, Rajasthan where Roop (Alia Bhatt) resides. Realizing that Dev will be shattered after her demise, she decides to find a second wife for him. Satya Chaudhry (Sonakshi Sinha), wife of Dev Chaudhry (Aditya Roy Kapur) is diagnosed with cancer and she is told that she has just a year or maximum two years to live. KALANK is the story of lovers not destined to be together. So does KALANK manage to be a memorable multi-actor flick, replete with ample entertainment and drama? Or does it fail to entertain? Let’s analyse. KALANK goes one step ahead as it stars six actors, all of whom are big and prominent names in their own right. Even DHAMAAL can be counted here and its recent instalment TOTAL DHAMAAL was one of the biggest multi-starrers in a long time as Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit got added to the star cast.
A few franchises like GOLMAAL and HOUSEFULL have kept this tradition alive. Even the mocking between Madhuri's character and Varun's character was done with 'nazakat' and the shuddh Hindi use just elevated the performances.At one time, multi-starrers were in vogue but of late, such films barely come out of Bollywood. From the heartbreaking ones to the more realistic dialogues, Kalank managed to make us travel back in time with the conversations that took place between Zafar and Roop. The poetic style dialogues that hit hard were aced by Alia, Varun, Madhuri, Sanjay, Sonakshi and Aditya perfectly. Being a period drama set in 1946, Alia and Varun's film had to keep the dialogues in line with the time and some of these managed to hit home. One of the strengths of the film was its dialogues. The love story set in old times oozed opulence and magnificence when it released in theatres and even though it did not hit the right note at the box office due to the storyline, the 3 things that impressed fans included great music, visuals spectacle, and impeccable dialogues. Starring Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur in the lead, Kalank was a story set in the pre-independence era when India was undivided. A period drama that hit the screens back in 2019 and managed to take us back to the golden era was Kalank.