Is this ‘Bhansaliville’, a mish-mash of the sets from Saawariya and Ram-Leela? But then suddenly there’s a romantic scene in what I could swear looked like Ladakh, and then we’re transported to a Gladiator-style arena in what appears to be Afghanistan. One minute we see Venetian-type canals with giant lotuses, or streets straight out of a Rajasthani town. Good thing it’s fictional because the geographical landscape is mind-boggling. You could blame it on the tired telling of a moth-eaten tale, set in 1944 in the fictional town of Husnabad on the outskirts of Lahore. But Madhuri Dixit’s character could as well be talking about the film when she says to a young singer, “Awaaz achchi hain, bas namak kam hain.” It’s true director Abhishek Varman brings the razzle-dazzle, but the passion is missing. It’s mounted as a grand multi-starrer a timeless tragic epic that runs 169 minutes long, and is crammed with exquisitely choreographed songs, grandiose sets, and gorgeous costumes. Kalank is a doomed story of love, set in the time of Partition.
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