KJo's multi-starrer 'Kalank' turns out to be 2019's biggest opener

The film released on Mahavir Jayanti and turned out to be 2019's biggest opener, with collections estimated at Rs. 21.6 crore, Taran Adarsh reported.

Kalank, the biggest opener for Varun and Alia, is expected to rake in more on the upcoming holiday, Good Friday.

Released in around 4,000 domestic screens, 5,300 worldwide, Kalank surpassed this year's big releases, Kesari and Gully Boy.

Apart from Alia and Varun, Kalank also stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, and Sanjay Dutt.

The film is a period drama set around the time of India's partition, and is a love story outlining the life of Roop (Alia), who ends up in a platonic marriage with a royal, Dev (Aditya), and strikes an affair with a blacksmith, named Zafar (Varun).

Although Kalank is expected to be a huge grosser, the reviews for the film are mostly negative.

Adarsh, for one, called the film "disappointing" adding that it "doesn't live up to expectations."

A HuffPost India review described the film as "mostly underwhelming." However, NDTV praised the film for being a "tantalizing tale of forbidden love."

Here's what people on Twitter think about Kalank.