February 17, 2026 04:16 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Actor Rajpal Yadav granted interim bail in ₹9-crore cheque bounce case | Learn AI or become redundant: Microsoft India President issues stark message | India’s wholesale inflation rises to 1.81% in January as manufacturing prices surge | 'India at forefront of AI revolution': PM Modi welcomes world leaders to Delhi summit | Rs 5,000 to women ahead of Tamil Nadu polls! Vijay slams Stalin, says: ‘take the money, blow the whistle’ | Modi congratulates Tarique Rahman as BNP clinches majority in Bangladesh polls | Bangladesh Polls: Tarique Rahman-led BNP secures 'absolute majority' with 151 seats in historic comeback | BJP MP files notice to cancel Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership, seeks life-long ban | Arrested in the morning, out by evening: Tycoon’s son walks free in Lamborghini crash case | ‘Why should you denigrate a section of society?’: Supreme Court pulls up ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ makers

Kalank gets highest opening collection at box office in 2019

| @indiablooms | Apr 18, 2019, at 11:50 am

Mumbai, Apr 18 (IBNS): Surpassing all Hindi films released in 2019 so far, Abhishek Verman directorial Hindi period-drama Kalank has secured the highest opening collection at the Indian box office.

The film, which released on Wednesday, collected Rs. 21.60 crore on the first day.

Verman's film has a star-studded cast which includes Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Sonashi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Aditya Roy Kapur.

Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#Kalank starts with a bang... Emerges biggest opener of 2019 *so far*... Plexes terrific... Impressive cast and hype + massive screen count [4000] + #MahavirJayanti holiday have contributed to a big total... Wed ₹ 21.60 cr. India biz."

In terms of box office collection, Kalank is now followed by Akshay Kumar starrer Kesari, which earned Rs. 21.06 crore on its opening day.

Image Credit: twitter.com/Varun_dvn

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.