Principal photography commenced in Film City, Mumbai on 18 April 2018. Sajid Nadiadwala and Sanjay Dutt come together after 24 years with Kalank. The cost estimate of the set was reportedly ₹15 crore. Sajid Nadiadwala, owner and producer of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Karan Johar were present during the clap shot of Kalank. Production designer Amrita Mahal was brought on board to work on the set's design and structure that represented old Delhi mohalla with a mahal in Film City, Mumbai. Actress Sridevi was initially supposed to play the role of Bahaar Begum, but post her demise, the role was played by Madhuri Dixit. The film was conceived of by Johar and his father Yash Johar about fifteen years prior to its release. Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt promoting the film Development Pavail Gulati as journalist Aditya Sahni.Kriti Sanon in a special appearance in the song "Aira Gaira".Kiara Advani in an extended cameo appearance as Lajjo.Sonakshi Sinha as Satyavati "Satya" Chaudhry.The story ends with Roop remembering Zafar and Roop's inner voice saying that the colour of love and hate is red, but it's love that often gets stigmatized or blemished. Ten years later, Roop and Dev are interviewed about their experience by Aditya, a journalist documenting the partition. While boarding a train, Zafar is stabbed in his stomach several times with a dagger by Abdul, as Roop and Dev escape. Zafar confesses to Roop that he eventually fell in love with her, despite his early intention. As Abdul's political stance gains leverage, riots against Hindus and Sikhs in the city take place, during which the Chaudhrys decide to flee to Amritsar with the help of Zafar, but not before Saroj, the benevolent maid is brutally stabbed to death. Heartbroken, Roop consummates her marriage with Dev but insists that she would never be able to love him. Bahaar, who disagrees with Zafar's approach, warns Roop and tells her about Zafar's real intentions. When Balraj becomes aware of Roop and Zafar's affair, he confronts Bahaar and Zafar. As part of another effort to humiliate Balraj, Zafar instigates communal hatred in his friend, Abdul Khan, by demanding for the partition of India on religious lines, which Balraj and Dev do not support. Satya dies after urging Dev to give Roop a chance and to forgive Balraj for his affair. She also begins to develop a friendship with Dev, much to Satya's happiness and sadness. Roop misconstrues Zafar's intentions and falls in love with him. Zafar wants to exact revenge on his parents, Bahaar Begum and Balraj Chaudhry (who abandoned Zafar after ending his extramarital affair with Bahaar) by seducing Roop, as she is married to Balraj's legitimate son, Dev. Roop expresses interest in writing about the condition of the locality in which the brothel is located, during which she meets with a womanizing blacksmith named Zafar. She also begins working in her husband's publishing house, to use her education to her advantage. A depressed Roop takes solace in music, which she begins by learning from the madam of a brothel, Bahaar Begum. Once married, Dev tells Roop that he still loves Satya and that their relationship will only be cordial and platonic. Roop keeps rejecting Satya's proposal but later gets convinced by her father, Dharampal, and agrees on the condition that she will marry Dev to which Satya agrees. She goes back to her native village in the Rajputana area and requests her childhood acquaintance, Roop, to provide companionship to her husband, Dev Chaudhry who runs a liberal newspaper. Satya Chaudhry is told by her doctor that she has cancer and will die soon. Nonetheless, it became a box-office flop. The film received mixed reviews upon release, with criticism towards its direction, screenplay, storyline and length, but received praise for its music, visuals, art direction and performances of the cast. Principal photography of the film began in April 2018 and the film was released on 17 April 2019 on 5,300 screens worldwide making it the widest Bollywood release of 2019 as yet. Set in the pre-independence British era, the film stars Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanjay Dutt. Stigma or Blemish Hindi pronunciation: ) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under Dharma Productions and Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment in association with Fox Star Studios as presenter and distributor.