Filmmaker Karan Johar managed to pull a casting coup of sorts by bringing together Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit after 21 years for Abhishek Varman's Kalank. Though Madhuri came on-board following Sridevi's untimely demise, it was touted that she will have no scenes with Sanjay in the film. But contrary to reports, we now hear that Sanjay and Madhuri started shooting for their portions together last week on the Kalank set at Chitrakoot Grounds in Mumbai.

As per a report in a leading daily, a source from the set revealed, "Sanjay and Madhuri shot a couple of dramatic sequences together over three days with co-stars Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. While Varun’s portions were wrapped up in two days, Alia was present on the set for a day after which she headed to Bulgaria to resume work with Ranbir Kapoor on Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra."

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The source further revealed that their scenes went off smoothly and there was no awkwardness between the former co-stars, who have given some fabulous films together including Saajan, Khalnayak and Thanedaar. "Next up, Madhuri is scheduled to shoot her grand mujra song, choreographed by Saroj Khan and Remo D’souza, from September 5 to 7, while Sanjay is yet to wrap up his portions as well. All major scenes will be completed by the month-end," the source added.

The film, an epic period drama set in the 1940s, is based on the Indo-Pak partition. Its cast, besides the delectable pairing of Sanjay and Madhuri years after their last film Mahaanta in 1997, includes Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur. Produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, Fox Star Studios and Sajid Nadiadwala, Kalank is slated to release on April 18, 2019.