Black (Hindi: ब्लैक, Urdu: بلیک) is a 2005 Indian film in Hindi and Indian English directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Black revolves around a blind, deaf and mute girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The first half of the film is an adaptation of Helen Keller’s autobiography The Story of My Life.
The story of Black is partly based on the true life story of Helen Keller. The film begins with Michelle McNally (Rani Mukerji), a blind, deaf and mute woman, visiting her former teacher Debraj Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), who now suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, in a hospital. The film then flashbacks to the past to her childhood.
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Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Anshuman Swami
Written by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Bhavani Iyer
Prakash Kapadia
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Rani Mukerji
Shernaz Patel
Nandana Sen
Music by Monty Sharma
Cinematography Ravi K. Chandran
Editing by Bela Segal
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date(s) 4 February2005
Running time 123 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
English
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One of the few moives, which are based on ideas…not typical love stories…….The best story and The best acting my Amitabh Bachchan and
Rani Mukerji

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Best Film Actor Award for the year 2005 to Shri Amitabh Bachchan for his role in the Hindi Film “Black”, at the 53rd National Film Awards function, in New Delhi on September 14, 2007. The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is also seen.
A few pieces of Black.