Black (2005 film)

Black
Black
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Screenplay by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali; Bhavani Iyer; Prakash Kapadia;
Story by	Adapted Story: ; Sanjay Leela Bhansali ; Original Story: ; Helen Keller
Based on	The Story of My Life ; by Helen Keller
Produced by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali; Anshuman Swami;
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan; Rani Mukerji;
Narrated by	Rani Mukerji
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Bela Segal
Music by	Monty Sharma
Production; companies	Applause Entertainment; SLB Films;
Distributed by	Zee Motion Pictures (India); Yash Raj Films (Overseas);
Release date	4 February 2005;
Running time	124 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi; English;
Budget	₹20–22 crore
Box office	₹66.6 crore

Black is a 2005 Indian English- and Hindi-language drama film co-written, directed, and co-produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It stars Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles, with Ayesha Kapur, Shernaz Patel and Dhritiman Chatterjee in supporting roles. The film narrates the story of Michelle (Mukerji), a deaf-and-blind woman, and her relationship with her teacher Debraj (Bachchan), an elderly alcoholic teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease.

In 2003, Bhansali announced the production of his new project, Black. Its idea first came up when he met several physically disabled children while shooting Khamoshi: The Musical in the 1990s. The story was inspired by the activist Helen Keller's life and her 1903 autobiography, The Story of My Life. Principal photography was done by Ravi K. Chandran in 100 days from mid-January to April 2004, taking place in Shimla and Film City. Omung Kumar was the production designer, while Sham Kaushal was the action director. After filming, it was edited by Bela Sehgal. The soundtrack and score were composed by Monty Sharma.

Black released worldwide on 4 February 2005, and proved to a commercial success at the box office with a total gross of ₹666 million (US$15.1 million), thus becoming the eighth-highest grossing Bollywood film of 2005. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with praise for its direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, cinematography, production design, costumes, and the performances of the cast, with major praise directed towards Bachchan and Mukherji's performances, and Bhansali's direction and screenplay.

A recipient of numerous accolades, Black won three awards at the 53rd National Film Awards, including Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Actor (Bachchan). At the 51st Filmfare Awards, the film won all its 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Film (Critics), Best Director (Bhansali), Best Actor, Best Actor (Critics) (both for Bachchan), Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) (both for Mukerji), thus becoming the most-awarded film in the history of the Filmfare Awards at that time. It also became the fifth film to win all 4 major awards at the Filmfare Awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress). A Turkish remake, Benim Dünyam, was released in 2013.

^ "Black". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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^ Gupta, Surajeet Das (26 February 2005). "The colours of Black". Business Standard. New Delhi, India. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ Bamzai, Kaveree (7 February 2005). "Black magic". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "Bollywoods bountiful year". The Financial Express. 20 November 2005. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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[1] "Black". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

[Outlookinterview-2] Cite error: The named reference Outlookinterview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Gupta,_Surajeet_Das-3] Gupta, Surajeet Das (26 February 2005). "The colours of Black". Business Standard. New Delhi, India. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[Black_magic-4] Bamzai, Kaveree (7 February 2005). "Black magic". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[5] "Bollywoods bountiful year". The Financial Express. 20 November 2005. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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