Black (2005-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Black Movie Details :

Black movie is a 2005 Indian Bollywood drama film directer is Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan. Black revolves around a blind-dumb girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer’s disease. The film draws inspiration from the life of Helen Keller, the blind academic and activist. Black was a critical and commercial success. The movie was inspired by the 1962 movie The Miracle Worker.

The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India. It won the Filmfare Award for best film. Time Magazine (Europe) selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from around the globe. The movie was positioned at number five. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the 25 Must See Bollywood Films.

The film was premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Amitabh Bachchan received his second National Film Award for Best Actor at the 53rd National Film Awards, his fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actor and his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance and Rani Mukerji won her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress and her second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.

• Directer : Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Producer : Sanjay Leela Bhansali,Anshuman Swami
• Screenpla : Sanjay Leela Bhansali,Bhavani Iyer,Prakash Kapadia
• Starring : Amitabh Bachchan,Rani Mukerji,Ayesha Kapur,Shernaz Patel,Nandana Sen
• Narrater : Rani Mukerji
• Music : Monty Sharma
• Cinematography : Ravi K. Chandran
• Editer : Bela Sehgal
• Casting : Amita Sehgal
• Production Design : Sabyasachi Mukherji
• Art Direction : Omung Kumar
• Costume Design : Sabyasachi Mukherji
• Makeup Department : Beena Banerjee,Joshua Clement,Pradeep Doiphode,Dayanand Gowda
• Visual Effects : Paresh Acharya,Mahesh Baria,Goolzar Buchia,Arup Chakravarty,Tony Cole,Rohan Desai
• Action Directer : Sham Kaushal,Parmajeet,Heera Singh,Paramjeet Singh
• Production Company : Applause Bhansali Productions,Applause Entertainment Ltd.,SLB Films Pvt. Ltd.
• Distributors : Bodega Films,Panorama Studios,Alive Vertrieb und Marketing,Yash Raj Films
• Genres : Drama
• Release date : 4 February 2005
• Running time : 122 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi,English

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Story of The Film :

Based in Simla, the McNallys are an Anglo-Indian family consisting of Paul and his wife, Catherine. Both are full of joy when Catherine gives birth to a baby girl, Michelle, but their joy is short-lived when they are told that Michellle cannot see nor hear. Both attempt to bring up Michelle in their own protective way, as a result Michelle is not exposed to the real world, and becomes increasingly violent and volatile. Things only get worse when Catherine gives birth to Sara, and Paul considers admitting Michelle in an asylum. It is here that Debraj Sahai enters their lives. Through his eager involvement, Michelle blossoms, grows, gives up her violence, even gets admitted in school with normal children. The years pass by, Michelle does not succeed in getting her graduation, and it is time for Debraj to bid adieu as he is having his own health problems. 12 years later, at the age of 40, Michelle does succeed in graduating in Arts, and it is shortly thereafter she will be re-united with her teacher. No longer the same alcoholic, eccentric, – but a bent older male, who cannot even remember speech, leave alone what he taught. Watch what happens when Michelle attempts to re-enter his ‘blank’ life.

Star Cast of The Film :

• Amitabh Bachchan … Debraj Sahai
• Rani Mukerji … Michelle McNally
• Shernaz Patel … Catherine ‘Cathy’ McNally
• Ayesha Kapoor … Young Michelle McNally (as Ayesha Kapur)
• Dhritiman Chatterjee … Paul McNally (as Dhritiman Chaterji)
• Sillo Mahava … Mrs. Gomes (as Silloo Mahava)
• Chippy Gangjee … Principal Fernandes (as Chippy Ganjee)
• Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal … Ms. Nair
• Salome … Martha (as Salomi Roy Kapoor)
• Kenneth Desai … Dr. Mehta (as Kenny Desai)
• Arif Shah … Marc Brugger
• Bomie E. Dotiwala … Mr. Brugger (as Bomi Dotiwala)
• Jeroo Shroff … Mrs. Brugger
• Bomi Kapadia … Trustee 1
• Kamal Adib … Trustee 2
• Zul Vellani … Trustee 3
• Shehnaz Anand … Teacher
• Polly Shroff … Nun
• Marriane D’Cruz … Singer at the party (as Marianne D’Cruz)
• Richard Lane Smith … Priest
• Tiara Gandhi … Baby Sara McNally
• Trish Xavier … Baby Michelle McNally
• Nandana Sen … Sara McNally
• Ranbir Kapoor … Body double for Amitabh sitting by waterfountain.
• Shree Rammy Pandey … Graduate Student

Production :

Sanjay Leela Bhansali first came up with the idea for Black in 1995 while filming Khamoshi: The Musical. He was inspired by Helen Keller’s autobiography The Story of My Life and visited the Helen Keller Institute to do research. He also read the autobiography of deaf-mute pianist Geraldine Lawhorn for ideas. Much of the film was based on his observations between students, teachers and parents at the Institute. Bhansali originally planned for the film to be a low-budget film in Hindi and English which would provide a change from his prior film, the expensive Devdas.

A self-described “diehard fan” of Amitabh Bachchan since he was a child, Bhansali was able to cast him after Bachchan watched Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and approached him about starring in one of his films. When Bhansali first approached Rani Mukerji to play the role of Michelle McNally, she declined because she believed it was too challenging for her. He eventually convinced her. To prepare for his role, Bachchan watched documentaries. Rani Mukerji wore colored contacts to give her the appearance of a blind girl and both Bachchan and Mukerji studied sign language and Braille for seven months. A team of deaf-blind students were also on set advising the actors and instructing them in sign language.

The film was shot in Mumbai and in Shimla. Parts of pre-independence Shimla, were recreated by production designer Omung Kumar, who later worked with Bhansali on Saawariya (2007), in Film City, Kamalistan Studios and Mehboob Studios across Mumbai. The sets of Black were closed to prevent details about the film from leaking. The cast and crew experienced many difficulties during the film’s shooting. During filming in February 2004 a fire broke out at the 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) Mumbai set, destroying costumes and props. The fire was started in the night when a plug sparked and ignited. Bhansali was forced to start the indoor sets from scratch. Also, during the outdoor shoot in Shimla the script required snow but there was none so the crew brought in snowmaking machines from Mumbai and created a man-made snowy landscape. Permission to shoot at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study’s Viceregal Lodge was initially denied, delaying the film further.

Constantly on the sets of this movie was ‘Zamir Dhale’ – also a deaf-blind, proficient in tactile signing language. He stayed in Shimla during the time of the shooting to help Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee understand the world of the blind and the deaf. He also taught them the usage of sign language and how to communicate with such people.

The film’s production budget was 23 crore (equivalent to 63 crore in 2019).

Release :

Black was originally scheduled to be released on 10 December 2004, but Bhansali decided to postpone its release. Black was released on 4 February 2005 in 170 different towns in India, a small number compared to most large-budget Bollywood films. Black was also screened at several international film festivals like the Casablanca Film Festival. The film released in South Korea on 27 August 2009.

Black Movie Songs / Music :

A. R. Rahman was initially approached to score the music, but he had to refuse due to busy schedules. The film’s music was then composed by Monty Sharma. Unlike many other Bollywood films, Black has only one song, “Haan maine chookar dekha hain”, performed by Gayatri Ganjawala.

“Haan Maine Chookar Dekha Hain” Full Video Song :

• Singer : Gayatri Ganjawala
• Music Composer : Monty Sharma

Black Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 8.2 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 33,138.

When the credits started rolling on this movie, my wife and I looked at each other and both spontaneously said “That was one of the best movies I have ever seen”. Sure, it was inspired by “The Miracle Worker”, with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, bit visually it knocks it for six.

Awesome awesome cinematography. Let me say that again. Awesome awesome cinematography. Nearly EVERY shot is a wonder!

Amitabh Bhachchan’s acting is his best ever (at least for western audiences), and beats most recent performances from Hollywood.

I don’t consider this film a remake, but even if you do, you still need to see it.

Critics Rating by William Thomas, from Empireonline give 4 star out of 5 Star.

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