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Writers:
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay)
Bhavani Iyer (English dialogue)
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Release Date:
4 February 2005 (USA) more
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Tagline:
An unending darkness... A world of shadows... A ray of light that found its way... A teacher's dream... A student's miracle... A valiant journey... From ignorance to knowledge... From darkness to light... An extraordinary story of an ordinary life
Plot:
The cathartic tale of a deaf, mute and blind girl, and her teacher who brings a ray of light into her world of BLACK. full summary | add synopsis
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19 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

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Amitabh Bachchan ... Debraj Sahai
Rani Mukherjee ... Michelle McNally (as Rani Mukerji)
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 ... Mrs. Nair

Nandana Sen ... Sara McNally
Kenny Desai ... Dr. Mehta
Arif Shah ... Marc Brugger
Bomie E. Dotiwala ... Mr. Brugger (as Bomi Dotiwala)
Jeroo Shroff ... Mrs. Brugger
Bomi Kapadia ... Trustee 1
Kamal Adib ... Trustee 2
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Additional Details

Runtime:
122 min
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2.35 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A fire broke out on the sets at Mumbai's Film City and four fire brigades were required to put out the fire. more
Quotes:
Debraj Sahai: Yes, that's right, life's a big ice-cream. Have it before it melts. more
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References The Gold Rush (1925) more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Why?, 5 December 2005
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Author: deepak_p12 from India

At first, when I saw Black, I was really impressed with the movie and the way Sanjay Leela Bhansali made it. The slick camera movements, the camera angles, the snow... everything was impressive. A few months later, I happened to see the same movie at the American International School in Lesotho except that this was not made by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and it was an animated movie. At first I thought the smart boys in Hollywood remade Bhansali's film. Only later did I realize (when I got hold of the DVD cover) that it was made much before Black even started production.

Why did Bhansali make this movie? Its a frame by frame COPY of Helen Keller's story (often shown in International primary schools to growing kids). Sanjay Leela Bhansali or anyone associated with the script of Black should feel ashamed claiming credit for Black's script. They haven't even thanked the original screen writers of the original movie in the opening/closing credits of Black.

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