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Black (Hindi: ब्लैक) is a 2005 Indian drama filmdirected by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starred by Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease. The film draws inspiration from Helen Keller's life and struggle. 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. A remake of this film was produced in Turkey in 2013 titled Benim Dünyam.
Original Release
02/04/2005
US Release
02/04/2005
Cast
Name | Character |
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Amitabh Bachchan | Debraj Sahai |
Rani Mukerji | Michelle McNally |
Shernaz Patel | Catherine 'Cathy' McNally / Catherine McNally |
Dhritiman Chatterjee | Paul McNally |
Sillo Mahava | Mrs. Gomes |
Chippy Gangjee | Principal Fernandes |
Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal | Ms. Nair / Mrs. Nair |
Salome | Martha |
Kenneth Desai | Dr. Mehta |
Arif Shah | Marc Brugger |
Directors
Writers
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhavani Iyer, Prakash Kapadia
Cast
Name | Character |
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Amitabh Bachchan | Debraj Sahai |
Rani Mukerji | Michelle McNally |
Shernaz Patel | Catherine 'Cathy' McNally / Catherine McNally |
Dhritiman Chatterjee | Paul McNally |
Sillo Mahava | Mrs. Gomes |
Chippy Gangjee | Principal Fernandes |
Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal | Ms. Nair / Mrs. Nair |
Salome | Martha |
Kenneth Desai | Dr. Mehta |
Arif Shah | Marc Brugger |
Bomie E. Dotiwala | Mr. Brugger |
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 |
Richard Lane Smith | Priest |
Tiara Gandhi | Baby Sara McNally |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gautami Bhatt | Executive Producer |
Aman Gill | Executive Producer |
Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Producer |
Kuldeep Rathore | Producer |
Anshuman Swami | Producer |