Black (Hindi: ब्लैक) is a 2005 Indian drama film directed 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.
The film begins with Michelle McNally (Rani Mukerji), a blind and deaf woman, visiting her former teacher Debraj Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), who now has Alzheimer's disease, in a hospital. The film then flashbacks to the past to her childhood.
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance
Tongue of ash catches drop
From sharp and bloody steel.
Weve danced too long to ever stop,
Its time for a broken mind to heal.
Black stare could shatter stone.
Black knife rests - white body prone.
Dark angels watch the play below
Black soul wants to die young,
Black lips smile when dark tongue
Tastes the wine from your kind
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance
Crimson tongue catches drop
From nails like razorblades
The dance is done, the game is won
Its time for a broken heart to feel
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance
Black eyes, black lips, black nails.
We are dancing a slow dance.
Kiss of ash, my tongue fails,
At the sharp blade of romance