Black (2005 film)

Black
Theatrical release poster
Hindi	ब्लैक
Directed by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Produced by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali Anshuman Swami
Screenplay by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali Bhavani Iyer Prakash Kapadia
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Rani Mukerji Ayesha Kapur Shernaz Patel Nandana Sen
Narrated by	Rani Mukerji
Music by	Monty Sharma
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Bela Sehgal
Distributed by	SLB Films
Release date	4 February 2005
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi English
Box office	₹82.4 crore (equivalent to ₹196 crore or US$29 million in 2016)

Black is a 2005 Indian drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starred by Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan. Black revolves around a Blind, 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. Black was a commercial success and was the 2nd highest grossing Bollywood film worldwide in 2005.

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.