Harish Palaniappan's

For the first time in my life, I read movie reviews rating a movie the highest rank. And categorizing the movie as a "MUST SEE". Yes, its all reviews of the movie 'Black'.

For those non-indians who were questioning the quality and capacity of bollywood, and for those indians who thought good highly express-ive movies are made in south or east of india, here's BLACK.

B L A C K
Well that's how the title of the movie is pronounced and I have just tried to be putting it straight like it is. To brief, the movie is about a deaf and dumb girl's plight in understanding life, and understanding relationships, love, despair, hope and quite a few things. To my knowledge, the director Sanjay leela bhansali has expressed the black world that one can experience by trying keep eyes closed while we carry on with our everyday work.

The film's title itself expresses a lot, and every act and every scene has detail and an expression, which one might notice only if glued to the film's presentation.

People call it a copy of many similar themes in many english movies, but my opinion would be... Y bother? If the film is good, the idea good, the quality and expression outstanding, the storyline and performance of actors heart sinking, ... do you want to let go yourself from seeing black's expression.

For me, it was a wonderful experience and I felt like I come out of the theatre and email every contact I knew in the world to see this movie.. but then I waited till the experience subsided. and I will remember black and the education it has given me on deaf and dumb people, for years to come.

For Reviews:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2004/12/black_preview.shtml
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/05/feb/06black.asp
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/13066.html

For Images:
http://www.indiatarget.com/cgi-bin/piclist.cgi?id=840&gallery=1