Black: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Classic Film Black: Bollywood’s famous and veteran film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has given many hit films to the industry and the audience.
His films get a lot of love from the audience at the box office and they also earn a good amount. Bhansali has made a great name for himself among the audience with his brilliant stories.
Also, the story of his films leaves a different impression on the audience, due to which the audience is forced to watch his films again and again.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been in the industry for 28 years and in all these years he has given many blockbuster films, including ‘Hum Dil Chuke Sanam’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘Padmavat’ and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and many other hit films.
One of these is ‘Black’, released in the year 2005, which completed 19 years on this year on a special occasion, the film has also been released on OTT, where the film got a good response from the audience.
Today we are going to tell you 5 amazing things about this award-winning film.
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‘Khamoshi’ becomes a milestone for Black
In the 90s, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was preparing to enter the industry. This idea came to his mind while directing his first film ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’.
During the filming, he met many children who were physically disabled and decided to show them on the big screen.
Inspired by the life of Helen Keller, Bhansali announced the production of his project ‘Black’ in 2003 and completely prepared and released the film in 2005.
Black’s international achievements
In 2005, ‘Black’ was ranked fifth on Time Europe’s prestigious list of the 10 Best Films of All Time, a testament to the universality of the film’s themes and how Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s vision managed to connect with audiences around the world. This achievement was proof of Bollywood’s influence on global cinema.
Big B did not take any fees for the film
Amitabh Bachchan has contributed to Hindi cinema for many decades and he holds a special place in the hearts of his fans.
The megastar had once revealed that he was so impressed with Bhansali’s work that he did not take any money for ‘Black’.
He said, ‘After seeing all the other works done by Bhansali, I just wanted to work with him and when the opportunity came, it was quite amazing.
I did not take any charge for the film. Just being a part of such an industry was fee enough.
There was a fire on the set
In 2004, during the filming of ‘Black’, a massive fire broke out on the set, due to which all the equipment related to the film was destroyed and some of the crews were also injured.
Amitabh Bachchan had earlier said that he and Rani Mukherjee were going to the sets when this incident happened.
Both the stars decided to stand by Sanjay Leela Bhansali during this difficult time and agreed to re-shoot all the destroyed scene assets.
The international translation of ‘black’ happened
In the last few years, many remakes of Bollywood films have been made, whether they are South or Hollywood films. ‘Black’ is one of the few Bollywood films to have its remake as a Turkish film, titled ‘Benim Dunyam’, which means ‘My World’. This film was released in the year 2013.
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