Black is a Hindi and Indian English film released in 2005 and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. First half of this film was copied from 1962 Hollywood movie The Miracle Worker. Rani Mukerji won a streak of awards for her brilliant interpretation of a blind, deaf and mute girl who graduates from a normal college.

Time Magazine (Europe) selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from across the globe. The movie was positioned at number five. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.

The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India.

The story of Black is a copy of the true life story of Helen Keller. Michelle McNally (Rani Mukerji) loses her eyesight and hearing at the tender age of eighteen months, causing her to grow up in a world where she is isolated in the darkness of her own existence. She understands nothing of the frustrating world around her, making her a violent, uncontrollable eight-year old. Her parents, Paul and Catherine, are at their wits' end, until Debraj Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan) enters their lives. An elderly alcoholic teacher for the deaf and blind, Debraj sees himself as a magician and is a disillusioned eccentric man. He takes it upon himself to bring young Michelle into the light.