REVIEW OF "BLACK", THE HINDI MOVIE My wife and I saw "Black", the Hindi movie today. It is a moving film, which is a director's showpiece all the way through. I am an Amitabh fan and this is one of his best performances as an alcoholic teacher Devraj Sahai to the deaf-blind Michelle McNealy, played by a deglamourised Rani Mukherji. Sanjay Leela Bhansali likes playing with light, shade and the elements. A case in point is the scene where Aishwariya Rai runs towards the gate in search of Devdas in that movie. The white sari that blows in the wind behind her, in my view, represents both wind and water when I see the sary billowing like the waves of the sea. The elements of light, water and wind are always present in all of Bhansali's movies. "Black", despite its name, is no exception. The movie starts predictably with the screen in darkness and Michelle introducing us to her world of blindness and silence. It is later that the elements of
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