Black ( 4.5/5)

People may be knowing my taste for hindi movies. I still hold true the fact that they are all pathetic. However, after Lagaan and possibly Munnabhai, i guess this is one movie that i would reccommend people go see. It has been beautifully made. Though there are certain instances of "hamming", i would still say that all the cast has performed brilliantly. The story is pretty banal, nothing exceptional, but the way it has been portrayed, thats what makes it brilliant. The story begins when the McNelly family finds out that their eldest daughter is deaf, blind and possibly dunb. They try several doctors, but the eventual decission is that they send her to an institution for the blind. Thats when Mr. Sahay (Bachhan ) comes in. He is an old teacher who specializes in his own unique way to help the blind. He is called in. His methods are found to be very "medieval" by both the mom and the dad. However, mom thinks he can do it, and gives him the grace period which is the time for which the dad has gone to the business trip. From then on the story goes about his relationship with the kid. There are a few brilliantly shot scenes and dialogues. Like the one where she says "ma" to her mom after 7 years of silence, all the dialogues between the dad and Mr. sayaha and finally the graduation speech given in the end ( this speech actually got two tears in me eyes .. i know i am stunned too .. maybe i still have hope towards emotions .. though thats a different issue ). The movie goes, Sahaya gets alzhiemers disease, causing loss of memory and now its up to the student ( Michelle ) to teach the teacher (Sahaya) how he had taught her. I liked it a lot. Some people say iots melodramatic. I agree. You cant have people laughing in a movie touching such a topic. Initially i thought when people said this was Oscar meterial i thought they were just kidding, just like they claim that every other shahrukh movie is :P ... anyhows, i would reccommend his movie to everyone

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