‘We all need a teacher who sees what we are capable of achieving'

‘THE STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIP IN BLACK WENT BEYOND DEFINITION AND EACH COMPLETED THE OTHER’ - BHAVANI IYER, CO-WRITER

- BHAVANI IYER

Black is the story of Michelle McNally (Rani Mukerji), a deaf-and-blind woman, and her relationship with her teacher Debraj Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), an elderly alcoholic teacher who later develops Alzheimer’s disease. About Bachchan’s character, Bhavani Iyer, who co-wrote the film, says, “We all need someone who believes in us, sees what we are capable of, and nurtures that faith. It is this faith that can make us move mountains and is our silent strength through our toughest times. Michelle didn’t have much going for her, the world – including her own family – had given up on her. But in stepped a man who believed she could be everything she wanted to be. I think it is the faith one human being had in another, such a deep need that we as humanity flourish in, that connected with most viewers.”