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Black & White

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
621
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Black & White (2008)
A spy living in the house in disguise, who has a heart transformation.
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A spy living in the house in disguise, who has a heart transformation.A spy living in the house in disguise, who has a heart transformation.A spy living in the house in disguise, who has a heart transformation.

  • Director
    • Subhash Ghai
  • Writers
    • Sachin Bhowmick
    • Subhash Ghai
    • Akash Khurana
  • Stars
    • Anil Kapoor
    • Anurag Sinha
    • Shefali Shah
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    621
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Subhash Ghai
    • Writers
      • Sachin Bhowmick
      • Subhash Ghai
      • Akash Khurana
    • Stars
      • Anil Kapoor
      • Anurag Sinha
      • Shefali Shah
    • 9User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos2

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    Photos9

    Shefali Shah in Black & White (2008)
    Anurag Sinha in Black & White (2008)
    Anurag Sinha in Black & White (2008)
    Anil Kapoor in Black & White (2008)
    Anil Kapoor in Black & White (2008)
    Arun Bakshi, Shefali Shah, Anil Kapoor, and Anurag Sinha in Black & White (2008)
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    Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor
    • Prof. Rajan Mathur Sen Gupta
    Anurag Sinha
    Anurag Sinha
    • Numair Qazi
    • (as a different name)
    • …
    Shefali Shah
    Shefali Shah
    • Roma
    • (as Shefali Shetty)
    Arun Bakshi
    Arun Bakshi
    • Naeem Shaikh
    Chaitanya Chinchlikar
    • Interpol Officer
    Pawan Chopra
    Pawan Chopra
    • Police Officer
    James Durston
    • Photojournalist
    Milind Gunaji
    Milind Gunaji
    • Hamid
    Pankaj Jha Kashyap
    Pankaj Jha Kashyap
    • Journalist
    • (as Pankaj Jha)
    Mushtaq Khan
    Mushtaq Khan
    • Mohanlal Agarwal - MLA
    Akash Khurana
    Akash Khurana
    • Wazir Shah - Rajya Sabha Member
    Jaimini Pathak
    Jaimini Pathak
    • Raahat
    Vikash Poddar
    • Mad person
    Nikita Rawal
    Aditi Sharma
    • Shagufta
    Sukrit Sharma
    • Jalaal
    Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    Manmeet Singh Sawhney
    • Kirtan Singh
    • (as Manmeet Singh)
    • Director
      • Subhash Ghai
    • Writers
      • Sachin Bhowmick
      • Subhash Ghai
      • Akash Khurana
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Madhur Bhandakar was signed to direct the film but opted out. This made Subhash Ghaib unexpectedly take over the direction .
    • Soundtracks
      Yeh Hindustan Hai
      Performed by Udit Narayan

      Lyrics by Ibrahim Ashq

      Music by Sukhwinder Singh

    User reviews9

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    3/10
    The theme in Black & White is good – but it's very poorly executed!
    Black & White is an attempt by Subhas Ghai to make a film on a real issue. Well…it is a case of "missed opportunity" for this popular director who needs to grow out of the usual "filmy" sensibilities to make realistic films on real issues.

    MERITS of Black & White

    1 – I like the idea of a murderer (in this case an Islamic terrorist) who is out on a mission to cause mayhem (bomb blast during Independence day) but changes his/her heart & mind when s/he comes in contact with people of the right kind.

    DEMERITS of Black & White (unfortunately more Demerits than Merits)

    1 – The story is very poorly presented by Subhas Ghai. It should have been as realistic, gripping and non-melodramatic like Satya or Company (two of the greatest films in Hindi cinema).

    2 – Poor acting by the central character, Numair Qazi played by Anurag Sinha (in the role of an Afghan terrorist). He hardly injects fear or hatred in the audience. It is just plain ordinary acting. He also did not have the right looks.

    Please compare this fellow's acting with J. D. Chakravarthy (of Satya), and you will know what I mean. Even Angad Bedi would have have been a better choice.

    3 – Numair's men kill Anil Kapoor's wife in his house, but later when he discovers his murdered wife he behaves in a strange way. He cries in a very odd manner (in the presence of Numair). He does not even show any inclination to know WHO has murdered his wife and FOR WHAT (Numair knew who did it but stood silently still). He cremates her body without informing anyone.

    Later we were informed in a rather casual and flimsy manner about the fact that Anil may've disposed of the body quietly in order to prevent Hindu-Muslim communal riot.

    What infantile nonsense is this?

    4 - Shefali Shah's (Anil Kapoor's wife) melodramatic acting "sticks out like a Sore Nose" in a 2-hour film based on a serious concept. Even in supposedly serious scenes she is melodramatic. Pathetic!

    5 – It is strange that an established actor like Milind Gunaji is used very sparingly in the film.

    6 – At the end of the film you may feel like it was "stretched" a bit too far than necessary, even though the film is just 2 hours long.

    Even if you've not seen Black & White don't worry you have NOT missed or will not miss anything at all! Black & White is just a casual, bland and unconvincing attempt by Subhas Ghai to do something different from his usual masala films.

    The fact is he is just not cut out to make the kind of realistic, to-the-point, and "non-filmy" films that a Ram Gopal Verma or a Vishal Bharadwaj can make.
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    • Release date
      • March 7, 2008 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • Urdu
      • Bengali
    • Filming locations
      • Delhi, India
    • Production companies
      • Mukta Arts
      • Mukta Searchlight Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,817,018
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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