This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' we all step into the light as we're covering Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Black' from 2005. Joining Abbas and Urjita is comedian and disability inclusion enabler Sweta Mantrii. Even though the film being discussed is a serious one which deals with a heavy subject we do break into spurts of laughter.

Topics discussed include: Our first memories of the film, whether this is an overlooked film despite being a part of popular culture, the authenticity of the portrayal of disabled people in film & tv and how it can be better, the mystery of the exact time and place the movie is set in, the choice to portray a foreign visual aesthetic, should able bodied actors be portraying disabled characters? The power of tear jerkers, how this film stands apart from Bhansali's other filmography and a lot more. 
 
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Watch Urjita's stand-up: https://youtu.be/1_LzXSZk5cs 

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