MUMBAI: Four years after its release, Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s film Black has hit the Korean screens and instantly secured the third position at the box-office.

The Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji starrer that released on 4 February 2005 opened in Korea on 28 August across 180 screens.

Touted as one of the biggest release for a Hindi movie in Korea, Black jumped to the third position at the Korean box-office while Korean films Take-Off and Haeundae took the first two positions respectively.

Loosely based on Helen Keller‘s autobiography The Story of My Life, Black revolves around a blind, deaf and mute girl and her relationship with her teacher who later suffers from Alzheimer‘s disease.

Distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films (YRF), the film was released in the Korean market as part of YRF‘s strategy to open doors for "Indian cinema in non-traditional territories."