Dil Se
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| Directed by | Mani Ratnam |
| Produced by | Mani Ratnam Ram Gopal Varma Shekhar Kapur |
| Written by | Mani Ratnam (story & screenplay) Tigmanshu Dhulia (dialogue) Sujatha (dialogue) |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Manisha Koirala Preity Zinta |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Distributed by | Madras Talkies |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1998 |
| Running time | 163 mins |
| Language | Hindi |
| IMDb profile | |
Dil Se (Hindi: दिल से, Urdu: دل سے, English: From the Heart) is a Hindi film directed by Mani Ratnam. The film was also released in Tamil as Uyire and Prema Tho in Telugu and stars Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Preity Zinta. Mani Ratnam also wrote the screenplay for the film. It was produced in conjunction with Marwah Films & Video Studios, a project of Sandeep Marwah.
The film was shot in Kashmir, Assam, Delhi and other parts of India and Bhutan over a period of 55 days. Its cinematography won a National Film Award for cinematographer Santosh Sivan. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. A. R. Rahman received a Filmfare Award for the music. The film became the first Indian film to reach the Top 10 in the UK Box Office Charts, when released in 1998.[1]
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Plot
Amarkant "Amar" Varma (Shah Rukh Khan), an All-India Radio journalist living in Delhi, India, is dispatched to the troubled North-Eastern region to report on attitudes relating to the 50th Anniversary of Indian independence. He meets Meghna (Manisha Koirala) at a railway station and chats with her but a brief separation leads to Meghna's departure leaving Amar behind. Some weeks later he spots her in the street and accosts her but she resists and pretends not to recognise him, but Amar is highly attracted by her beauty and mysteriousness and continues to pursue her. After finding out her plans to visit Ladakh, he follows her with the convenient excuse of reporting on the local festivities and she gives him the slip there too, but not before two thugs who appear to know Meghna violently assault him to warn him off. Chastened by the beating, Amar heads home and coincidentally finds her on the same bus and good-humouredly describes his beating. Meghna sympathises with his plight and opens up a little before the bus breaks down and the passengers are forced to walk a two-day journey to their destination.
He finds her again; she has him beaten up; they are thrown together again; they fight the attraction. Amar leaves the troubled region to return to the safety of Delhi and a stable relationship with Preeti (Preity Zinta). Then Meghna shows up in Delhi and catastrophe follows.
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:
1999 Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
- Won - Netpac Award - Special Mention - Mani Ratnam
1999 National Film Awards (India)
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Cinematography - Santosh Sivan
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Audiography - H. Sridhar
- Won - Best Debut - Preity Zinta
- Won - Best Lyricist - Gulzar
- Won - Best Male Playback - Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
- Won - Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
- Won - Best Choreography - Farah Khan
- Won - Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan
Nomimated-Filmfare Best Actress for Manisha Koirala
Trivia
- For the song Chaiyya Chaiyya, Shahrukh Khan, Malaika Arora and a dancing troupe are choreographed dancing on top of a moving train (on the Blue Mountain Train line around Udagamandalam in Southern India). The group did not wear safety harnesses during this scene. Chaiyya Chaiyya is also the opening song of the second act of the musical Bombay Dreams. It was recently featured in the opening and closing credits of Spike Lee's Inside Man (2006).
- Actress Preity Zinta debuted in this film.
- After watching Dil Se, director Baz Luhrmann is said to have been inspired to make Moulin Rouge! (2001).[2]
- The film was voted as one of the 100 Greatest Musicals of All Time by Channel 4 viewers.
Soundtrack
| Dil Se: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| Studio album by A. R. Rahman | ||
| Released | 1998 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Label | Venus | |
| Producer(s) | A. R. Rahman | |
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| Jeans | Dil Se: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998) |
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The soundtrack features 5 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Gulzar.
Track listing:
- "Dil Se" (6:54) – A. R. Rahman, Anuradha, Anupama
- "Jiya Jale" (4:12) – Lata Mangeshkar, M.G. Sreekumar
- "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (6:52) – Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasti
- "Aye Ajnabee" (5:32) – Udit Narayan, Mahalakshmi
- "Satrangee Re" (7:12) – Sonu Nigam
External links
- Dil Se at the Internet Movie Database
- Dil Se - Official website
- Dil Se - Peter Nepstad's review
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