Dil Se
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| Directed by | Mani Ratnam |
| Produced by | Mani Ratnam Ram Gopal Varma Shekhar Kapur |
| Written by | Mani Ratnam (story) Mani Ratnam (screenplay) |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Manisha Koirala Preity Zinta Raghuvir Yadav Sabyasachi Chakravarthy Piyush Mishra Krishnakant Aditya Srivastava Ken Philip Sanjay Mishra Mita Vasisht
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| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Distributed by | Madras Talkies |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1998 |
| Running time | 163 mins |
| Language | Hindi |
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Dil Se (Hindi: दिल से, Urdu: دل سے) (From the Heart) (1998) 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 & other parts of India and Bhutan over a period of 55 days. Famed for its visuals, Dil Se was shot in beautiful locations such as deserts, mountains, snow and temples. The film met acclaim internationally, and its cinematography was very well received, picking up a National Film Award for cinematographer Santosh Sivan. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman introducing a new sound combining electronic music with instruments, unheard by Indian audiences at the time. 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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[edit] Plot
Dil Se is a love story, but the background of characters brings in a subject rarely dealt with in Indian cinema. The story reveals itself slowly and leaves a lot of room for speculation while the movie progresses. A journalist Amarkant Varma (Shahrukh Khan) is employed by All India Radio, and dispatched to report on festivities in the troubled North-Eastern region of India. Amar meets Meghna (Manisha Koirala) at a train station and feels an immediate attraction toward this mysterious beautiful girl. A long game of hide and seek follows where Amar is confused by Meghna's behaviour. She seems attracted to him but something is holding her back. Movie keeps jumping in space and time, mostly forward. Enters the bubbly Preeti played by debutante Preity Zinta. Amar agrees to get married to her while still confused about his state of mind. To strike the final blow, Meghna comes back, this time it seems she wants to stay close. But she isn't the one who can be swayed from her mission by distraction of heart..or is she? How far is Amar willing to go for love?
[edit] 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
[edit] Trivia
- Reputed to be the first Indian film to reach the Top Ten in the UK Box Office charts.
- For the song Chaiyya Chaiyya, Shahrukh Khan, Malaika Arora and a dancing troupe are choreographed dancing on top of a moving train. 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.
[edit] External links
- Dil Se at the Internet Movie Database
| Films directed by Mani Ratnam |
| Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983) • Unaru (1985) • Pagal Nilavu (1985) • Idaya Kovil (1985) • Mouna Raagam (1986) • Nayagan (1987) • Agni Natchathiram (1988) • Geethanjali (1989) • Anjali (1990) • Thalapathi (1991) • Roja (1992) • Thiruda Thiruda (1993) • Bombay (1995) • Iruvar (1997) • Dil Se (1998) • Alaipayuthey (2000) • Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) • Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004) • Yuva (2004) • Guru (2006) • Lajjo (2007) |
