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{{Short description|1998 Hindi-language romantic thriller film}} | {{Short description|1998 Hindi-language romantic thriller film}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Dil Se.. | | name = Dil Se.. | ||
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| runtime = 165 minutes | | runtime = 165 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Hindi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/language-no-bar-110061300041_1.html|title=Language no bar|website=[[Business Standard]]|author=Shelly Walia and Tanushree Ghosh|date=21 January 2013|access-date=14 March | | language = Hindi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/language-no-bar-110061300041_1.html|title=Language no bar|website=[[Business Standard]]|author=Shelly Walia and Tanushree Ghosh|date=21 January 2013|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref> <br> Tamil | ||
| budget = {{INR}}11 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2540|title=Dil Se.. – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> | | budget = {{INR}}11 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2540|title=Dil Se.. – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> | ||
| gross = {{INR}}28.26 crore<ref name="auto"/> | | gross = {{INR}}28.26 crore<ref name="auto"/> | ||
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''Dil Se..'' was screened at the [[Era New Horizons Film Festival]] and the [[Helsinki International Film Festival]]. Noted for its aspects [[Nonlinear narrative|nonlinear storytelling]], the film was moderate success at the domestic box office; however it was a major success overseas earning $975,000 in the [[United States]] and £537,930 in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref name="auto"/> becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts,<ref name="Aftab">{{cite journal | last = Aftab | first = Kaleem |date=October 2002 | title = Brown: the new black! Bollywood in Britain | journal = Critical Quarterly | volume = 44 | issue = 3 | pages = 88–98 | publisher = Blackwell Synergy | doi = 10.1111/1467-8705.00435 | quote = The first Bollywood film to enter the UK top 10, ''Dil Se / Uyire'' was nevertheless a Average in India. Such factors attest to the crucial role of the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] audience in the commercial fate of Bollywood produce.}}</ref> and it was also a hit in [[Japan]].<ref name="Kohli"/> | ''Dil Se..'' was screened at the [[Era New Horizons Film Festival]] and the [[Helsinki International Film Festival]]. Noted for its aspects [[Nonlinear narrative|nonlinear storytelling]], the film was moderate success at the domestic box office; however it was a major success overseas earning $975,000 in the [[United States]] and £537,930 in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref name="auto"/> becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts,<ref name="Aftab">{{cite journal | last = Aftab | first = Kaleem |date=October 2002 | title = Brown: the new black! Bollywood in Britain | journal = Critical Quarterly | volume = 44 | issue = 3 | pages = 88–98 | publisher = Blackwell Synergy | doi = 10.1111/1467-8705.00435 | quote = The first Bollywood film to enter the UK top 10, ''Dil Se / Uyire'' was nevertheless a Average in India. Such factors attest to the crucial role of the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] audience in the commercial fate of Bollywood produce.}}</ref> and it was also a hit in [[Japan]].<ref name="Kohli"/> | ||
At the [[44th Filmfare Awards]], ''Dil Se..'' received 10 nominations, including [[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]] (Koirala) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (Zinta), and won 6 awards, including [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] (Zinta) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (Rahman). At the [[46th National Film Awards]], the film won 2 awards – [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] and [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]], while also receiving a [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Aftab" /><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/5 |title = Dil Se.. |access-date = 2008-02-16 |author = Cary Rajinder Sawhney |year = 2006 |publisher = British Film Institute |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201185025/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/5 |archive-date = 1 February | At the [[44th Filmfare Awards]], ''Dil Se..'' received 10 nominations, including [[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]] (Koirala) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (Zinta), and won 6 awards, including [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] (Zinta) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (Rahman). At the [[46th National Film Awards]], the film won 2 awards – [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] and [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]], while also receiving a [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Aftab" /><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/5 |title = Dil Se.. |access-date = 2008-02-16 |author = Cary Rajinder Sawhney |year = 2006 |publisher = British Film Institute |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201185025/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/5 |archive-date = 1 February 2008}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Themes == | == Themes == | ||
''Dil Se'' is said to be a journey through the seven shades of love that are defined in ancient Arabic literature. Those shades are defined as attraction, infatuation, love, reverence, worship, obsession, and death. The character played by Shahrukh Khan passes through each shade during the course of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rage-india.com/dilse/love.htm|title=Dil Se... A Mani Ratnam film|access-date=4 April | ''Dil Se'' is said to be a journey through the seven shades of love that are defined in ancient Arabic literature. Those shades are defined as attraction, infatuation, love, reverence, worship, obsession, and death. The character played by Shahrukh Khan passes through each shade during the course of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rage-india.com/dilse/love.htm|title=Dil Se... A Mani Ratnam film|access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref> Authors Sangita Gopal and Sujata Moorti of ''Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance'' also compared Khan's romance in the film to the trajectory of love in ancient Arabic literature, believing the lyrics in two of the songs to have delivered an "apocalyptic fatalism".{{sfn|Gopal|Moorti|2008|p=166}} | ||
The film is a dramatization of the attraction between a character from the heart of India and another from a peripheral state and a representation of opposites in the eyes of the law and society.<ref name="Chaudhuri2005">{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Shohini|title=Contemporary world cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOXoeyesZOIC&pg=PA172|access-date=3 April 2011|year=2005|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-1799-9|page=172}}</ref> ''Dil Se'' is described as a film "structured through deferment and unfulfilled teasing promises".<ref name="BoehmerMorton2009">{{cite book|last1=Boehmer|first1=Elleke|last2=Morton|first2=Stephen|title=Terror and the postcolonial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9LOzKeFtMwC&pg=PA350|access-date=3 April 2011|date=October 2009|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-9154-8|page=350}}</ref> ''[[Rediff.com]]'' said about the film, "The entire feel of the film is appropriately poetic, with a few romantic exchanges standing out quite memorable. Tigmanshu Dhulia has handled the film's dialogues adroitly. Amid moonlit desert dunes, there is a particularly stirring conversation between the leading pair. Amar reveals his hate for Meghna's eyes – because he can't see the world is hidden behind them and his love for the same, stunning eyes – because he can't see the world hidden behind them."<ref name=rediff1>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/oct/21dilse.htm|title=Weekend Watch: Dil Se|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=21 October 2005|access-date=3 April | The film is a dramatization of the attraction between a character from the heart of India and another from a peripheral state and a representation of opposites in the eyes of the law and society.<ref name="Chaudhuri2005">{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Shohini|title=Contemporary world cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOXoeyesZOIC&pg=PA172|access-date=3 April 2011|year=2005|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-1799-9|page=172}}</ref> ''Dil Se'' is described as a film "structured through deferment and unfulfilled teasing promises".<ref name="BoehmerMorton2009">{{cite book|last1=Boehmer|first1=Elleke|last2=Morton|first2=Stephen|title=Terror and the postcolonial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9LOzKeFtMwC&pg=PA350|access-date=3 April 2011|date=October 2009|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-9154-8|page=350}}</ref> ''[[Rediff.com]]'' said about the film, "The entire feel of the film is appropriately poetic, with a few romantic exchanges standing out quite memorable. Tigmanshu Dhulia has handled the film's dialogues adroitly. Amid moonlit desert dunes, there is a particularly stirring conversation between the leading pair. Amar reveals his hate for Meghna's eyes – because he can't see the world is hidden behind them and his love for the same, stunning eyes – because he can't see the world hidden behind them."<ref name=rediff1>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/oct/21dilse.htm|title=Weekend Watch: Dil Se|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=21 October 2005|access-date=3 April 2011}}</ref> | ||
Elleke Boehmer and Stephen Morton in their book ''Terror and the Postcolonial'' (2009) believe that the songs and their exotic locations in the film were very important in masking the impossible reconciliation between a terrorist and an uptight government agent by evoking pure fantasy.<ref name="BoehmerMorton2009" /> They argue that this is a phenomenon called the "liminal space of dreaming" in that the terrorist woman cannot fulfill her sexual desire so the songs fill the void of this desire by "their sumptuousness and exotic locales" in the [[Ladakh]] region.<ref name="BoehmerMorton2009" /> The theme of the movie was reported to be paying homage to the 1981 British film ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-was-nayakan-inspired-by-the-godfather-1920072 | title=Was 'Nayakan' inspired by 'The Godfather'? }}</ref> | Elleke Boehmer and Stephen Morton in their book ''Terror and the Postcolonial'' (2009) believe that the songs and their exotic locations in the film were very important in masking the impossible reconciliation between a terrorist and an uptight government agent by evoking pure fantasy.<ref name="BoehmerMorton2009" /> They argue that this is a phenomenon called the "liminal space of dreaming" in that the terrorist woman cannot fulfill her sexual desire so the songs fill the void of this desire by "their sumptuousness and exotic locales" in the [[Ladakh]] region.<ref name="BoehmerMorton2009" /> The theme of the movie was reported to be paying homage to the 1981 British film ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-was-nayakan-inspired-by-the-godfather-1920072 | title=Was 'Nayakan' inspired by 'The Godfather'? }}</ref> | ||
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Though ''Dil Se'' received an average box office response in [[India]], it found success overseas. It was screened at the [[Era New Horizons Film Festival]] and the [[Helsinki International Film Festival]]. The film went on to win the [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], two [[National Film Awards]], and six [[Filmfare Awards]]. The intense political agenda of the film with the trials of the [[Assamese people|Assamese]] on the [[India-China border]], the love story and the fact that it coincided with the 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations became a major factor for its success overseas, particularly amongst the [[South Asian diaspora]] in the west.<ref name="Dudrah2006">{{cite book|last=Dudrah|first=Rajinder Kumar|title=Bollywood: sociology goes to the movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zd9g09JZxLwC&pg=PA34|access-date=3 April 2011|year=2006|publisher=Sage|isbn=978-0-7619-3461-5|page=34}}</ref><ref name="Meyer2009">{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Michael|title=Word & image in colonial and postcolonial literatures and cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDj68ypOf4kC&pg=PA230|access-date=11 April 2011|year=2009|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=9789042027435|page=230}}</ref> | Though ''Dil Se'' received an average box office response in [[India]], it found success overseas. It was screened at the [[Era New Horizons Film Festival]] and the [[Helsinki International Film Festival]]. The film went on to win the [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], two [[National Film Awards]], and six [[Filmfare Awards]]. The intense political agenda of the film with the trials of the [[Assamese people|Assamese]] on the [[India-China border]], the love story and the fact that it coincided with the 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations became a major factor for its success overseas, particularly amongst the [[South Asian diaspora]] in the west.<ref name="Dudrah2006">{{cite book|last=Dudrah|first=Rajinder Kumar|title=Bollywood: sociology goes to the movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zd9g09JZxLwC&pg=PA34|access-date=3 April 2011|year=2006|publisher=Sage|isbn=978-0-7619-3461-5|page=34}}</ref><ref name="Meyer2009">{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Michael|title=Word & image in colonial and postcolonial literatures and cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDj68ypOf4kC&pg=PA230|access-date=11 April 2011|year=2009|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=9789042027435|page=230}}</ref> | ||
The film became the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts.<ref name="Aftab" /> Even months after its release in September 1998, the film was still screened on five screens, five times per day with an average of 3,000 spectators across all screens in the Cineworld complex in [[Feltham]], West London.<ref name="Dudrah2006" /> Deepa Deosthalee wrote a positive review to the film, calling it "a picture-perfect ode to love" and praising the direction, writing and performances.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|author=Deosthalee, Deepa|date=22 August 1998|access-date=2011-12-07|title=A picture perfect ode to love, Dil Se|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980822/23450914.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114053832/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980822/23450914.html|archive-date=14 November | The film became the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts.<ref name="Aftab" /> Even months after its release in September 1998, the film was still screened on five screens, five times per day with an average of 3,000 spectators across all screens in the Cineworld complex in [[Feltham]], West London.<ref name="Dudrah2006" /> Deepa Deosthalee wrote a positive review to the film, calling it "a picture-perfect ode to love" and praising the direction, writing and performances.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|author=Deosthalee, Deepa|date=22 August 1998|access-date=2011-12-07|title=A picture perfect ode to love, Dil Se|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980822/23450914.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114053832/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980822/23450914.html|archive-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> [[Khalid Mohamed]] found the film disappointing, noting it "fine performances, technique and music" but panning its lack "of that crucial element called a story".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohamed |first1=Khalid|title=QUITE A DISAPPOINTMENT |url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/btalkies/bomb33.htm |work=Filmfare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991002041154/http://www.filmfare.com/site/btalkies/bomb33.htm |archive-date=2 October 1999}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] of ''[[India Today]]'' wrote, "Amid the reels of tripe churned out by Bollywood every week, ''Dil Se...'' is a noble attempt. But coming from Mani, that's simply not good enough."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anupama |first1=Chopra |title=Movie review: Dil Se.., starring Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19980831-movie-review-of-dil-se-shah-rukh-khan-manisha-koirala-826978-1998-08-31 |access-date=11 May 2020 |work=India Today|date=31 August 1998 |language=en}}</ref> The film was included in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']]'s "Best of Bollywood" list in 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Corliss |first=Richard |url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2022076_2022068_2022065,00.html |title=Dil Se – 1998|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=27 October 2010 |access-date=30 July 2012 }}</ref> ''Dil Se'' was also a hit in [[Japan]].<ref name="Kohli">{{cite book|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|title=The Indian Media Business|date=2013|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|isbn=9788132117889|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1C4nAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|language=en}}</ref> | ||
=== Awards and nominations === | === Awards and nominations === | ||
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Malayalam lines for the song "Jiya Jale" was written by Malayalam lyricist [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]. | Malayalam lines for the song "Jiya Jale" was written by Malayalam lyricist [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]. | ||
[[Pink Floyd]] bass guitarist [[Guy Pratt]] for post-[[Roger Waters]] albums ''[[Delicate Sound of Thunder]]'', ''[[The Division Bell]]'' and ''[[Pulse (Pink Floyd album)|Pulse]]'' played bass on title song "[[Dil Se Re]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arrahman.com/discography/films-hindi-dilse.html|title=Dil Se Soundtrack at arrahman.com|publisher=arrahman.com|access-date=2013-06-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718100328/http://arrahman.com/discography/films-hindi-dilse.html|archive-date=18 July | [[Pink Floyd]] bass guitarist [[Guy Pratt]] for post-[[Roger Waters]] albums ''[[Delicate Sound of Thunder]]'', ''[[The Division Bell]]'' and ''[[Pulse (Pink Floyd album)|Pulse]]'' played bass on title song "[[Dil Se Re]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arrahman.com/discography/films-hindi-dilse.html|title=Dil Se Soundtrack at arrahman.com|publisher=arrahman.com|access-date=2013-06-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718100328/http://arrahman.com/discography/films-hindi-dilse.html|archive-date=18 July 2013}}</ref> | ||
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