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{{Short description|1998 Hindi Movie}}
{{Short description|1998 Hindi-language romantic thriller film}}
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| name          = Dil Se..
| name          = Dil Se..
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| director      = [[Mani Ratnam]]
| director      = [[Mani Ratnam]]
| producer      = Mani Ratnam<br />[[Ram Gopal Varma]]<br />[[Shekhar Kapur]]
| producer      = Mani Ratnam<br />[[Ram Gopal Varma]]<br />[[Shekhar Kapur]]
| screenplay    = Mani Ratnam<br />[[Tigmanshu Dhulia]]
| writer        =
| screenplay    = Mani Ratnam
| story          = Mani Ratnam
| story          = Mani Ratnam
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    | data1 = {{ubl|[[Sujatha (writer)|Sujatha]]| <small>'''(Tamil)'''</small>|[[Tigmanshu Dhulia]]| <small>'''(Hindi)'''</small>}}
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| starring      = [[Shah Rukh Khan]]<br />[[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Preity Zinta]]
| starring      = [[Shah Rukh Khan]]<br />[[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Preity Zinta]]
| music          = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| music          = [[A. R. Rahman]]
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| distributor    = [[Eros International]]
| distributor    = [[Eros International]]
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|1998|08|21}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|1998|08|21}}
| runtime        = 158 minutes
| runtime        = 165 minutes
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = Hindi<ref>{{cite web|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>
| 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 2022}}</ref> <br> Tamil
| budget        = {{INR|11 [[crore]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/dil_se|title=Dil Se Budget|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|access-date=22 July 2015}}</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          = {{Estimation}} {{INR|28.58 crore}}<ref name="Dil Se Box office">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/dil_se|title=Dil Se Box office|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref>
| gross          = {{INR}}28.26 crore<ref name="auto"/>
}}
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'''''Dil Se..''''' ({{literal translation|''From the Heart..''}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1998|1998]] [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama film]] written and directed by [[Mani Ratnam]], and produced by Ratnam, [[Ram Gopal Varma]], and [[Shekhar Kapur]]. Set in the backdrop of [[Insurgency in Assam]], the film stars [[Shahrukh Khan]] and [[Manisha Koirala]], while [[Preity Zinta]] makes her film debut in a supporting role. Written by Ratnam and [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]], the film is an example of [[parallel cinema]] and is noted as the final installment of Ratnam's thematic trilogy that consists of ''[[Roja (film)|Roja]]'' (1992) and ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'' (1995).<ref name="Ciecko2006">{{cite book|last=Ciecko|first=Anne Tereska|title=Contemporary Asian cinema: popular culture in a global frame|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_PmysZli1cC&pg=PA142|access-date=11 April 2011|year=2006|publisher=Berg Publishers|isbn=978-1-84520-237-8|page=142}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cinescene.com/names/maniratnam.html
 
'''''Dil Se..''''' ({{literal translation|''From the Heart..''}}) is a 1998 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic thriller]] film written and directed by [[Mani Ratnam]], and produced by Ratnam, [[Ram Gopal Varma]], and [[Shekhar Kapur]]. Set in the backdrop of [[Insurgency in Assam]], the film stars [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Manisha Koirala]], while [[Preity Zinta]] makes her film debut in a supporting role. Written by Ratnam and [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]], the film is an example of [[parallel cinema]] and is noted as the final installment in Mani Ratnam's trilogy that consists of ''[[Roja (film)|Roja]]'' (1992) and ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'' (1995).<ref name="Ciecko2006">{{cite book|last=Ciecko|first=Anne Tereska|title=Contemporary Asian cinema: popular culture in a global frame|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_PmysZli1cC&pg=PA142|access-date=11 April 2011|year=2006|publisher=Berg Publishers|isbn=978-1-84520-237-8|page=142}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cinescene.com/names/maniratnam.html
|title= FROM THE HEART – The Films of Mani Ratnam
|title= FROM THE HEART – The Films of Mani Ratnam
|access-date= 2011-04-04 |author= Pat Padua |publisher= cinescene.com}}</ref>  
|access-date= 2011-04-04 |author= Pat Padua |publisher= cinescene.com}}</ref> The film's soundtrack album, composed by [[A. R. Rahman]], sold six million units in India.<ref name="news18" />


The film 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 won awards for cinematography, audiography, choreography, and music, among others. The film was a success overseas earning $975,000 in the [[United States]] and £537,930 in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Dil+Se |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216080114/http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Dil+Se |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2012 |title=Dil Se – Starring Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Raghuvir Yadav, Mita Vashisht, Zora Sehgal. Dil Se's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack |publisher=Ibosnetwork.com |date=21 August 1998 |access-date=2011-09-21 }}</ref> 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 flop 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"/> The film won two [[National Film Awards]] and six [[Filmfare Awards]], while also receiving a special mention at the [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Awards]].<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> The film's soundtrack album, composed by [[A. R. Rahman]], sold six million units in India.<ref name="news18"/>
''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 2022}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Amarkant Varma ([[Shah Rukh Khan]]) is a program executive for [[All India Radio]], dispatched from [[New Delhi]] to cover festivities in [[Assam]]. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar stops at [[Haflong]] railway station to catch the [[Barak Valley Express]]. As he waits, he tries to have a smoke and asks a mysterious person for either a match or a lighter. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blows the shawl off the person, revealing it to be a woman ([[Manisha Koirala]]). Amar finds her very attractive and tries to strike up a conversation, but she ignores him for a bit and then asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches as she boards the next train with three male passengers and rides off into the distance.
Amarkant Varma ([[Shah Rukh Khan]]) is a program executive for [[All India Radio]], dispatched from [[New Delhi]] to cover festivities in [[Assam]]. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar is stranded for hours at [[Haflong]] railway station to catch the [[Barak Valley Express]]. As he waits, he tries to have a smoke and asks a mysterious person for either a match or a lighter. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blows off the person's shawl, revealing a beautiful woman ([[Manisha Koirala]]). Amar approaches, tells her she's beautiful, and tries to strike up a conversation. She ignores him. He persists and she eventually asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches as she boards the next train with three male passengers and rides off into the distance.
 
Amar's infatuation with the woman is depicted with a lengthy dance scene, with dozens of dancers dancing on top of a moving train through the beautiful Indian countryside.
 
Amar reaches his destination and spots the same woman in [[Silchar]]. He attempts to talk to her, but she says she cannot recall meeting him before. As part of his news reporting assignment, for the occasion of fifty years of [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]], Amar interviews many [[Assamese people|Assamese]] citizens, and an [[extremist]] chief, who blames the [[Indian Government]] for [[human rights violations]] and poverty in the region. The chief states the [[United Liberation Front of Assam|Liberationist]]s do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and justifies their resistance in [[Northeast India]].
 
Some time later, Amar describes his encounter with the woman, over the radio, which she hears. He again spots her at a [[post office]]. At this juncture, she tells him to leave her alone; but he follows her and tells her that he is in love with her. She resists and tells Amar that she is married.


Later, Amar spots the same woman in [[Silchar]]. He attempts to talk to her, but she says she cannot recall meeting him before. As part of his news reporting assignment, for the occasion of fifty years of [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]], Amar interviews many [[Assamese people|Assamese]] citizen, and an [[extremist]] chief, who claims that the reason behind [[human rights violations]] and poverty in the region is due to the [[Indian Government]] and that the [[United Liberation Front of Assam|Liberationist]]s do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and further justify their resistance in [[Northeast India]].
Amar decides to apologize to her, but she arrives with two men who beat him unconscious.


A few weeks later, Amar describes his encounter with the woman, over the radio, which she hears. He again spots her at a [[post office]]. At this juncture, she tells him to leave her alone; but he follows her to the house and tells her that he is in love with her. She resists and tells Amar that she is married. Amar wishes to apologize to her, but she arrives with two men who beat him unconscious.
During the beating, Amar learns that the men are presumably her brothers and that she had lied about her being married. He rejoices in this discovery, despite being badly bruised and bloody. He reaches her home and learns from the locals that she has left. Amar then goes to the post office where he initially spotted her and bribes the PCO owner into giving him her contact details and learns that she is telephoning to [[Ladakh]]. Subsequently, Amar travels to [[Leh]], and while recording the [[Sindhu Darshan Festival]], a suicide bomber is chased and shot dead by the [[Indian military]]. Amar spots the woman again. As the woman and Amar board a bus, military officers question each passenger before the bus is allowed to leave. Amar tells the officers that he is reporting on the festival, and the woman falsely tells the officers that she is travelling with Amar.


During the beating, Amar learns that the men are presumably her brothers and that she had lied about her being married. He reaches her home and learns from the locals that she has left the place. Amar then goes to the post office where he initially spotted her and bribes the PCO owner into giving him her contact details and learns that she is telephoning to [[Ladakh]]. Subsequently, Amar travels to [[Leh]], and while recording the [[Sindhu Darshan Festival]], a suicide bomber is chased to death by [[Indian military]], and Amar spots the woman again. As the woman and Amar board a bus, military officers question each passenger before the bus is allowed to leave. While Amar tells the officers that he is there reporting on the festival, the woman uses Amar to her advantage and tells the officers that Amar is her husband.
After some travel, the bus breaks down and the passengers are required to walk to a nearby village. En route, the woman reveals her name: Meghna. Amar continues to pursue Meghna, despite her protestations. Megha tells Amar that her destiny prevents her from being with him. She reveals a traumatic personal history and lets slip that if they were to be together, she would want eight children. Her ambivalence and their mutual attraction is depicted by a daydream dance scene in the desert. The two end up travelling together and recuperate near one another in the desert, over night. In the morning, Amar wakes to find Meghna gone.


After some travel, the bus breaks down and the passengers are required to walk to a nearby village. En route Amar forces the woman to reveal her name: Meghna. The two end up traveling together and recuperate. In the morning, Amar wakes to find Meghna gone. It is later revealed that Meghna is part of a [[United Liberation Front of Assam|Liberationist]]s group which has planned multiple [[suicide attack]]s in [[New Delhi]] at the upcoming [[Delhi Republic Day parade]] & celebrations.
Heartbroken, Amar returns to his home in Delhi, where his family introduces him to Preeti Nair ([[Preity Zinta]]) from [[Kerala]] as a potential bride for him.  Preeti confides that she was recently rejected in love and gets Amar to reveal that he was also just dumped. On their date, Amar spots one of Meghna's associates, Kim, who banished him earlier. Amar chases him down to [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]], where he loses track of the man. Unbeknownst to Amar, the man kills himself with a cyanide pill after being stopped by local police. Because of the extremist nature of the situation, the police relinquish the incident to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]].


Amar returns to his home in Delhi, where his family has found Preeti Nair ([[Preity Zinta]]) from [[Kerala]] as a potential bride for him. Amar agrees to marry Preeti because he has no hope that he will ever meet Meghna again. On his date with Preeti, Amar spots one of Meghna's associates, Kim, who banished him earlier. Amar chases him down to [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]], where the man kills himself with a cyanide pill after being stopped by local police. Because of the extremist nature of the situation, the police relinquish the incident to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]].
Back at home, Amar agrees to marry Preeti and wedding preparations promptly begin.


Much to Amar's surprise, Meghna shows up in Delhi and asks Amar to help her get a job as an office assistant at Amar's All India Radio office. It is later revealed that Meghna actually arrives in Delhi with her terrorist group and stays in Amar's residence to escape from the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] inquiry operation. Based on eyewitness claims of the Connaught Place incident, Amar is now a prime suspect of the CBI. At this juncture, Amar follows Meghna and questions her motives, and she reveals to Amar that her name is actually Moina, and as a child, she had been [[Kunan Poshpora incident|a rape victim of the army]] and seeks liberation through her [[suicide attack]] on the [[Indian army]] and the [[President of India]] during [[Republic Day]]. Now the CBI convinces the [[Army general]] of [[India]] to grant permission to conduct security checks of all the Army [[convoy]]s and tankers participating in the parade.
Much to Amar's surprise, Meghna shows up at his engagement party and asks Amar for a place to stay and help getting a job at Amar's All India Radio office, which he does.


Amar is again assaulted by Moina's associate  and the [[terrorists]] and as Amar fights back the terrorists receive a call from Moina on their mobile. Amar grabs the mobile and pleads with Moina to stop all this and marry him. Moina reveals that it is too late, and presumes Amar is being killed. But Amar returns home, only to find out from Preeti that Amar's mother is also being questioned and that Moina's location is at Sunder Nagar. The CBI also misconstrue that Amar is part of the terrorist group and arrest him.
Amar continues to pine for Meghna, not knowing she arrived in Delhi as part of a [[United Liberation Front of Assam|Liberationist]]s group which has planned multiple [[suicide attack]]s in [[New Delhi]] at the upcoming [[Delhi Republic Day parade]] & celebrations. She stays in Amar's residence to escape from the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] inquiry operation. At one point, Meghna expresses misgivings about her plans to kill innocent civilians. She is scolded by a member of her group and reminded of her duty to their cause.


Amar claims to the CBI that he is not in cahoots with the terrorists, but in love with Moina and that he has interviewed one of the extremist leaders and wants to prevent them from perpetrating the attack. The CBI rejects Amar's claims and sedates him for further interrogation. The next day Moina is ready for the suicide attack. Amar escapes from the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] and tries to hold Moina back. Amar expresses his love and desire to be with her. When she is still indecisive, he tells her he will even die with her if she does not wish to stop her suicide attempt. He embraces her and continues to plead with her to live with him. As they embrace, the explosive vest worn by Moina explodes, killing them both.
Based on an eyewitness identification of the Connaught Place incident, Amar is now a prime suspect of the CBI. He is questioned by police and pieces together that Meghna is involved in something dangerous. Amar finds Meghna and questions her motives. She finally reveals to Amar that her name is actually Moina, and as a child, she had been [[Kunan Poshpora incident|a rape victim of the army]]. She describes villages being burned to the ground, and family members being raped and murdered. She accuses Amar of having no understanding of her history. She says she seeks justice and liberation through her activities. Amar infers she is planning a [[suicide attack]] on the [[Indian army]] and the [[President of India]] during [[Republic Day]]. While trying to grab at a cyanide necklace hanging from her neck, Amar gets arrested for harassing the woman.
 
In a separate scene, the CBI convinces the [[Army general]] of [[India]] to grant permission to conduct security checks of all the Army [[convoy]]s and tankers participating in the parade. An associate of Moina's is privy to the government's secret security plans.
 
Moina's associates bribe the police officers holding Amar to release him. They follow him out of the police station and assault him again. Amar fights back and renders his attacker unconscious. He then answers a call from Moina, which she had placed to his attacker's mobile phone. Amar pleads with Moina to stop all this and marry him. Moina tearfully says that it is too late and that her fate is sealed. The scene ends with the sounds of bullets, which imply Amar has been shot and killed.
 
But Amar returns home, beaten and bloody, only to find out from Preeti that Amar's mother is also being questioned and that Moina's location is at Sunder Nagar. Preeti asks if he has any intention of marrying her, and Amar says he's the only one who can stop Moina.
 
Amar is arrested again and unable to convince the CBI that he is not working with the terrorists. He says he is in love with Moina and that he met her while interviewing an extremist leader. He says he wants to prevent them from perpetrating an attack. The CBI is not convinced. They sedate him for further interrogation later. Through sheer will, Amar is able to resist the sedative effects of the injection he received. He escapes from the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] and continues his relentless pursuit of Moina.
 
The next day Moina is prepared for her role in a suicide attack, as an explosive device is concealed under her dress. Amar finds her. He expresses his undying love for her and his desire to be with her. He pleads with her to leave with him, so the two of them can start fresh in a new place. He asks her to say that she loves him. When she does not answer, he persists. Desperate, he asks her to at least let him die with her. He pulls her towards him, and continues to plead with her to say she loves him. She embraces him. As the two embrace one another, they cry, and the bomb carried by Moina explodes, killing them both.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] as Amarkant Varma (Amar)
* [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Amarkant "Amar" Varma
* [[Manisha Koirala]] as Meghna/Moina
* [[Manisha Koirala]] as Meghna/Moina
* [[Preity Zinta]] as Preeti Nair
* [[Preity Zinta]] as Preeti Nair
* [[Mita Vasisht]] as Mita
* [[Mita Vasisht]] as Mita
* [[Arundathi Nag|Arundhati Rao]] as Kanval Dev Burman – AIR station director
* [[Arundathi Nag|Arundhati Rao]] as Kanval Dev Burman – AIR station director
* [[Raghuvir Yadav]] as Shukla ji – AIR manager
* [[Raghubir Yadav]] as Shukla ji – AIR manager
* [[Zohra Sehgal]] as Amar's Grandmother
* [[Zohra Sehgal]] as Amar's Grandmother
* [[Janagaraj]] as Taxi Driver
* [[Janagaraj]] as Taxi Driver
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* [[Vineeta Malik]] as Amar's mother
* [[Vineeta Malik]] as Amar's mother
* [[Piyush Mishra]] as Arun Kashyap (CBI investigation officer)
* [[Piyush Mishra]] as Arun Kashyap (CBI investigation officer)
* [[Gajraj Rao (actor)|Gajraj Rao]] as CBI investigation officer
* [[Gajraj Rao]] as CBI investigation officer
* Priya Parulekar as Young Moina
* Priya Parulekar as Young Moina
* [[Malaika Arora]] in the [[item number]] "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]"
* [[Malaika Arora]] in a special appearance in the song "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]"
* Vanitha Malik as a school teacher
* Vanitha Malik as a school teacher
* [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] as a cameo appearance as man at the post office
* [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] as a cameo appearance as man at the post office
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== Production ==
== Production ==
Filming began in November 1997. Shah Rukh Khan was simultaneously doing shoot for [[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]] on that prior of time. [[Mani Ratnam]] had initially cast [[Kajol]] in the lead female role, though [[Manisha Koirala]] later replaced her.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19991013132208/http://minnoviyam.com/star/track7.html</ref> Likewise, [[Simran Bagga|Simran]] was cast in a secondary lead role and opted out of other projects to accommodate the film. She later turned down the film citing that the role was too small and would affect her work in the Tamil and Telugu cinema industries. [[Preity Zinta]] was later brought in to replace her.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990420074044/http://www.minnoviyam.com/star/oct98/index.html</ref>
Filming began in November 1997, while Shah Rukh Khan was also simultaneously shooting for [[Karan Johar]]'s ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]''. [[Mani Ratnam]] had initially cast [[Jyothika]] in the lead female role, though [[Manisha Koirala]] later replaced her.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minnoviyam.com/star/track7.html |title=Minnoviyam Star Tracks |website=minnoviyam.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013132208/http://minnoviyam.com/star/track7.html |archive-date=13 October 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Likewise, [[Simran Bagga|Simran]] was cast in a secondary lead role and opted out of other projects to accommodate the film. She later turned down the film citing that the role was too small and would affect her work in the Tamil and Telugu cinema industries. [[Preity Zinta]] was later brought in to replace her.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minnoviyam.com/star/oct98/index.html |title=Minnoviyam Star Tracks |website=www.minnoviyam.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990420074044/http://www.minnoviyam.com/star/oct98/index.html |archive-date=20 April 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


[[Sameer Chanda]], and [[Wasiq Khan]] were the production and art designers for ''Dil Se''.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="rediff.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/apr/30mani.htm|title=Making movies with Mani Ratnam|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> The principal photography took place in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Leh]], [[Assam]], [[New Delhi]], [[Kerala]], and Ladakh over a period of 55 days.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="rediff.com" /> [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] was the casting director. Pia Benegal and [[Manish Malhotra]] were the costume designers. The song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" was shot between [[Malaika Arora]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan]] on top of the [[Nilgiri Express]], en route [[Ooty]], [[Coonoor]] and [[Kotagiri]], the train is particularly painted in brown for the song sequence.<ref name="filmapia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmapia.com/films/movies/d/dil-se|title=Movie > Dil Se – Movies and Locations – Filmapia – Reel Sites. Real Sights.|work=filmapia.com}}</ref> The travelling scenes, other crucial scenes were shot between [[Manisha Koirala]] and Shah Rukh Khan near [[Alchi Monastery]], during the [[Sindhu Darshan Festival]] in [[Leh]].<ref name="filmapia.com" /> The longest song of the film "Satrangi Re" with the lead pair was shot near [[Thikse Monastery]], the mystical [[Basgo Monastery]] ruins, and Pangong lake near [[Pangong Tso]] in [[Ladakh]].<ref name="filmapia.com" /> The song "Jiya Jale" was shot between Preity Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan near [[Athirappilly Falls]], [[Kerala backwaters|Alappuzha backwaters]], [[Periyar National Park]], Villangan Hills and [[Periyar Lake]] in [[Kerala]].<ref name="filmapia.com" /> Several action sequences in the film choreographed by [[Allan Amin]] were shot near [[Connaught Place, New Delhi]], [[Rajpath]] and [[Old Delhi]].<ref name="auto" /><ref name="filmapia.com" />
[[Sameer Chanda]], and [[Wasiq Khan]] were the production and art designers for ''Dil Se''.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="rediff.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/apr/30mani.htm|title=Making movies with Mani Ratnam|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> The principal photography took place in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Leh]], [[Assam]], [[New Delhi]], [[Kerala]], and Ladakh over a period of 55 days.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="rediff.com" /> [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] was the casting director. Pia Benegal and [[Manish Malhotra]] were the costume designers. The song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" was shot between [[Malaika Arora]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan]] on top of the [[Nilgiri Express]], en route [[Ooty]], [[Coonoor]] and [[Kotagiri]], the train is particularly painted in brown for the song sequence.<ref name="filmapia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmapia.com/films/movies/d/dil-se|title=Movie > Dil Se – Movies and Locations – Filmapia – Reel Sites. Real Sights.|work=filmapia.com}}</ref> The travelling scenes, other crucial scenes were shot between [[Manisha Koirala]] and Shah Rukh Khan near [[Alchi Monastery]], during the [[Sindhu Darshan Festival]] in [[Leh]].<ref name="filmapia.com" /> The longest song of the film "Satrangi Re" with the lead pair was shot near [[Thikse Monastery]], the mystical [[Basgo Monastery]] ruins, and Pangong lake near [[Pangong Tso]] in [[Ladakh]].<ref name="filmapia.com" /> The song "Jiya Jale" was shot between Preity Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan near [[Athirappilly Falls]], [[Kerala backwaters|Alappuzha backwaters]], [[Periyar National Park]], Villangan Hills and [[Periyar Lake]] in [[Kerala]].<ref name="filmapia.com" /> Several action sequences in the film choreographed by [[Allan Amin]] were shot near [[Connaught Place, New Delhi]], [[Rajpath]] and [[Old Delhi]].<ref name="auto" /><ref name="filmapia.com" />


== 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 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}}
''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 2022}}</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 2011}}</ref>
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 2022}}</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" />
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>


== Release ==
== Release ==
''Dil Se'' was released on 21 August 1998. Though the film was shot mainly in Hindi-language, director [[Mani Ratnam]] also dubbed and released the film in Tamil and Malayalam in the title ''Uyire..'' ({{literal translation|''Darling..''}}) which became very popular among Tamil-audience with its songs and in Telugu with the title ''Prematho''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sruthy Ganapathy Raman|date=20 June 2018|title=Manisha Koirala on her acting journey: '200 per cent more focussed than ever'|url=https://scroll.in/reel/883253/manisha-koirala-on-her-acting-journey-200-per-cent-more-focussed-than-ever|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sowmya Rajendran|date=15 August 2017|title=25 years since 'Roja': Has the depiction of 'patriotism' on screen changed?|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/25-years-roja-has-depiction-patriotism-screen-changed-66826|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Anjana Sekhar|date=16 August 2018|title=From fighting for freedom to killing terrorists: The Indian patriot in Tamil cinema|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/fighting-freedom-killing-terrorists-indian-patriot-tamil-cinema-86669|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> Shah Rukh Khan's Tamil dialogues were dubbed by [[Arvind Swamy]] in the film.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sujatha Narayanan|date=29 November 2016|title=Shah Rukh Khan's conquest of the South: DDLJ to Dear Zindagi, how SRK won over fans|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shah-rukh-khans-conquest-of-the-south-ddlj-to-dear-zindagi-how-srk-won-over-fans-3129448.html|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>
''Dil Se'' released on 21 August 1998. Though the film was shot mainly in Hindi-language, director [[Mani Ratnam]] also dubbed and released the film in Tamil and Malayalam in the title ''Uyire..'' ({{translation|''Darling..''}}) which became very popular among Tamil-audience with its songs and in Telugu with the title ''Prematho'' ({{translation|With love}}).<ref>{{cite web|author=Sruthy Ganapathy Raman|date=20 June 2018|title=Manisha Koirala on her acting journey: '200 per cent more focussed than ever'|url=https://scroll.in/reel/883253/manisha-koirala-on-her-acting-journey-200-per-cent-more-focussed-than-ever|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sowmya Rajendran|date=15 August 2017|title=25 years since 'Roja': Has the depiction of 'patriotism' on screen changed?|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/25-years-roja-has-depiction-patriotism-screen-changed-66826|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Anjana Sekhar|date=16 August 2018|title=From fighting for freedom to killing terrorists: The Indian patriot in Tamil cinema|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/fighting-freedom-killing-terrorists-indian-patriot-tamil-cinema-86669|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> Shah Rukh Khan's Tamil dialogues were dubbed by [[Arvind Swamy]] in the film.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sujatha Narayanan|date=29 November 2016|title=Shah Rukh Khan's conquest of the South: DDLJ to Dear Zindagi, how SRK won over fans|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shah-rukh-khans-conquest-of-the-south-ddlj-to-dear-zindagi-how-srk-won-over-fans-3129448.html|access-date=14 March 2020|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==


=== Box office and critical response ===
=== Critical reception and box office ===
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Though ''Dil Se'' received a poor 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 two 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 Magazine]]'s "Best of Bollywood" list in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Corliss |first=Richard |url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2022076_2022068_2022065,00.html |title=Dil Se – 1998|work=[[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>


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 2022}}</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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! Results
! Results
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|1999
| rowspan="14" |1999
| rowspan="1" |[[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Berlin International Film Festival]]
|[[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]]
|[[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]]
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|rowspan="1" {{won}}
|rowspan="1" {{won}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| rowspan="2" |[[46th National Film Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |[[National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Santosh Sivan]]
|[[Santosh Sivan]]
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|[[H. Sridhar]]
|[[H. Sridhar]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="8" |1999
| rowspan="10" |[[44th Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]]
|[[Preity Zinta]]
|[[Preity Zinta]]
|rowspan="6" {{won}}
|rowspan="6" {{won}}
|-
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Music Director Award|Best Music Direction]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
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|[[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]] for "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]"
|[[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]] for "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]"
|-
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award|Best Male Playback]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|[[Sukhwinder Singh]] for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|[[Sukhwinder Singh]] for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|-
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Santosh Sivan
|Santosh Sivan
|-
|-
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|[[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|[[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|[[Manisha Koirala]]
|[[Manisha Koirala]]
|rowspan="2" {{nom}}
|rowspan="4" {{nom}}
|-
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Preity Zinta
|Preity Zinta
|-
|-
|'1999
|[[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award|Best Lyricist]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Star Screen Awards]]
|Gulzar for "Ae Ajnabi"
|[[Star Screen Award for Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|[[Sapna Awasthi]] for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Screen Awards]]
|[[Screen Award for Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|rowspan="1" {{won}}
|rowspan="1" {{won}}
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== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Dil Se...
| name         = Dil Se...
| type = soundtrack
| type         = soundtrack
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| artist       = [[A. R. Rahman]]
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The soundtrack features six songs composed by [[A. R. Rahman]]. Raja Sen of [[Rediff]] called it, "Rahman's finest soundtrack, by far."<ref name=rediff1 /> The soundtrack album sold six million units in India.<ref name="news18">{{cite news|title=Rahman @ 25|url=http://www.news18.com/news/immersive/rahman-at-25.html|work=[[CNN-News18]]|agency=[[CNN International]]|date=8 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> The song "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]", based on [[Sufi music]] (based on the Sufi folk song, "Thaiyya Thaiyya" by [[Bulleh Shah]]) and [[Urdu poetry]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Basu|first=Anustup|title=Bollywood in the Age of New Media: The Geo-televisual Aesthetic: The Geo-televisual Aesthetic|date=2010|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9780748643233|page=164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxyrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164|language=en}}</ref> became especially popular and the song has been featured in the film ''[[Inside Man]]'', in the musical ''[[Bombay Dreams]]'', and in the television shows ''[[Smith (TV series)|Smith]]'' and ''[[CSI: Miami]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dil-Se-R-Rahman/dp/B000K9KWA4 |title=Dil Se Soundtrack |access-date=2011-06-30}}</ref> The soundtrack was recorded in several other languages.
The soundtrack features six songs composed by [[A. R. Rahman]]. Raja Sen of ''[[Rediff]]'' called it, "Rahman's finest soundtrack, by far."<ref name=rediff1 /> The soundtrack album sold six million units in India.<ref name="news18">{{cite news|title=Rahman @ 25|url=http://www.news18.com/news/immersive/rahman-at-25.html|work=[[News18]]|agency=[[CNN International]]|date=8 September 2017|language=en|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=24 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124220147/http://www.news18.com/news/immersive/rahman-at-25.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]", based on [[Sufi music]] (lyrics based on the Sufi folk song, "Thaiyya Thaiyya" by [[Bulleh Shah]]) and [[Urdu poetry]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Basu|first=Anustup|title=Bollywood in the Age of New Media: The Geo-televisual Aesthetic: The Geo-televisual Aesthetic|date=2010|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9780748643233|page=164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxyrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164|language=en}}</ref> became especially popular and the song has been featured in the film ''[[Inside Man]]'' (2006), in the musical ''[[Bombay Dreams]]'', and in the television shows ''[[Smith (TV series)|Smith]]'' and ''[[CSI: Miami]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dil-Se-R-Rahman/dp/B000K9KWA4 |title=Dil Se Soundtrack |website=Amazon |access-date=2011-06-30}}</ref> The soundtrack was recorded in several other languages.


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 2013}}</ref>
[[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 2022}}</ref>


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Dil Se..
File:Dil Se poster.jpg
English release poster
Directed byMani Ratnam
Produced byMani Ratnam
Ram Gopal Varma
Shekhar Kapur
Screenplay byMani Ratnam
Story byMani Ratnam
Dialogues by
StarringShah Rukh Khan
Manisha Koirala
Preity Zinta
Music byA. R. Rahman
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited bySuresh Urs
Production
company
Madras Talkies
Varma Corporation
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 21 August 1998 (1998-08-21)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi[1]
Tamil
Budget₹11 crore[2]
Box office₹28.26 crore[2]

Dil Se.. (lit. 'From the Heart..') is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, and Shekhar Kapur. Set in the backdrop of Insurgency in Assam, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala, while Preity Zinta makes her film debut in a supporting role. Written by Ratnam and Tigmanshu Dhulia, the film is an example of parallel cinema and is noted as the final installment in Mani Ratnam's trilogy that consists of Roja (1992) and Bombay (1995).[3][4] The film's soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman, sold six million units in India.[5]

Dil Se.. was screened at the Era New Horizons Film Festival and the Helsinki International Film Festival. Noted for its aspects 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,[2] becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts,[6] and it was also a hit in Japan.[7]

At the 44th Filmfare Awards, Dil Se.. received 10 nominations, including Best Actress (Koirala) and Best Supporting Actress (Zinta), and won 6 awards, including Best Female Debut (Zinta) and Best Music Director (Rahman). At the 46th National Film Awards, the film won 2 awards – Best Cinematography and Best Audiography, while also receiving a Netpac Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.[6][8]

Plot

Amarkant Varma (Shah Rukh Khan) is a program executive for All India Radio, dispatched from New Delhi to cover festivities in Assam. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar is stranded for hours at Haflong railway station to catch the Barak Valley Express. As he waits, he tries to have a smoke and asks a mysterious person for either a match or a lighter. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blows off the person's shawl, revealing a beautiful woman (Manisha Koirala). Amar approaches, tells her she's beautiful, and tries to strike up a conversation. She ignores him. He persists and she eventually asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches as she boards the next train with three male passengers and rides off into the distance.

Amar's infatuation with the woman is depicted with a lengthy dance scene, with dozens of dancers dancing on top of a moving train through the beautiful Indian countryside.

Amar reaches his destination and spots the same woman in Silchar. He attempts to talk to her, but she says she cannot recall meeting him before. As part of his news reporting assignment, for the occasion of fifty years of Indian Independence, Amar interviews many Assamese citizens, and an extremist chief, who blames the Indian Government for human rights violations and poverty in the region. The chief states the Liberationists do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and justifies their resistance in Northeast India.

Some time later, Amar describes his encounter with the woman, over the radio, which she hears. He again spots her at a post office. At this juncture, she tells him to leave her alone; but he follows her and tells her that he is in love with her. She resists and tells Amar that she is married.

Amar decides to apologize to her, but she arrives with two men who beat him unconscious.

During the beating, Amar learns that the men are presumably her brothers and that she had lied about her being married. He rejoices in this discovery, despite being badly bruised and bloody. He reaches her home and learns from the locals that she has left. Amar then goes to the post office where he initially spotted her and bribes the PCO owner into giving him her contact details and learns that she is telephoning to Ladakh. Subsequently, Amar travels to Leh, and while recording the Sindhu Darshan Festival, a suicide bomber is chased and shot dead by the Indian military. Amar spots the woman again. As the woman and Amar board a bus, military officers question each passenger before the bus is allowed to leave. Amar tells the officers that he is reporting on the festival, and the woman falsely tells the officers that she is travelling with Amar.

After some travel, the bus breaks down and the passengers are required to walk to a nearby village. En route, the woman reveals her name: Meghna. Amar continues to pursue Meghna, despite her protestations. Megha tells Amar that her destiny prevents her from being with him. She reveals a traumatic personal history and lets slip that if they were to be together, she would want eight children. Her ambivalence and their mutual attraction is depicted by a daydream dance scene in the desert. The two end up travelling together and recuperate near one another in the desert, over night. In the morning, Amar wakes to find Meghna gone.

Heartbroken, Amar returns to his home in Delhi, where his family introduces him to Preeti Nair (Preity Zinta) from Kerala as a potential bride for him. Preeti confides that she was recently rejected in love and gets Amar to reveal that he was also just dumped. On their date, Amar spots one of Meghna's associates, Kim, who banished him earlier. Amar chases him down to Connaught Place, where he loses track of the man. Unbeknownst to Amar, the man kills himself with a cyanide pill after being stopped by local police. Because of the extremist nature of the situation, the police relinquish the incident to the CBI.

Back at home, Amar agrees to marry Preeti and wedding preparations promptly begin.

Much to Amar's surprise, Meghna shows up at his engagement party and asks Amar for a place to stay and help getting a job at Amar's All India Radio office, which he does.

Amar continues to pine for Meghna, not knowing she arrived in Delhi as part of a Liberationists group which has planned multiple suicide attacks in New Delhi at the upcoming Delhi Republic Day parade & celebrations. She stays in Amar's residence to escape from the CBI inquiry operation. At one point, Meghna expresses misgivings about her plans to kill innocent civilians. She is scolded by a member of her group and reminded of her duty to their cause.

Based on an eyewitness identification of the Connaught Place incident, Amar is now a prime suspect of the CBI. He is questioned by police and pieces together that Meghna is involved in something dangerous. Amar finds Meghna and questions her motives. She finally reveals to Amar that her name is actually Moina, and as a child, she had been a rape victim of the army. She describes villages being burned to the ground, and family members being raped and murdered. She accuses Amar of having no understanding of her history. She says she seeks justice and liberation through her activities. Amar infers she is planning a suicide attack on the Indian army and the President of India during Republic Day. While trying to grab at a cyanide necklace hanging from her neck, Amar gets arrested for harassing the woman.

In a separate scene, the CBI convinces the Army general of India to grant permission to conduct security checks of all the Army convoys and tankers participating in the parade. An associate of Moina's is privy to the government's secret security plans.

Moina's associates bribe the police officers holding Amar to release him. They follow him out of the police station and assault him again. Amar fights back and renders his attacker unconscious. He then answers a call from Moina, which she had placed to his attacker's mobile phone. Amar pleads with Moina to stop all this and marry him. Moina tearfully says that it is too late and that her fate is sealed. The scene ends with the sounds of bullets, which imply Amar has been shot and killed.

But Amar returns home, beaten and bloody, only to find out from Preeti that Amar's mother is also being questioned and that Moina's location is at Sunder Nagar. Preeti asks if he has any intention of marrying her, and Amar says he's the only one who can stop Moina.

Amar is arrested again and unable to convince the CBI that he is not working with the terrorists. He says he is in love with Moina and that he met her while interviewing an extremist leader. He says he wants to prevent them from perpetrating an attack. The CBI is not convinced. They sedate him for further interrogation later. Through sheer will, Amar is able to resist the sedative effects of the injection he received. He escapes from the CBI and continues his relentless pursuit of Moina.

The next day Moina is prepared for her role in a suicide attack, as an explosive device is concealed under her dress. Amar finds her. He expresses his undying love for her and his desire to be with her. He pleads with her to leave with him, so the two of them can start fresh in a new place. He asks her to say that she loves him. When she does not answer, he persists. Desperate, he asks her to at least let him die with her. He pulls her towards him, and continues to plead with her to say she loves him. She embraces him. As the two embrace one another, they cry, and the bomb carried by Moina explodes, killing them both.

Cast

Production

Filming began in November 1997, while Shah Rukh Khan was also simultaneously shooting for Karan Johar's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Mani Ratnam had initially cast Jyothika in the lead female role, though Manisha Koirala later replaced her.[9] Likewise, Simran was cast in a secondary lead role and opted out of other projects to accommodate the film. She later turned down the film citing that the role was too small and would affect her work in the Tamil and Telugu cinema industries. Preity Zinta was later brought in to replace her.[10]

Sameer Chanda, and Wasiq Khan were the production and art designers for Dil Se.[2][11] The principal photography took place in Himachal Pradesh, Leh, Assam, New Delhi, Kerala, and Ladakh over a period of 55 days.[2][11] Tigmanshu Dhulia was the casting director. Pia Benegal and Manish Malhotra were the costume designers. The song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" was shot between Malaika Arora and Shah Rukh Khan on top of the Nilgiri Express, en route Ooty, Coonoor and Kotagiri, the train is particularly painted in brown for the song sequence.[12] The travelling scenes, other crucial scenes were shot between Manisha Koirala and Shah Rukh Khan near Alchi Monastery, during the Sindhu Darshan Festival in Leh.[12] The longest song of the film "Satrangi Re" with the lead pair was shot near Thikse Monastery, the mystical Basgo Monastery ruins, and Pangong lake near Pangong Tso in Ladakh.[12] The song "Jiya Jale" was shot between Preity Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan near Athirappilly Falls, Alappuzha backwaters, Periyar National Park, Villangan Hills and Periyar Lake in Kerala.[12] Several action sequences in the film choreographed by Allan Amin were shot near Connaught Place, New Delhi, Rajpath and Old Delhi.[2][12]

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.[13] 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".[14]

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.[15] Dil Se is described as a film "structured through deferment and unfulfilled teasing promises".[16] 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."[17]

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.[16] 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.[16] The theme of the movie was reported to be paying homage to the 1981 British film The French Lieutenant's Woman.[18]

Release

Dil Se released on 21 August 1998. Though the film was shot mainly in Hindi-language, director Mani Ratnam also dubbed and released the film in Tamil and Malayalam in the title Uyire.. (transl. Darling..) which became very popular among Tamil-audience with its songs and in Telugu with the title Prematho (transl. With love).[19][20][21] Shah Rukh Khan's Tamil dialogues were dubbed by Arvind Swamy in the film.[22]

Reception

Critical reception and box office

The performances of Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta received critical acclaim; each received Filmfare Award nominations, with Zinta winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

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 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 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.[23][24]

The film became the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts.[6] 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.[23] Deepa Deosthalee wrote a positive review to the film, calling it "a picture-perfect ode to love" and praising the direction, writing and performances.[25] Khalid Mohamed found the film disappointing, noting it "fine performances, technique and music" but panning its lack "of that crucial element called a story".[26] 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."[27] The film was included in Time's "Best of Bollywood" list in 2010.[28] Dil Se was also a hit in Japan.[7]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients and Nominees Results
1999 Berlin International Film Festival Netpac Award Mani Ratnam Won
46th National Film Awards Best Cinematography Santosh Sivan Won
Best Audiography H. Sridhar
44th Filmfare Awards Best Female Debut Preity Zinta Won
Best Music Director A. R. Rahman
Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
Best Male Playback Singer Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
Best Cinematography Santosh Sivan
Best Choreography Farah Khan for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
Best Actress Manisha Koirala Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Preity Zinta
Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Ae Ajnabi"
Best Female Playback Singer Sapna Awasthi for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
Screen Awards Best Male Playback Singer Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya" Won

Soundtrack

Dil Se...
Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
Released8 July 1998 (1998-07-08)[29]
RecordedPanchathan Record Inn
GenreWorld Music
Length36:38
LabelVenus
ProducerA.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Jeans
(1998) 		Dil Se...
(1998) 		Earth
(1998)

Script error: No such module "Album ratings".

The soundtrack features six songs composed by A. R. Rahman. Raja Sen of Rediff called it, "Rahman's finest soundtrack, by far."[17] The soundtrack album sold six million units in India.[5] The song "Chaiyya Chaiyya", based on Sufi music (lyrics based on the Sufi folk song, "Thaiyya Thaiyya" by Bulleh Shah) and Urdu poetry,[30] became especially popular and the song has been featured in the film Inside Man (2006), in the musical Bombay Dreams, and in the television shows Smith and CSI: Miami.[31] The soundtrack was recorded in several other languages.

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 played bass on title song "Dil Se Re".[32]

Original Version

Hindi (Dil Se..)

All lyrics written by Gulzar and Malayalam lyrics from the song "Jiya Jale" was penned by Gireesh Puthenchery, all music composed by A. R. Rahman.

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Chaiyya Chaiyya"  Sukhwinder Singh & Sapna Awasthi 6:54
2. "Dil Se Re"  A. R. Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Anupama & Febi Mani 6:44
3. "Satrangi Re"  Sonu Nigam & Kavita Krishnamurthy 7:25
4. "Ae Ajnabi"  Udit Narayan & Mahalakshmi Iyer 5:48
5. "Jiya Jale"  Lata Mangeshkar& Madiha Afzal, M. G. Sreekumar & Sonu Nigam & Chorus 5:07
6. "Thayya Thayya (Remix)"  Sukhwinder Singh 4:35

Dubbed Versions

Tamil (Uyire)

All lyrics written by Vairamuthu and Malayalam lyrics from the song "Nenjinile Nenjinile" was penned by Gireesh Puthenchery, all music composed by A. R. Rahman.

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Thaiyya Thaiyya"  Sukhwinder Singh, Malgudi Subha & Palakkad Sreeram 6:55
2. "Nenjinile Nenjinile"  S. Janaki, M. G. Sreekumar & Sonu Nigam Chorus 5:09
3. "Sandhosha Kanneere"  A. R. Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Febi Mani,Sonu Nigam Anupama 6:42
4. "Poongkaatrilae"  Unni Menon & Swarnalatha 5:45
5. "Thayya Thayya (Remix)"  Srinivas, Sukhwinder Singh & Hariharan 4:19
6. "En Uyire"  Srinivas & Sujatha 7:26

Telugu (Premato)

All lyrics written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and Malayalam lyrics from the song "Innaalilaa Ledule" was penned by Gireesh Puthenchery, all music composed by A. R. Rahman.

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Chaiyya Chaiyya"  Sukhwinder Singh & Malgudi Subha 6:52
2. "Innaalilaa Ledule"  K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar & Chorus 5:06
3. "Ninnele"  A. R. Rahman, Sowmya Raoh, Dominique Cerejo & Kavitha Paudwal 6:37
4. "O Priyatama"  Mano & Swarnalatha 7:25
5. "Chaiyya Chaiyya (Remix)"  Sukhwinder Singh 4:17
6. "Ooristhu Ooguthu"  Srinivas & Sujatha 5:42

Background Score

Dil Se...
Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
RecordedPanchathan Record Inn
GenreWorld Music
LabelVenus
ProducerA.R. Rahman

Hindi (Dil Se..)

Track List :

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi"  Zubeen Garg 01:35

Tamil (Uyire)

Track List :

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi"  Zubeen Garg 01:35

Malayalam (Uyire)

Track List :

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi"  Zubeen Garg 01:35

Telugu (Premato)

Track List :

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi"  Zubeen Garg 01:35

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