Dil Se
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Dil Se (Hindi: दिल से, Urdu: دل سے) (From the Heart) (1998) is a Hindi film directed by Mani Ratnam. The film was also released in Tamil as Uyire and Prema Tho in Telugu and stars Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Preity Zinta. Mani Ratnam also wrote the screenplay for the film. It was produced in conjunction with Marwah Films & Video Studios, a project of Sandeep Marwah.
The film was shot in Kashmir & other parts of India and Bhutan over a period of 55 days. Famed for its visuals, Dil Se was shot in beautiful locations such as deserts, mountains, snow and temples. The film met acclaim internationally, and its cinematography was very well received, picking up a National Film Award for cinematographer Santosh Sivan. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman introducing a new sound combining electronic music with instruments, unheard by Indian audiences at the time. A. R. Rahman received a Filmfare Award for the music. The film became the first Indian film to reach the Top 10 in the UK Box Office Charts, when released in 1998.[link]
Plot
A journalist Amarkant Varma (Shahrukh Khan) is employed by All India Radio, and dispatched to report on festivities in the troubled North-Eastern region of India. He falls in love with a woman named Meghna (Manisha Koirala) at a train station, not knowing that she is on a secret mission. Amarkant chases after Meghna. She avoids him, telling him she is married, but he continues to pursue her. Meghna's relatives soon find out about Amarkant and beat him up, upon which he learns she is infact not married. They meet afterwards, and become closer, however she soon disappears again. Under pressure from his family to get married, Amarkant agrees to marrying Preeti (Preity Zinta). Still unable to get Meghna out of his head, the day of the engagement arrives, and to his surprise, Meghna turns up at his house with a friend, asking if the two can stay there for a while. It soon becomes clear that she has a deadly agenda that is set to change the lives of everyone.
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:1999 Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
- Won - Netpac Award - Special Mention - Mani Ratnam
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Cinematography - Santosh Sivan
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Audiography - H. Sridhar
- Won - Best Debut - Preity Zinta
- Won - Best Lyricist - Gulzar
- Won - Best Male Playback - Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
- Won - Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
- Won - Best Choreography - Farah Khan
- Won - Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan
Trivia
- Reputed to be the first Indian film to reach the Top Ten in the UK Box Office charts.
- For the song Chaiyya Chaiyya, Shahrukh Khan, Malaika Arora and a dancing troupe are choreographed dancing on top of a moving train. The group did not wear safety harnesses during this scene.
- Actress Preity Zinta debuted in this film.
- After watching Dil Se, director Baz Luhrmann is said to have been inspired to make Moulin Rouge! (2001).[link]
- The film was voted as one of the 100 Greatest Musicals of All Time by Channel 4 viewers.
- The film's opening track Chaiyya Chaiyya is the opening song of the second act of the musical Bombay Dreams. It was recently featured in the opening and closing credits of Spike Lee's Inside Man (2006).
External links
| Movies by Mani Ratnam |
| Pallavi Anu Pallavi | Unaru | Pagal Nilavu | Idaya Kovil | Mouna Raagam | Nayagan | Agni Natchathiram | Geethanjali | Anjali | Thalapathi | Roja | Thiruda Thiruda | Bombay | Iruvar | Dil Se | Alaipayuthey | Kannathil Muthamittal | Aayitha Ezhuthu | Yuva | Guru | High Jump |
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