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{{Short description|1998 Hindi-language romantic thriller film by Mani Ratnam}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Dil Se..
| image          = Dil Se poster.jpg
| caption        = English release poster
| director       = [[Mani Ratnam]]
| producer       = [[Bharat Shah]]<br/>[[Mani Ratnam]]<br/>[[Ram Gopal Varma]]<br />[[Shekhar Kapur]]
| writer         = '''Story''' & '''Screenplay''':<br/>Mani Ratnam<br/>'''Dialogues''':<br/>Tigmanshu Dhulia
| starring       = [[Shah Rukh Khan]]<br/>[[Manisha Koirala]]<br/>[[Preity Zinta]]
| music          = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cinematography = [[Santosh Sivan]]
| editing        = [[Suresh Urs]]
| studio         = [[Madras Talkies]]<br/>Varma Corporation
| distributor    = [[Eros International]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1998|08|21}}
| runtime        = 167 minutes
| 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 2020|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618085542/https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/language-no-bar-110061300041_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| budget         = ₹11.5
crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2540|title=Dil Se.. – Movie|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=20 June 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620232146/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2540|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = ₹28.40 crore<ref name="auto"/>
}}
'''''Dil Se..''''' ({{literal translation|''From the Heart..''}}) is a 1998 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic thriller]] film co-written and directed by [[Mani Ratnam]] who produced it with [[Ram Gopal Varma]] and [[Shekhar Kapur]]. Set against 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. An example of [[parallel cinema]], it is noted as the final installment in Ratnam's trilogy consisting 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|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418165250/https://books.google.com/books?id=9_PmysZli1cC&pg=PA142|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.cinescene.com/names/maniratnam.html
|title= FROM THE HEART – The Films of Mani Ratnam
|access-date= 2011-04-04
|author= Pat Padua
|publisher= cinescene.com
|archive-date= 3 March 2016
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170916/http://www.cinescene.com/names/maniratnam.html
|url-status= live
}}</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 of [[Nonlinear narrative|nonlinear storytelling]], the film was moderately successful 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 an 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 two 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 [[49th Berlin International Film Festival|49th Berlinale]].<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 ==
Amarkant Verma 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. Amar approaches, quickly enamored, 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.  The film's first song sequence follows, Chaiyya Chaiyya.
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 justify their resistance in [[Northeast India]].
Sometime later, Amar describes his encounter with the woman, over the radio, which she hears. He again spots her at a [[post office]] in Silchar. 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 spots 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. Meghna 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 are depicted by a daydream dance scene in the desert. The two end up travelling together and recuperate near one another in the desert overnight. 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 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 bashed 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]]. 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 [[United Liberation Front of Assam|Liberationist]]s group which has planned multiple [[suicide attack]]s in [[New Delhi]] at the upcoming 50th [[Delhi Republic Day parade]]. 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.
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 [[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 on 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 can 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.
In mid-credits, the terrorists are shown to be caught by the CBI.
== Cast ==
{{div col}}
* [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Amarkant Varma "Amar"
* [[Manisha Koirala]] as Moina / Meghna
* [[Preity Zinta]] as Preeti Nair
* [[Mita Vasisht]] as Mita
* [[Arundathi Nag|Arundhati Rao]] as Kamal Dev Burman – AIR station director
* [[Raghubir Yadav]] as Shukla ji – AIR manager
* [[Zohra Sehgal]] as Amar's Grandmother
* [[Janagaraj]] as Taxi Driver
* [[Gautam Bora]] as terrorist Leader
* [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] as a terrorist
* [[Aditya Srivastava]] as Terrorist
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as a terrorist
* [[Anupam Shyam]] as a terrorist
* [[Shabbir Masani]] as a terrorist
* Krisn Kant as Kim terrorist
* [[Manjit Bawa]] as a terrorist
* Vineeta Malik as Amar's mother
* [[Piyush Mishra]] as Arun Kashyap (CBI investigation officer)
* [[Gajraj Rao]] as CBI investigation officer
* Priya Parulekar as Young Maina
* [[Malaika Arora]] in a special appearance in the song "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]"
* Vanitha Malik as a school teacher
* [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] as a cameo appearance as man at the post office
* [[Sameer Chanda]] as cameo appearance [[Tuba]] music shop dealer
* [[Shaad Ali]] as a cameo as a citizen of Silchar
* [[Wasiq Khan]] as a cameo
* Pia Benegal as a cameo
* Chintu Mohapatra as a cameo
* [[Karan Nath]] as a cameo
* [[Hemant Mishra]] as cameo
* [[B. M. Shah]] as a cameo
* R. K. Nair as Preeti's father
* Alka as Preeti's Mother
* Rajiv Gupta as Sub-inspector
* Avtar Sahani as Army general
* Lakshmi Rattan as Hazarika army official
*[[Sheeba Chaddha]] as Moina's sister
{{div col end}}
== Production ==
Filming began in November 1997, while Shah Rukh Khan was also simultaneously shooting for [[Karan Johar]]'s ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]''. [[Mani Ratnam]] selected [[Manisha Koirala]] to play the lead role, after he was unable to get through to [[Kajol]].<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><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirchi.in/stories/movies/did-you-know-kajol-turned-down-this-famous-tamil-directors-film-for-kuch-kuch-hota-hai/102447639 |title=Did you know Kajol turned down THIS famous Tamil directors film for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? |access-date=5 September 2023 |archive-date=5 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905160411/https://mirchi.in/stories/movies/did-you-know-kajol-turned-down-this-famous-tamil-directors-film-for-kuch-kuch-hota-hai/102447639 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Preity Zinta]] was chosen to play a supporting role.<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> [[Raveena Tandon]] was approached by the team to appear in the "Chaiyya Chaiyya" song, but turned down the offer citing her disinterest in featuring as a part of an [[item number]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/raveena-tandon-on-rejecting-chaiyya-chaiyya-both-mani-sir-and-shah-rukh-called-me-7871041.html |title=Raveena Tandon on Rejecting Chaiyya Chaiyya: 'Both Mani Sir and Shah Rukh Called Me' |date=20 May 2023 |access-date=5 September 2023 |archive-date=5 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905161525/https://www.news18.com/movies/raveena-tandon-on-rejecting-chaiyya-chaiyya-both-mani-sir-and-shah-rukh-called-me-7871041.html |url-status=live }}</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|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818002648/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/apr/30mani.htm|url-status=live}}</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|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023301/http://www.filmapia.com/films/movies/d/dil-se|url-status=live}}</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]], [[Vilangan 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 ==
''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|archive-date=9 July 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010709154947/http://www.rage-india.com/dilse/love.htm|url-status=dead}}</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|archive-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019131454/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/oct/21dilse.htm|url-status=live}}</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'? | access-date=24 July 2022 | archive-date=20 October 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020142154/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-was-nayakan-inspired-by-the-godfather-1920072 | url-status=live }}</ref>
== 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..'' ({{translation|''Life (given in a romantic context)''}}) 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]]|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329204648/https://scroll.in/reel/883253/manisha-koirala-on-her-acting-journey-200-per-cent-more-focussed-than-ever|url-status=live}}</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]]|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724143156/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/25-years-roja-has-depiction-patriotism-screen-changed-66826|url-status=live}}</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]]|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603124237/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/fighting-freedom-killing-terrorists-indian-patriot-tamil-cinema-86669|url-status=live}}</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]]|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831061826/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shah-rukh-khans-conquest-of-the-south-ddlj-to-dear-zindagi-how-srk-won-over-fans-3129448.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Reception ==
=== Critical reception and box office ===
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 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 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822090358/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 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was included in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']]'s "Best of Bollywood" list in 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |url=https://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 |archive-date=5 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505050645/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C2022076_2022068_2022065%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</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 Publishing|Sage Publications]]|isbn=9788132117889|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1C4nAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|language=en|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726091018/https://books.google.com/books?id=1C4nAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Awards and nominations ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipients and Nominees
! Results
|-
| rowspan="14" |1999
| rowspan="1" |[[49th Berlin International Film Festival|49th Berlinale]]
|[[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]]
|[[Mani Ratnam]]
|rowspan="1" {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[46th National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Santosh Sivan]]
|rowspan="2" {{won}}
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]]
|[[H. Sridhar]]
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[44th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]]
|[[Preity Zinta]]
|rowspan="6" {{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award|Best Lyricist]]
|[[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]] for "[[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]"
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|[[Sukhwinder Singh]] for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Santosh Sivan
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Choreography Award|Best Choreography]]
|[[Farah Khan]] for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|[[Manisha Koirala]]
|rowspan="4" {{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Preity Zinta
|-
|[[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award|Best Lyricist]]
|Gulzar for "Ae Ajnabi"
|-
|[[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"
|rowspan="1" {{won}}
|}
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name         = Dil Se...
| type         = soundtrack
| artist       = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover        =
| caption      =
| alt          =
| released     = {{Start date|df=y|1998|7|8}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/dil-se-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/id1130322055 |title=Dil Se (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |date=8 July 1998 |publisher=[[ITunes Store]] |access-date=6 September 2017 |archive-date=25 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125152002/https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/dil-se-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/id1130322055 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| recorded     = [[Panchathan Record Inn]]
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = [[World Music]]
| length       = 36:38
| label        = Venus
| producer     = [[A.R. Rahman]]
| prev_title   = [[Jeans (soundtrack)|Jeans]]
| prev_year    = 1998
| next_title   = [[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]
| next_year    = 1998
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Planet Bollywood
| rev1Score = {{Rating|9.5|10}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=042106033740 |title=Dil Se – music review by M. Ali Ikram |publisher=Planet Bollywood |access-date=2011-06-30 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011252/http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=042106033740 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = All Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.0|5.0}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dil-se-r589249 |title=Dil Se – music review by Bhaskar Gupta |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2011-06-30 |archive-date=28 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228230647/http://www.allmusic.com/album/dil-se-r589249 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
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> set Mainly in Raag Madhumad Sarang (or [[Megh Malhar]]), with tints of [[Bhairav (raga)|Bhairav]] and other ragas, 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 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225152620/https://www.amazon.com/Dil-Se-R-Rahman/dp/B000K9KWA4 |url-status=live }}</ref> The soundtrack was recorded in several other languages. The song "[[Dil Se Re]]", with War Cries and Loud Beats, is set in the raga [[Nata (raga)|Nattai]]/[[Jog (raga)|Jog]], whereas "Ae Ajnabi" is a soft ''[[Ghazal]]'' set in the raga [[Patdeep]].
Malayalam lines for the song "Jiya Jale" was written by lyricist [[Gireesh Puthenchery]].
The bass guitarist [[Guy Pratt]], who played on post-[[Roger Waters]] [[Pink Floyd]] 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>
=== Original version ===
'''Hindi (''Dil Se..'')'''
{{track listing
| all_music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| all_lyrics = [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]] and Malayalam lyrics from the song "Jiya Jale" was penned by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = [[Chaiyya Chaiyya]]
| extra1 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]] & [[Sapna Awasthi]]
| length1 = 6:54
| title2 = [[Dil Se Re]]
| extra2 = [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Annupamaa|Anupama]] & [[Febi Mani]]
| length2 = 6:44
| title3 = Satrangi Re
| extra3 = [[Sonu Nigam]] & [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| length3 = 7:25
| title4 = Ae Ajnabi
| extra4 = [[Udit Narayan]] & [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
| length4 = 5:48
| title5 = Jiya Jale
| extra5 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]] & Chorus
| length5 = 5:07
| title6 = Thayya Thayya (Reprise of Chaiyya Chaiyya)
| extra6 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length6 = 4:35
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''Album Credits'''
* '''Producer:''' India Talkies (Bharat Shah)
* '''Director:''' Mani Ratnam
* '''Lyrics:''' Gulzar
=== Musicians ===
* '''[[Bass Guitar]] on "Dil Se Re":''' [[Guy Pratt]]
* '''[[Bass Guitar]] on "Chaiyya Chaiyya":''' Keith Peters
* '''[[Flamenco guitar]] on "Satrangi Re":''' John Themis
* '''Percussion:''' [[Sivamani (percussionist)|Sivamani]]
* '''[[Dilruba]]:''' Saroja
* '''[[Santoor]]:''' Seenu
*Engineer – H. Sridhar, S. Sivakumar
*Engineer [Additional Engineer] – Paul Wright
=== Harmony ===
* Ganga, Kanchana, Febi, Feji, Anto, Chandran, Shreenivas, Noell James
|-
| '''References/External links'''
* '''''[https://www.arrahman.com/discography_details.aspx?id=41 Dil Se Soundtrack on A.R. Rahman Discography]''''' (Retrieved  {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}})
|}
=== Dubbed versions ===
==== Tamil (''Uyire'') ====
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Vairamuthu]] and Malayalam lyrics from the song "Nenjinile Nenjinile" was penned by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]
| all_music = A. R. Rahman
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Thaiyya Thaiyya
| extra1 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Malgudi Subha]] & [[Palakkad Sreeram]]
| length1 = 6:55
| title2 = Nenjinile Nenjinile
| extra2 = [[S. Janaki]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]] & Chorus
| length2 = 5:09
| title3 = Sandhosha Kanneere
| extra3 = [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Febi Mani]], Anupama
| length3 = 6:42
| title4 = Poongkaatrilae
| extra4 = [[Unni Menon]] & [[Swarnalatha]]
| length4 = 5:45
| title5 = Thayya Thayya (Remix)
| extra5 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], Sukhwinder Singh
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = En Uyire
| extra6 = Kavita Krishnamurthy, Srinivas & [[Sujatha (singer)|Sujatha]]
| length6 = 7:26
}}
==== Telugu (''Premato'') ====
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]] and Malayalam lyrics from the song "Innaalilaa Ledule" was penned by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]
| all_music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Chaiyya Chaiyya
| extra1 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]] & [[Malgudi Subha]]
| length1 = 6:52
| title2 = Innaalilaa Ledule
| extra2 = [[K. S. Chithra]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]] & Chorus
| length2 = 5:06
| title3 = Ninnele
| extra3 = [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Sowmya Raoh]], [[Dominique Cerejo]] & Kavitha Paudwal
| length3 = 6:37
| title4 = O Priyatama
| extra4 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] & [[Swarnalatha]]
| length4 = 7:25
| title5 = Chaiyya Chaiyya (Remix)
| extra5 = Sukhwinder Singh & Sapna Awasthi
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Ooristhu Ooguthu
| extra6 = Kavita Krishnamurthy, [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]] & [[Sujatha (singer)|Sujatha]]
| length6 = 5:42
}}
=== Background score ===
{{Infobox album
| name       = Dil Se...
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released   =
| recorded   = [[Panchathan Record Inn]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[World Music]]
| length     =
| label      = Venus
| producer   = [[A.R. Rahman]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
===Hindi (''Dil Se..'')===
'''Track List :'''{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi
| extra1 = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| length1 = 01:35
}}
===Tamil (Uyire)===
'''Track List :'''{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi
| extra1 = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| length1 = 01:35
}}
===Malayalam (Uyire)===
'''Track List :'''{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi
| extra1 = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| length1 = 01:35
}}
===Telugu (Premato)===
'''Track List :'''{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Pokhi Pokhi Bidekhi
| extra1 = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| length1 = 01:35
}}
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book|last1=Gopal|first1=Sangita|last2=Moorti|first2=Sujata|title=Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19JBf6oDOy0C&pg=PA166|year=2008|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-4578-7}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|dil_se}}
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