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Dil Se.. is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Mani Ratnam released in USA on 23 august 1998 with Shahrukh Khan
Dil Se.. (1998)
दिल से
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 23 august 1998
Length 2h31
Directed by Mani Ratnam
OriginInde
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Rape in fiction, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Bollywood
Rating74%
Dil Se (translation: From the Heart) is a 1998 Indian, romantic thriller film in the backdrop of Insurgency in Northeast India, written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, and Shekhar Kapur. The film stars Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala in lead roles while Preity Zinta (in her film debut) appears in a supporting role. Mani Ratnam also co-wrote the screenplay for the film. It is the third in Ratnam's trilogy of terror films after Roja and Bombay. An example of Parallel Cinema, the film won the Netpac Award at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival.
The film was screened at the Era New Horizons Film Festival and the Helsinki International Film Festival. Noted for its non linear screenplay, the film won awards for cinematography, audiography, choreography, and music, among others. The film was a success overseas earning $975,000 (USA) and £537,930 in the UK, becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts.
The film won two National Film Awards, and six Filmfare Awards.
Synopsis
Amar Kant Varma (Shahrukh Khan) is a Program executive for All India Radio. He is dispatched from New Delhi to cover festivities in Northeast India. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar stops at Haflong train station to catch Baraks Valley express, as the train runs late, Amar meets a mysterious woman by herself who asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches her board the next train with three male passengers. 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 Indian Independence, Amar interviews many citizens of Barak Valley, and an extremist leader, who claim that the reason behind human rights violations, and poverty in the region is due to Indian Government, and that the Liberationists do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and further justify their resistance in Utthar Purv.Actors
Shahrukh Khan
(Amarkanth Varma)
Manisha Koirala
(Meghna)
Preity Zinta
(Preeti Nair)
Jiah Khan
(Young Meghna)
Raghubir Yadav
(Shuklaji AIR manager)
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