Dil Se

Dil Se (English: From the Heart) 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, Assam, Delhi and other parts of India and Bhutan over a period of 55 days. Its cinematography won a National Film Award for cinematographer Santosh Sivan. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. 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.



THE STORY



Amarkant "Amar" Varma (Shah Rukh Khan), an All-India Radio journalist living in Delhi, India, is dispatched to the troubled North-Eastern region to report on attitudes relating to the 50th Anniversary of Indian independence. He meets Meghna (Manisha Koirala) at a railway station and chats with her but a brief separation leads to Meghna's departure leaving Amar behind. Some weeks later he spots her in the street and accosts her but she resists and pretends not to recognise him, but Amar is highly attracted by her beauty and mysteriousness and continues to pursue her. After finding out her plans to visit Ladakh, he follows her with the convenient excuse of reporting on the local festivities and she gives him the slip there too, but not before two thugs who appear to know Meghna violently assault him to warn him off.



Chastened by the beating, Amar heads home and coincidentally finds her on the same bus and good-humouredly describes his beating. Meghna sympathises with his plight and opens up a little before the bus breaks down and the passengers are forced to walk a two-day journey to their destination.

He finds her again; she has him beaten up; they are thrown together again; they fight the attraction. Amar leaves the troubled region to return to the safety of Delhi and a stable relationship with Preeti (Preity Zinta). Then Meghna shows up in Delhi and catastrophe follows.



AWARDS



1999 Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)



Netpac Award - Special Mention - Mani Ratnam



1999 National Film Awards (India)



Silver Lotus Award - Best Cinematography - Santosh Sivan



Silver Lotus Award - Best Audiography - H. Sridhar



1999 Filmfare Awards (India)



Best Debut - Preity Zinta



Best Lyricist - Gulzar



Best Male Playback - Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"



Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman



Best Choreography - Farah Khan



Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan



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