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User Rating:
7.5/10   2,655 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mani Ratnam (story)
Sujatha (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
21 August 1998 (India) more
Plot:
The clash between love and ideology is portrayed in this love story between a radio executive and a beautiful revolutionary full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Mani Ratnam more (66 total)

Cast

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Shahrukh Khan ... Amarkanth Varma
Manisha Koirala ... Meghna
Preity Zinta ... Preeti Nair
Raghuvir Yadav ... Shukla (as Raghuvir Yadhav)
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Piyush Mishra
Krishnakant (as Krisnkant)
Aditya Srivastava
Ken Philip (as Ken Phillip)
Sanjay Mishra
Mita Vasisht ... Mita (female terrorist) (as Mita Vashisht)
Arundhati Rao (as Arundathi Rao)
Malaika Arora ... Dancer on train
Gautam Bora
Manjit Bawa (as Manjith Bawa)
Zohra Sehgal ... Grandmother (as Zora Seghal)
B.M. Shah (as Late B.M. Shah)
Gajraj Rao (as Gajaraj Rao)
Raja Sharma
Laxmi Rattan (as Lakshmi Rattan)
Priya Parulekar
Sheeba Chaddha
Wasiq Khan
Samir Chanda
Chintu B. Mohapatra (as Chintu Mohapatra)
Vanitha (as Vanitha Malik)
Shubdeep
Ishitha
R.K. Nair
Kishan Bhatia
Sunil Agarwal
Avtar Sahani
Rajiv Gupta (as Rajeev Gupta)
Anupam Shyam
Hemant Mishra
Jessica
Lavanya
Babubhai (as Babu Bhai)
Alka
Shaad Ali
Pia Benegal
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Jasveer Kaur ... Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mani Ratnam 
 
Writing credits
Mani Ratnam (story and screenplay)

Sujatha (dialogue) and
Tigmanshu Dhulia (dialogue)

Produced by
Shekhar Kapur .... executive producer
Mani Ratnam .... executive producer
Ram Gopal Varma .... executive producer (as Ramgopal Varma)
 
Original Music by
A.R. Rahman 
 
Cinematography by
Santosh Sivan 
 
Film Editing by
Suresh Urs 
 
Production Design by
Samir Chanda 
 
Art Direction by
Samir Chanda 
 
Costume Design by
Pia Benegal 
Shabina Khan 
Vaishali Pachauri  (as Viashali Pechauri)
V. Sai  (as Sai)
 
Makeup Department
Ravi Indulkar .... makeup artist
Kaushal .... assistant hair stylist
Mohan .... assistant hair stylist
R. Sundara Moorthy .... makeup artist (as Sundaramoorthy)
Ramana .... assistant makeup artist
Seenu .... assistant makeup artist
Uday Shirali .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Anjan Bannerjee .... assistant production manager
Bhasker J. .... assistant production manager
Preman .... assistant production manager
Sampath .... assistant production manager
Milind Vereker .... assistant production manager (as Milind)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shaad Ali .... assistant director
Angel .... assistant director
Susi Ganesan .... assistant director
N. Perumal .... second assistant director
A. Sivakumar .... assistant director
Priya V. .... assistant director (as Priya. V.)
 
Art Department
Anil .... art set assistant
Fakru .... art set assistant
Imtiaz .... art set assistant
Inder .... art set assistant
Khaja .... art set assistant
Wasiq Khan .... assistant art director
Raj Mohammed .... art set assistant
Parshram .... art set assistant (as Parasuram)
Logerie Verma .... art set assistant
Nitin Wable .... assistant art director
Zafar .... art set assistant (as Jaffer)
Zakir .... art set assistant
 
Sound Department
Ajit .... assistant sound engineer
Balu .... live effects
Prabhu C.S. .... assistant sound engineer (as C.S. Prabhu)
Devi .... assistant dubbing engineer
Shankar J. .... assistant audio mixer (as J. Shankar)
Karthik .... dubbing
Kumar .... live effects
Udhaya Kumar .... live effects
Sekar L. .... assistant audio mixer (as L. Sekar)
Geeta M.G. .... assistant sound engineer (as Geetha)
Noor Mohammed .... assistant sound engineer
Murali .... live effects
Janakiraman P. .... DTS engineer (as Janakiraman)
B.M.A. Prabhu .... DTS engineer
Sachidanandan .... live effects (as Sachidanandam)
Satish .... assistant sound engineer (as Sathish)
S. Sivakumar .... sound mixer: Panchathan Records INN
Jarvis Solomon .... dubbing
Jarvis Solomon .... sound effects
H. Sridhar .... audiographer
H. Sridhar .... sound mixer: Panchathan Records INN
Tinu .... additional dubbing engineer
Pankajam V. .... assistant dubbing engineer (as Pankajam)
 
Special Effects by
S.A. Azim .... opticals (as S.A. Ajeem)
M.A. Hafeez .... opticals (as M.A. Haffeez)
D. Sathyanarayana .... opticals (as D. Satyanarayana)
Kambam Shankar .... main titles (as Kambam Sankar)
 
Visual Effects by
Elam Parithi .... digital compositor: Efx, Chennai, India
 
Stunts
Allan Amin .... stunts
Feroz .... assistant action
Hussain .... assistant action
Usman Shamshim .... assistant action (as Usman Shamsi)
Ainouddin Sheikh .... assistant action coordinator (as Ino)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Babu .... crane operator
Bijois .... associate camera operator
Manoj C.D. .... assistant camera (as Manoj)
Deepak .... assistant camera
Suhas Gujrati .... assistant camera (as Suhas Gujarathi)
Karthik .... assistant camera
Krishna Lal .... assistant camera
Mari .... crane operator
Prakash Mohapatra .... assistant camera
Ramakrishna .... crane operator (as Ramakrishnan)
Sashi .... assistant camera
P. Selvaraj .... crane operator (as Selvaraj)
Sethu Sriram .... cinematographer: second unit (as S. Sriram)
 
Editorial Department
Kanna Babu .... assistant editor
Harsha J.N. .... assistant editor
S. Shadeesh Kumar .... assistant editor: avid
Narayanan M.K. .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Anupama .... playback singer
Sapna Awasthi .... playback singer (as Sapna Avasti)
Sally Bradshaw .... playback singer: London
Gulzar .... lyrics
Mahalakshmi Iyer .... playback singer (as Mahalakshmi)
Noell James .... musician coordinator
Kavita Krishnamurthy .... playback singer (as Kavita Krishnamoorthy)
Lata Mangeshkar .... playback singer
Udit Narayan .... playback singer
Sonu Nigam .... playback singer
A.R. Rahman .... playback singer
Samidurai .... musician coordinator
Sukhwinder Singh .... playback singer (as Sukvinder Singh)
S. Sivakumar .... song recordist: Panchathan Records INN
M.G. Sreekumar .... playback singer
H. Sridhar .... song recordist: Panchathan Records INN
Anuradha Sriram .... playback singer
 
Other crew
Alka .... coordinator: Delhi Group
Devendra .... location manager: Delhi
Susi Ganesan .... associate director (as Susi. Ganesan)
Lawrence Har .... location manager: Ooty
Baharul Islam .... coordinator: Aasam Theatrical Group
Stanzin Jordan .... coordinator: Ladakh
Stanzin Jordan .... location manager: Ladakh
Geeta Kapoor .... assistant choreographer
Farah Khan .... choreographer
Pappu Khan .... assistant choreographer
Baldev Khosa .... location manager: Dalhousie
C.A. Michael .... manager
Chintu B. Mohapatra .... associate director (as Chintu Mohapatra)
R.K. Nair .... production executive
Karun Prabhakaran .... location manager: Delhi
Ravindra .... location manager: Delhi (as Ravindran)
Ramachandra Sahu .... coordinator: Delhi Group
Sashi .... location manager: Kerala
Bharat S. Shah .... presenter (as Bharat Shah)
Hukum Singh .... location manager: Delhi (as Hukum)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
From the Heart (USA)
Prema Tho (India: Telugu title) (dubbed version)
Uyire (India: Tamil title) (dubbed version)
De tout coeur (France) [fr]
Dil Se - Von ganzem Herzen (Germany) [de]
Dil se - fra hjertet (Denmark) (TV title) [da]
Vom Herzen... (Germany) [de]
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Runtime:
USA:163 min | France:151 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film's first song, "Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya", is also the opening song of the Hollywood movie Inside Man (2006) starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen. more
Quotes:
Amarkanth Varma: Oie, I'm talking to you... oie, stop!
Meghna: [turning back] What do you want?
Amarkanth Varma: Some answers. What's your name?
[walking upto her]
Amarkanth Varma: I've been betrayed, I was beaten up and dumped in an isolated spot, and today I am your husband?
Amarkanth Varma: Don't you think I'd have some questions for you to answer? If I have to address you, then by what name?
Meghna: Meghna
[walks away]
Amarkanth Varma: Real or false?
Meghna: False.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Larger Than Life (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Jiya Jale, Jaan Chale more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Mani Ratnam, 24 August 2003
10/10
Author: andrew-osullivan from Ireland

A serious mainstream director in Indian cinema? Look south again for a top calibre director with something worthwhile to say and the technical nous to realize a vision. Mani Ratnam's a craftsman and an artist.

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