Dil Se.. (1998)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Writers:

Mani Ratnam (story)
Sujatha (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

21 August 1998 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Musical | Thriller

Plot:

The clash between love and ideology is portrayed in this love story between a radio executive and a beautiful revolutionary

Plot Keywords:

Love | Radio | Terrorism | Engagement | Suicide

Awards:

7 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jasveer Kaur	...	Dancer (uncredited)

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
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)

Production Companies

• India Talkies
• Madras Talkies

Distributors

• Eros International

Other Companies

• Manish Malhotra & Co.  costume design (as Manish Malhotra)

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]

Runtime:

USA:163 min | France:151 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Assamese | Tamil | Telugu

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby

Certification:

India:A

Filming Locations:

Assam, India

Company:

India Talkies

Trivia:

Some of the parade scenes were shot during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of India's independence.

Quotes:

Meghna: [says to the security guard, pointing at Amar] I'm his wife.
Amarkanth Varma: [surprised but feeling quite amused] What did you say? You're my wife?... My wife.
Amarkanth Varma: Everyone, she's my wife. We've been married for 25 years!
Amarkanth Varma: [playfully looks at her] Isn't that right?... Congratulations, honey.
Amarkanth Varma: [knocks on the bus window] Hey Wife! Let me knew if somebody needs a thrashing, ok?
[laughing]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bade Dilwala (1999)

Soundtrack:

Jiya Jale, Jaan Chale

Brilliant Love Story-cum-Social Drama

"Dil Se" is easily the most cerebral film churned out by commercial Indian cinema in the last decade. It is not presented as a separatist polemic, nor should it be considered as such (as a lot of myopic viewers have done). Nor is it a film about terrorism. It is essentially a love story told against the backdrop of terrorism. Mani Ratnam is at his best, producing what can only be called surreal realism. Many of you may have forgotten, but once upon a time Shah Rukh Khan was a good actor, and this is easily one of his best performances. Preity Zinta is the only glimmer of relief in this heavy handed tale of darkness and despair. This was also her first film. Rahman's songs are his career best, each of the six tracks more replendent than the last. Above all, however, Dil Se belongs to the luminously gifted Manisha Koirala, who delivers a crushing and skinless portrayal of a reluctant avenger. In a role of almost no dialogue, she speaks volumes through her reticent glances and a body language that is burdened by sorrow. It is a sin that such dramatically gifted actresses like Manisha, Tabu, Juhi, Nandita Das, etc. are relegated to competing for potboiler non-roles that crown glamorous dance queens like Aishwariya, Amisha, Madhuri and ilk the top of the heap. India has great actors- the film industry just doesn't know how to utilize them.