Dil Se

***Dil Se*** (, , translation: _From the Heart)_ is a 1998 Hindi movie. It was directed by Mani Ratnam. The movie was also released in Tamil as **Uyire** and in Telugu as **Prema Tho**. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Preity Zinta. Mani Ratnam also wrote the screenplay for the movie.  It was produced by Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma along with Shekar Kapur.

The movie was shot in Jammu & 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 movie score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. A. R. Rahman received a Filmfare Award for the music. The movie became the first Indian movie to reach the Top 10 in the UK Box Office Charts, when released in 1998.

## Sypnopsis

Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.

## Cast

- Shah Rukh Khan as Amarkant "Amar" Varma
- Manisha Koirala as Meghna
- Preity Zinta as Preeti
- Mita Vasisht as Mita
- Pooja Ruparel as Preeti Nair's sister
- Arundhati Rao as Kanval Dev Burman – AIR station director
- Raghuvir Yadav as Shukla ji – AIR manager
- Zohra Sehgal as Amar's Grandmother
- Janagaraj as Taxi Driver
- Gautam Bora as terrorist Leader
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as terrorist
- Aditya Srivastava as Terrorist
- Sanjay Mishra as terrorist
- Anupam Shyam as terrorist
- Shabbir Masani as terrorist
- Krisn Kant as Kim terrorist
- Manjit Bawa as terrorist
- Vineeta Malik as Amar's mother
- Piyush Mishra as CBI investigation officer
- Gajraj Rao as CBI investigation officer
- Priya Parulekar as Young Moina
- Malaika Arora in the item number "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
- Vanitha Malik as school teacher
- Tigmanshu Dhulia as cameo appearance as man at the post office
- Sameer Chanda as cameo appearance Tuba music shop dealer
- Shaad Ali as cameo as citizen of Silchar
- 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
- Suhail Nayyar as child artist
- Jessica as child artist
- Ishitha as child artist
- Subhadeep Sanyal as child artist

## Awards

The movie has won the following awards since its release:

**1999 Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)**
- Won - Netpac Award - Special Mention - Mani Ratnam

**1999 National Film Awards (India)**
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Cinematography - Santosh Sivan
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Audiography - H. Sridhar

**1999 Filmfare Awards (India)**
- Won - Best Debut - Preity Zinta
- Won - Best Lyricist - Gulzar
- Won - Best Male Playback - Sukhwinder Singh for "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
- Won - Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
- Won - Best Choreography - Farah Khan
- Won - Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan

## Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 5 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Gulzar.

**Track listing**:
1. "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (6:52) – Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasti
1. "Jiya Jale" (4:12) –  Lata Mangeshkar, M.G. Sreekumar
1. "Dil Se Re" (6:54) – A. R. Rahman, Anuradha, Anupama
1. "E Ajnabi" (5:32) –   Udit Narayan, Mahalakshmi
1. "Thayya Thayya" (4:35) – Sukhwinder Singh
1. "Satrangi Re" (7:12) – Sonu Nigam

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Dil Se
- **writer**: Mani Ratnam (story & screenplay)
Tigmanshu Dhulia (dialogue)
Sujatha (dialogue)
- **starring**: Shah Rukh Khan
Manisha Koirala
Preity Zinta
- **director**: Mani Ratnam
- **producer**: Mani Ratnam
Ram Gopal Varma
Shekhar Kapur
- **distributor**: Madras Talkies
- **released**: August 21 1998
- **runtime**: 163 mins
- **language**: Hindi
- **music**: A. R. Rahman