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Disturbing yet enthralling
Myron Clemons
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Catherina
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
rohanupadhye-91996
Beautiful and heart touching movie.
Best music by A. R Raheman.
MartinHafer
"Dil Se" (literally 'from the heart' or 'with all my heart') is a story about a very obnoxious and obsessed Indian radio personality who sees a woman at a train station and relentlessly pursues her. He knows nothing about her--and doesn't realize that she and her family are terrorists. Yet, somehow, the film eventually have them fall in love.Perhaps I saw this movie as being very offensive due to my culture. In the US, when a man relentlessly pursues a woman who CONSTANTLY tells him and demonstrates that she's NOT interested, it's pretty clear she is not interested. However, in "Dil Se", a man becomes infatuated with a woman he doesn't know and pursues her relentlessly. And, at about the 51 minute mark, attacks her and forces himself on her--and somehow this film is supposed to be a romance?! Such a film probably couldn't be made in the States today--and even in the old days, Amarkanth's behaviors would have been seen as creepy and potentially dangerous. Because of this, I really cannot recommend the film--especially since it seems to promote dangerous pro-rape myths as well as stalking. Additionally, compared to many Indian films, the song and dance numbers are not particularly good and sound very canned. I have seen about 100 Indian films, so I am certainly no expert--but you can certainly do better than this one.
Dhanu Kemathas
Dil Se/Uyire (English: From The Heart) is a Hindi film directed by Mani Ratnam which stars Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala in the lead roles while Preity Zinta, Raghuviv Yadav and Piyush Mishra play other supporting roles and Malaika Arora makes an item number. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A.R Rahman and the lyrics were penned by Gulzar and Vairamuthu (Tamil version). The cinematography was handled by Santosh Sivan while it was edited by Suresh Urs. The film is produced by Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, Bharat Shah and Shekhar Kapur. The film is considered to be the third installment in Ratnam's terrorism saga.The film revolves the story of two individuals from different societies. Amarkanth ''Amar'' Varma (Shahrukh Khan), a radio program executive and Moina ''Meghna'' (Manisha Koirala), a terrorist, meet randomly at a train station in a cold and rainy night, but later end up dying together as suicide bombers. How and why? forms the crux of the story.Shahrukh Khan who portrayed Amarkanth Varma, delivered an incredible piece of work. His acting and dance had a lot of energy and he was faithful to his role. Manisha Koirala who portrayed Moina, a beautiful cold hearted revolutionary woman, has given a mind-blowing performance that makes Dil Se to be the best film of her till date.A.R Rahman who composed the film's score and soundtrack has delivered a fabulous album. Dil Se is one of A.R Rahman's finest work. Santosh Sivan and Suresh Urs have filmed and edited the film beautifully. Santosh Sivan has done an amazing job, especially in the Chaiyya Chaiyya song. It is not easy to film the dancers in different angles when they are dancing on a moving train, so hats off to Santosh Sivan for that!Dil Se is actually the first Hindi movie I've ever seen. I'm Tamil so I saw the dubbed version first. I didn't recognize this movie before I heard the Chaiyya Chaiyya song which was a famous song around the world in the end of the 90's. But both the Hindi and Tamil versions are extraordinary. It is rare that both the original and the dubbed the version can stand on the same level, because the writers fail to write the dialogs which has to be similar to the original script, so hats off to Mani Ratnam for that! It is strange that this film did not do well at the box office in India, but did a great business in the US and United Kingdom.Overall this is a must watch film and strongly recommended to everyone. Especially Mani Ratnam and A.R Rahman fans.Verdict: Silence is the best way to show love!
Abhinav Sood
A movie straight from the heart. The movie was made only keeping the artistic integrity in mind. This shows in the final output as well as the movie is atypical from any movie you would see coming out of Bollywood. Shahrukh and the entire cast did an excellent job. The direction of Mani Ratnam is amazing. The story line is original. The movie topic has nationalistic overtures. But to me the movie is more about love and what heart truly desires. The movie touches the heart in a way few movies do.And what to say of music. A.R.Rehman + Gulzar in lyrics. It is the best of Rehman along with Roza.I have been hearing it for over a decade. It still gives me goosebumps.Wish they made more movies and more music like this. Epic.
