asifthevamp Supreme Performances by SRK & Manisha Koirala.. After few minutes into the movie, I never felt that this is SRK and Manisha Koirala, who are acting there in Sub Zero temperature. This is SRK's best work till date. No one in bollywood could have played this part with such an obsession like SRK did. Not for a second, i thought this is SRK. I was so involved in his character and that was possible only and only because of SRK. Manisha Koirala has done complete justice to her role of Meghana. Just watch her emote in every sequence of this movie. Its really sad to see that she is not getting good roles now a days. What a waste of such a brilliant actress. Both the actors deserved an award, but there used to be a rule in bollywood(and still is??)that if the movie is a success, the even the worst actors can get best actor's award.Just because Indians were not ready for such an intelligent movie, this movie was a disaster at the Indian Box Office. But, this is a Masterpiece which grows over you with every scene of it.

yaldamoghaddami Before I watch this movie I went to of Dil Se.I did not want to read the plot but suddenly see the last words and knew the end.After that I read full of the plot and understand everything.Then I downloaded Dil Se and watched the first and last scene and the first and the last song (Chaiyya Chaiyya and Jiya Jale).After a few months I decided to watch movie.I taught that there is no surprise for me now but it was!at the first,the music.I watched Kuch Kuch Hota Hai before Dil Se and I was sure that music of KKHH is the best in 1998 Hindi movies and Filmfare Awards make some mistakes that gave the award foe best music and best lyrics to Dil Se.But after I watched Dil Se,I taught the music of Dil Se was better than KKHH.the lyrics of Dil Se Re was better than Chaiyya Chaiyya but I do not know why it did not nominate for best lyrics.Although,lyrics of KKHH(song) was better.A.R.Rehman is a great music director.I think after The Slumdog millionaire and Lagaan it is his best work.Dil Se has special songs that you can not find like them in other movies.Even It was hard to perform almost all of the songs.(Except E Ajnabee).In Chaiyya Chaiyya SRk dances on the top of train that it was really dangerous.Farah Khanٌs choreography is amazing and one of her best.There is no song and dance like that.Dil Se Re and Satrangi Re are different by the other songs in their kind.I loved Dil Se Re.Jiya Jale is great.I surprised with Manisha Koirala.It is her second movie that i watched.the first one was "Gupt" but I impressed with Kajol and did not pay attention to Manisha.I really like to watch her other movies like Company and Akele Hum Akele Tum. She is great in emotional scenes,songs,drama scenes.She makes Meghna completely understandable.Preity Zint is one of my favorite actresses and i pleased by her good performance.SRK is great too.I knew the story before watch but When i read it for the first time,I really surprised. specially by the end.The dialogues are good.sometimes comedy and sometimes romantic.sometimes social and sometimes sad.The last scene is excellent and the last dialogues by SRK are the some of the most romantic dialogues in the movie.Cinematography is brilliant and fantasticBut the awards was very cruel by Dil Se.It did not nominate for best film.And except FilmFare none of the awards paid attention to music, cinematography,performances,choreography,lyrics and direction.A great romance drama politic movie that you never forget the music. 10/10

ieyre I think this movie failed on several counts: first of all, the protagonists were thoroughly unlikeable characters. I found SRK to be obsessive and creepy when it came to the girl, and completely underdeveloped when it came to his job and politics. If he was supposed to represent the opinions of mainstream India about ethnic uprisings, I have no idea what those opinions are. He was underdeveloped, and the motivations of his love interest were equally obscured.Even beyond having weak story and characterizations, this movie could have been saved by having something interesting to say. Terrorism is obviously a very multi-faceted subject, and I have no idea what this movie was trying to say about it. Something that passed for a point was quite literally blown up by melodrama in the end.What saves the movie are visuals and music. The settings are quite stunning and there are even some fine supporting performances. Obviously the music is catchy.

DICK STEEL Many reasons why I would have popped this DVD into the player this New Year. For starters, it's been sitting on my growing pile for a long time, and that iconic train dance sequence to the tune of the famous Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya just had to be seen again. With Shah Rukh Khan's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi being in my list of favourite movies of 2008, I'm still quite adamant to revisit all his past movies, a gargantuan task no less I believe. And this is some 10 years ago, which to my surprise he's not as buff back then unlike now, with a 6 pack that's not so prominent.SRK stars as Amarkanth Varma, a programme executive for All India Radio. An idealist in his job, he is one who never shies from doing tough interviews especially when dealing with his pet subject of finding out what people's reactions are after 50 years of India's Independence, and risks his life too in weeding out known terrorists to get their end of the story. Little does he know of course that this stint of his would somehow come closer to home as the story progresses.He meets a stranger one rainy night, and while allowing his glib tongue to run wild, the girl, Meghna (Manisha Koirala) never flinches, and is too aloof and cold. Undeterred, he managed to get a response for hot tea, before she disappears onto a train. Billed by Amar himself as possibly the shortest love story in his life, I would like to think that this is more of a one sided infatuation that will haunt him for the rest of the movie. Here's a man, while dogged in his pursuits in life, didn't learn when to give up when the signs obviously are in his face to back off. And as Fate would have it, he would bump into her during his assignments, which lead to some really persistent, clingy moments where even Meghna tries her very best to shake him off, quipping that time is short, which is a statement that will resonate more once the audience gets a glimpse into what this stranger is in town for.Who can also forget that moment atop a train, to the tune of Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya? You just gotta respect everyone involved in pulling off that performance atop the Barrack Valley Express, which goes around mountain sides, over valleys and across bridges, all the time with everyone dancing and singing. It's some amazing dance choreography coordinating movement atop the moving train sans safety harness, and even though you suspect the train might be moving at slower than normal speeds, it's still a film-making and logistical nightmare just to pull it off as it did.Directed by Mani Ratnam, who's credited with discovering A.R. Rahman in giving him the break into providing the music for movies (and such as how Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya is now such an enduring hit), the film initially didn't go down well with audiences who had thought that the film was strange. And it's not tough to find out why. It's not the usual masala formula that Bollywood usually employs, and it's not a romance per se since it's mostly rooted in one man's infatuation for a woman he cannot attain. While slated to be married to another girl (Preity Zinta in her debut, and I guess it's always a boon to be introduced to audiences via SRK, just as how Deepika Padukone was in Om Shanti Om, and Anushka Sharma in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), he still can't shake off the thoughts of Meghna in his mind, and despite his heated telling her off in a clash of ideals, still decided to listen to his heart and keep her safe from harm as best as he could. And watching the development of his love/infatuation was quite off at times too, as it looked very much like some really primal urges that needed to be satisfied during an extended and unexpected get together in the desert plains. Working for the radio also provided opportunities to express his love through songs (the Ae Ajnabi moment was extremely nuanced and pitch perfect), the movies does get progressively darker in tone, when he gets closer to his lady love.And I cannot deny that the ending was shocking in the way it presented itself. While on one hand it allowed for some closure to be achieved, I thought it was very extreme, but I guess that's how for some, that love does mean sacrifice of the highest order, that our hero gets the girl and saves the day, in a truly unconventional way.