Dil Se..
1998 2h 43m movie Film India

Dil Se..

दिल से..

Synopsis

दिल से..

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.

Audience Engagement

151
Reviews
95th
Review-volume percentile
91st
Popularity percentile

151 audience reviews — more than 95% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among India films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Dil Se... Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From RGV Film Factory

Drama + Romance in India

356 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dil Se.. itself).

The 1997–1999 India Window

Dil Se.. holds position #14 of 55 India films in the 1997–1999 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Padayappa
    #1

    Padayappa

    ★ 7.6 · 1999
  2. Friends
    #2

    Friends

    ★ 7.6 · 1999
  3. Chandralekha
    #3

    Chandralekha

    ★ 7.6 · 1997
  4. Upendra
    #4

    Upendra

    ★ 7.4 · 1999
  5. Vaastav
    #5

    Vaastav

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  6. Sethu
    #6

    Sethu

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  7. Thulladha Manamum Thullum
    #7

    Thulladha Manamum Thullum

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  8. Iruvar
    #8

    Iruvar

    ★ 7.2 · 1997

The 1990s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in India, 147 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dil Se.. premiered alongside 17 others.

'9015'9113'9210'9314'9413'9515'9612'9718'9818'9919

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$5.2M
Budget
$13.0M
Revenue
$7.8M
Net Profit
2.5×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 43m runtime, production spent $32K per minute on screen and earned $80K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 17 other India films in 1998.

The 263rd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Dil Se.., grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • suicide bomber · 2
  • war trauma · 2
  • terrorist bombing · 1
  • cyanide pill · 1
  • left · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • bomb · 15
  • terrorist attack · 9
  • sexuality · 7
  • love at first sight · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • love · 123
  • terrorism · 47

Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
151
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #599 of 1,983 India films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #421 of 1,132 (top 37%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageHindi
Spoken LanguagesHindi, Malayalam, Tamil
Production CompaniesRGV Film Factory, Madras Talkies
Runtime2h 43m
Release DateAugust 22, 1998
IMDbtt0164538