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movie is like a patchwork quilt (though a very striking
one), with bits and pieces picked up from contemporary
India's turmoil, supposedly telling us the why's &
wherefores of insurgency. We move between the backwaters
of Kerala, the deserts of Ladakh, the jungles of the
North-East. We have a zealous All India Radio
correspondent rendevousing with shadowy chiefs of equally
shadowy terrorist outfits. Then he takes time off to
romance with a curvaceous Malaika Arora & a stunning
Manisha Koirala. The story covers miles & miles of
landscape, yet it remains at a standstill. The film works
only on one level: the purely visual and aural. Dil Se is
poetry in motion, when it comes to Santosh Sivan's
cinematog- raphy. India has never looked so beautiful.
The performances are adequately engrossing. The winner of
course is A.R Rahman's music score - it's absolutely
brilliant, living up to his reputation as the music whizz
kid of the 90's.
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