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[[File:dil_se.jpg|frame|<small>When a [[Jerk]] meets a [[Tsundere]].</small> ]]
{{quote|''Some people are like the Sand; a wind blows them away''|'''Meghna'''}}
Amar Varma, an Indian Journalist and a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] investigates a terrorist group in a troubled part of North-Eastern India aflame with insurgency and meets a [[Troubled but Cute]]
Dil Se is the third movie of Mani Ratnam's trilogy that deals with India's War on Terror, [[Culture Clash]] and its concerns on terrorism and domestic instability. In contrast to the first two movies of his trilogy, it is first and foremost a love story. It is known mostly for fantastic songs from A.R. Rahman, including [[Item number|Chaiya Chaiya]] and features an [[Anvilicious]] number of Tropes.
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Amar Varma planned to wed sweetheart Preeti.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: The whole premise of Dil Se.
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** Preity Zinta in the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdpmdA0tYsY Jiya Jale] AND Manisha Koirala in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khrSgsuC8os Satrangi Re]
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Part of all [[Shah Rukh Khan]] films. Amar had to choose between Preeti (Betty) and the beautiful and dangerous Meghna (Veronica).
* [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]]: And How
* [[Dancing on a Bus]]: "Chaiyya Chaiyya"
* [[The Danza]]: Preity is played by [[Preity Zinta]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Meghna
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Amar to Meghna
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Amar figures out Meghna's purpose and tries to stop her. He is almost dead (beaten to such a pulp) but he tracks her down. She wears a suicide vest that explodes at contact with another human being. [[Together in Death|He embraces her and both die, engulfed in flames]]}}.
* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|Everything Sounds Sexier in Malayali]]: Used in the below-mentioned song.
* [[G-Rated Sex]]: The very [[Freud Was Right|Freudian]] "Jiya Jale" dream sequence.
* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]: As it is a Mani Ratnam Film, this is to be expected.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Meghna when she attends Amar's engagement. But he is not willing to let her go.
* [[Informed Deformity]]: Meghna is said to have small eyes and high cheekbones by Amar. Manisha Koirala, while Nepalese, does not have small eyes, except by perhaps [https://web.archive.org/web/20140602030347/http://www.bollywoodhott.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/manisha-koirala-pic-7.jpg a stringent Indian criteria].
* [[Instant Knots]]: in the song and dance number, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khrSgsuC8os Satrangi Re], Amar throws out his long black scarf, which whips around the waist of Meghna so he can reel her in. Awesome coolness.
* [[Love Hurts]]: {{spoiler|And sometimes kills.}}
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: And how.
* [[Love Redeems]]: Subverted.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Meghna means "storm". Amar means "eternal". "Pretty" sounds like Preity, the actress who plays the part.
* [[Naked First Impression]]: Megha bathes with the door open.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Item number]] "Chaiya Chaiya" is based off an Urdu poem, and even the lyric "Her words are like Urdu poetry" is a reference to this
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Amar and Meghna in the first half of the movie
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Amar
* [[Item number]]: Chaiyaa Chaiya [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
* [[The Promise]]: When her comrade senses Meghna go soft after she attended Amar's engagement party, Meghna is asked to recite her pledge to rededicate her life to avenge her family.
* [[Race For Your Love]]: Amar keeps chasing Meghna all over India.
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