Bollywood and militancy!
Dil Se (1998)
This was Shah Rukh Khan's first -- and till date only -- film with Mani Ratnam.
There were high hopes from Dil Se, as it was Mani Ratnam's second movie on militancy, after the hit Roja.
The film, set in the background of the militancy in Assam, had Shah Rukh playing a radio journalist who is smitten by Manisha Koirala while he is posted in Assam.
What Shah Rukh doesn't know is that Manisha is about to carry out a suicide bomb attack on the Republic Day parade.
Unfortunately, the songs of Dil Se are better remembered than the film. But it did mark the introduction of Preity Zinta as an actress.