Dilan 1990 is a 2018 Indonesian romantic drama film. The film is based on the novelDilan: Dia adalah Dilanku Tahun 1990 by Pidi Baiq. The film stars Iqbaal Ramadhan and Vanesha Prescilla as the main roles, with some high-profile names in supporting, minor, or cameo roles; Farhan, Happy Salma, Adhisty Zara of idol groupJKT48, and Ridwan Kamil, the then-Mayor of Bandung for instance. The film has been watched by 6,311,490 people, and is the best-selling Indonesian film of 2018 and the second best-selling Indonesian film of all time, just behind :id:Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss! Part 1|Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss! Part 1 with 6,858,616 viewers. The film is followed by an upcoming sequel, Dilan 1991, which was released on 28 February 2019.
Plot
In 1990, Milea along with her parents and sister Airin moved from Jakarta to Bandung. Her father is an Army officer. On her way to the school, she met Dilan, most-known as a 'bad boy' and leader of a motorbike gang who convinced her that she will sit on his bike with him as her boyfriend one day. Dilan started to flirt with her by coming to her house, making calls from a payphone and sending her odd but romantic gifts which includes a pre-filled crossword puzzle book: "so you don’t have to think about the answers". Unfortunately, Milea already has a boyfriend named Benni back in Jakarta. Despite that, she is no longer feels comfortable with him since he is perceived as rude and foul-mouthed. With Dilan's frequent overconfident movements, which initially made Nandan – her close friend who is in love with her – uncomfortable, Milea starts to develop feelings for him. During a visit to TVRI in Jakarta as quiz contestants, Milea and Nandan, who were left together by another friend, met Benni, who aggressively beats Nandan since he thinks Nandan will 'steal' his girlfriend. Amid the heated situation, Benni accuses Milea as a coquettish girl. She dumps Benni, for which he calls Milea a whore. Despite his effort to apologize, she rejects to his proposal to become couple again. Once again, Benni calls her 'devil' and a 'whore'. Dilan and Milea get closer and closer although no official relationship was declared. They ride his motorbike to go home, with a few hand-holds, and phone each other at night. Their relationship was so close, that Milea successfuly persuaded Dilan to not involve in gang fights anymore. Milea develops a good relationship with Dilan's mother. One day, his mother shows her his messy bedroom while showing the poems Dilan made for her. Milea faces Kang Adi, both her and her sister's personal tutor, who apparently is in love with her. He eventually takes her to the university he is enrolling in, the Bandung Institute of Technology. When Dilan found out that Milea goes there with Kang Adi, he wrote a disappointment letter, much to her despair. She searches him at the school only to meet the drunken Anhar, one of Dilan's gang member, who slaps her. Knowing this, Dilan beats Anhar forcefully. Later that day, Dilan and Milea officially become a boyfriend-girlfriend couple.
