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Plot Summary:
The film stars Rajinikanth, Kushboo and Sarath Babu in the lead roles with Radha Ravi, Nizhalgal Ravi and Manorama playing supporting roles. The film revolves around a poor milkman who befriends the son of the businessman. The latter's father who hates their friendship drives a wedge between them by bulldozing the house. Annamalai challenges his friend that he will become a successful businessman. Rest of the film shows whether they are united or not.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: epic, entertaining, cult film
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Uriyadi (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students gets entangled in the scheme of a fledgling caste outfit that wants to turn into a political party.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: political, social, political thriller, cult classic, independent film, entertaining, cult film
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Sikka (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two close and very wealthy friends, Vijay and Pranlal, decide to cement their friendship to a relationship when Vijay proposes marriage on behalf of his sister, Shobha, with Pranlal's son, Amar. Pranlal agrees, and preparations are on for the marriage to take place. Vijay finds out that Pranlal and his men are using their business as a front for drugs and smuggling, and he decides to cancel the wedding. Pranlal is angry with Vijay, but refuses to give up his criminal career. When Amar finds out about his dad's spurious activities, he kills himself. Pranlal, humiliated and angered, vows to avenge Amar's death, and wants Shobha to be Amar's widow for the rest of her life, which is not acceptable to Vijay. Then Shobha meets with a handsome stranger named Jackie, who rescues her. She offers him employment with her brother's firm, and they fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
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NGK (2019)
Plot Summary:
An educated do-gooder is forced to enter politics in order to serve the society. But, will the old guard make way and allow him to do that?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
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Mullum Malarum (1978)
Plot Summary:
Mullum malarum (1978) wriiten for screen and directed by Mahandran, based on the novel of the same by Umachandran which was published in Kalki in the year of 1966. The movie deals with the brother sister relationship between Kaali and valli, Kaali's ego with the divisional engineer Kumaran.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Thambikku Entha Ooru (1984)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: entertaining
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Sarkar (2018)
Plot Summary:
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, suspense, realistic, intense, political
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Moondru Mugam (1982)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Maharshi (2019)
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Rishi Kumar is a billionaire and the CEO of Origins, someone who has always strived for the success he now owns. His friend Ravi needs help, how will he come through?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: motivational, touching, heartbreaking, emotional, realistic, inspirational
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Dhill (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dhil is the story about Kanagavel (Vikram) whose only dream is to become a police officer. He succeeds in passing the exams and wins a girlfriend (Laila). One night after having dinner at a restaurant near the beach Velu goes to pay the bill leaving Laila behind. At that moment a corrupt police officer Shankar (Ashish Vidyarti) drinks and urinates besides Laila. Irritated, she scolds him. He attempts to rape her but is beaten up by Velu severely and receives a scar on his face. Angered by this he seeks revenge against Velu.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
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Sethu (1999)
Plot Summary:
A love brings to light the soft-natured characteristic features that lie buried in the sub-conscious mind of a seemingly hard-core student. Some unexpected tragic events mould his life into an epic-like story!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: sad, heartbreaking, epic, entertaining, tragic
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Baba (2002)
Plot Summary:
Baba film opens with the birth of Baba (Rajinikanth), who is a 'baba amsa sambhootudu'. Baba grows up as an atheist, hot-blooded guy and a Good Samaritan. His life style includes consuming alcohol, smoking beedi, chewing paan parag, His mother (Sujatha) and his maternal uncle are ardent devotees of Baba (the Baba who is supposed to be of 2000 years old and who live in Himalayas). Chamundeswari (Manisha Koirala) stays in the neighborhood of Baba and both of them fall in love.Baba beats the son of a state minister Krishna Murthy (Ashish Vidyarthi). Krishna Murthy demolishes the.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: serious, enigmatic, captivating, exciting, realistic
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Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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Mass (2004)
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Mass (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is an orphan, who bonds well with his landlord's son Adi (Sunil). He is behind a collegian Anjali (Jyothika) who happens to be the daughter of Vizag city's mafia don Satya (Raghuvaran). This restricts her from falling for him, as it would land him in danger but she finally gives in. She suggests that he ties the knot immediately before her brother (Rahul Dev) and father try separating them. The gangsters in the process kill Mass's best friend Adi (Sunil) when he tries to stop them when they try separating the lead pair, before their marriage. The hero moves into Vizag and stays in an apartment hiding his identity to take revenge on the mafia dons. Finally his quest for revenge is complete, and also he eliminates the anti-social elements in the society by killing them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
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Kireedam (2007)
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A sincere man wishes to fulfill his father's dream that he follows in his footsteps and becomes a police officer. However, when his father is punished for his honesty and transferred to an area that is ruled with an iron fist by a heartless gangster, the young man must take the law into his own hands to protect his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
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Viruman (2022)
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An intrepid and good-hearted son fights to make his arrogant father pay the price for his sins, which includes his mother's death, and save his brothers from the man's grip.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
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Annaatthe (2021)
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Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Thevar Magan (1992)
Plot Summary:
Thevar Magan (English: Son of the Thevar) is a 1992 Indian Tamil film produced by, written by, and starring Kamal Hassan in the title role. It was directed by Bharathan and also stars Sivaji Ganesan, Nasser, Revathi and Gouthami in pivotal roles. The film met with a very strong critical and commercial reception upon release. The film score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. India chose this film as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1992. The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 1994. The film won five National Film Awards, including the Best Tamil Film Award, Best Supporting Actress Award, and a Special Jury Award. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the title Kshatriya Putrudu. It was later remade into the Hindi film Virasat (1997) by Priyadarshan and in Kannada as Tandege Takka Maga (2006) by S. Mahendar.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: epic, cult film
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Avargal (1977)
Plot Summary:
A triangular love story, it revolves around Anu (Sujatha) who is caught between Bharani (Ravikumar), the man she fell in love with and Ramanathan (Rajinikanth), her former sadistic husband who is supposedly reformed and wants to rejoin her and Janardhan (Kamal Haasan)a silent lover lurking on the sidelines.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
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Moondru Mudichu (1976)
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Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth are room-mates in a city. Kamal Hassan falls in love with Sridevi who lives in the same apartment complex. Rajnikanth, who has his eyes on Sridevi, pretends to back Kamal Hassan's love while secretly hoping to create a divide between them. Sridevi realizes Rajni's evil intentions when she finds out that he has seduced an innocent girl living in the same apartment complex. However, she is unable to convince Kamal Hassan, who hero-worships Rajni.Things come to a head when Kamal and.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min
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Viswasam (2019)
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A village ruffian, who settles disputes in his native, takes on a big shot when he tries to sort out the rough patch in his marriage after several years.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, cult film
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Sivaji (2007)
Plot Summary:
Corrupt police and politicians target a computer engineer for trying to better the lives of less privileged citizens.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, feel good, political thriller, masala, cult film, political drama
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Lingaa (2014)
Plot Summary:
After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local villagers to build a dam themselves. A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
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Kabali (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, feel good, ambiguous ending
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Kaala (2018)
Plot Summary:
A gangster from Tirunelveli, who is the King of Dharavi, fights for keeping the land safe from mighty politicians and the land mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action packed, period drama
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Commander (1991)
Plot Summary:
Surya is an orphan raised in a slum. He finds a friend in the local Godfather. They rule the town and forms a parallel government. Things are well until new district collect, step -brother of Surya takes charge. Surya finds his mom and decides to surrender.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India, Philippines
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: feel good, epic, tragic, cult film
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Pithamagan (2003)
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Pithamagan whirls around four characters. Chithan (Vikram) who is orphaned at a young age, devoid of all human contacts lives on his animal instincts and ekes out a living as a graveyard caretaker.He seems to exhibit behaviour consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Gomathy (Sangeetha), a petty ganja seller, who pities Chithan’s condition, gets him a job at the ganja fields of the main villain.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: rough, emotional, realistic, tense, serious, feel good, epic, sad, tragic ending, entertaining
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Kaththi (2014)
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Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Petta (2019)
Plot Summary:
A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realise that it is they who should fear him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, disturbing
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Madras (2014)
Plot Summary:
A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, disturbing, feel good, epic
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The Dancing Maharaja (1995)
Plot Summary:
A lavish Maharaja lived with his sister-in-law and stepbrother Rajasekhar, helping people incessantly. His sister-in-law has a son, to whom the Maharaja bequeaths a major portion of his property. At this juncture, a new baby is born to the Maharaja.His wife dies soon after. Brother Rajasekhar cheats the Maharaja as he fears that his son's property might be taken back and given to the Maharaja's own son. When the cheating comes to light, the Maharaja hands over all his property and his baby to his sister-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, cult film