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Plot Summary:
Aaradhana is story about an illiterate Puliraju (Chiranjeevi), who is a small time rowdy in a small town. He meets (Suhasini), who arrives in that town as a school teacher. Suhasini slaps and accuses him for ill-treating his mother. Puliraju, instead of taking revenge on her, gets attracted towards her and manages to join as her student. Over a period of time, Pulitsju transforms in his looks, behaviour and leaves his past life back. Over few reels, they both get attracted towards each other, but neither of them express their feelings. His mother, surprised by changes in his behaviour brings his maradalu (Radhika) from his village and tries to marry him off. At the same time, suhasini.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
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Duration: 105 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Musical, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 442
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Country: India
Duration: 173 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 652
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 246
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 214
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 212
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 752
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 211
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IMDB Votes: 273
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 154
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
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IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
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