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Plot Summary:
Harikrishnans movie revolves around Harikrishnan (Mammootty and Mohanlal) who are one of the most famous lawyer duo in India. To avoid confusion one is called as Hari (Mammooty) and the other as Krishnan (Mohanlal). They are known to take lakhs for single sittings. They head the oragnisation called Harikrishnan Associates, which consists of around 300 lawyers, all being their juniors.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: suspense
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One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only exacerbate the situation when they try to help clear his name. Is Muroi guilty as charged or merely taking the fall? What is the truth behind the murder? Two lawyers, one determined to get Muroi, the other resolved to save him, a feud between two police departments, political power plays and legal trappings, all combine to orchestrate Muroi’s downfall.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
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After his negligence causes an innocent woman to go to jail, a lawyer and his colleagues work to clear her name.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: crime thriller
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, captivating, surprise ending, neo noir
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration:
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Hello movie is about Shivaraman (Mohanlal) who is a lazy advocate, popularly called as Shiva. Even though an advocate by profession, he spends more time to booze than to be in court. And at those times, he is a known troublemaker of the city.One of the best friends of Shivaraman is Chandy Kunju (Jagathy Sreekumar) who is a Sivaraman.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: India
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
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Kakkakuyil (2001)
Plot Summary:
Kakkakuyil movie is about Sivaraman(Mohanlal) who has come to Mumbai for a visa. But Sivaraman finds his friend Govindan Kutty (Mukesh) amidst a sea of problems. Sivaraman is forced to participate in a bank robbery planned by Thomas and his gang, which puts them in more trouble.And they find a place as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman in the house of a blind old couple (Nedumudi Venu and Kaviyoor Ponnamma), whose grandson Kunjunni who had left them a long time ago (when he was 7) and is now coming home.But a turn of events finds Sivaraman and Govindan kutty (combined) as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
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Panchagni (1986)
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
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Plot Summary:
The ex-girlfriend of a laywer/detective, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crime thriller
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: India
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Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Country: India
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 827
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: India
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 691
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 276
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 286
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IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 213000
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 717
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 992
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
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