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Plot Summary:
Hero is the story of a criminal transforming and evolving as a good person under the influence of love. Jackie is a baddie with a heart of gold though, who has to settle scores with the area's 'Thakur' and his police officer son Sanjeev Kumar. So he opts for kidnapping their soft spot, Radha, Thakur khandaan's only daughter. Radha is given to understand that Jackie and his gang are police people who have taken her away to the safety of jungles because their house has been invaded by dacoits. The rest of the story is about the gang's camaraderie with Radha in sylvan spots and the discovery of truth by Radha.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 945
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: masala
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Aadi (2002)
Plot Summary:
Aadi (Telugu: ఆది) is a Telugu film released in 2002 with Jr. NTR in the main lead. V.V. Vinayak directed this movie. This hit film stands second in Jr. NTR's career, right behind Simhadri. It was also remade in Tamil as Jai with Prashanth. This film led both the actor NTR JR and director V.V. Vinayak into instant stardom. The film collected about 22 crore rupees.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: freeze frame
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Amarkalam (1999)
Plot Summary:
Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags:
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Bandhan (1998)
Plot Summary:
Pooja comes from a very poor family consists of her mom, dad Ramlal and brother, Raju. She meets the wealthy, Thakur Suraj Pratap and both is in love and get married with the blessings of her family and relocates to the Thakur parental mansion with Raju, Pooja finds that she is unable to conceive, Raju falls in love with the Thakur's sister, Jyoti and is all set to make her his bride, to which Thakur agree but tragedy strikes when the Thakur meets Vaishali, whom he wants to make his bride and no body dears go against his decision, all including Pooja. When Raju hears of this he solely protests but is silence by the Thakur, publicly humiliated and shunned by each family member including Jyoti. Now his dream of marrying Jyoti will never come through and he must not dear go against the Thakur words because he might be responsible for his own sister ruin.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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Prem Deewane (1992)
Plot Summary:
Radha (Pooja Bhatt) and Manohar (Vivek Mushran) love each other and want to get married, but Radha's dad (Ashok Saraf) does not approve of their marriage as Manohar comes from a poor family. He instructs Radha not to leave the house, but Radha finds a way to escape and goes to Manohar's house. Anticipating more obstacles, they run away, guided by Radha's uncle Natwarlal(Prem Chopra). Natwarlal convinces them that they must kidnap a wealthy person and demand a big ransom and take the money to appease Radha's dad. It is then they start to realize that their uncle has some other devious plans for them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Diljale (1996)
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Captain Ranvir is assigned the task of apprehending two terrorists named Shaka and Dara. Upon arrival in the region, he meets with and falls in love with Radhika, the daughter of Rajasaheb, who also is a Mantri. The latter approves of him, and arranges his wedding with his daughter. Before the engagement could take place, Ranvir finds out that he has a rival in Shaka, who was in love with Radhika before, and is all set to prevent this marriage at any and costs. Ranvir decides to postpone his wedding until such time he arrests Shaka and his associates - a decision that will not only pit him against well-armed terrorists, but also result in the abduction of a bus-load of Vaishnodevi devotees - which include Radhika and her Bua.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags:
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Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (2002)
Plot Summary:
A college slacker pursues the girl of his dreams and will do just about anything to get her to like him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, touching, serious
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Sign of Marriage (1979)
Plot Summary:
Durga and Vikram Singh have been married for years. Vikram has taken to crime in a big way, and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Jaggi. Durga gives birth to twins, and Jaggi steals one of them, and sells him to a bootlegger, Pascal. Durga is upset when she finds her son missing, but is devastated when Vikram abandons her. With a lot of difficulty, Durga brings up her son, Kishan, and has given up on finding her other son. Kishan has grown up and is now a dedicated police officer. On the other hand, Pascal has exploited Amit, kept him illiterate, doing petty crime, and alcoholic. This gets him in confrontation with Kishan, but ironically the two settle their differences and become fast friends. Vikram is still alive, and is not aware of his two sons and wife being alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags:
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sooraj (Sooraj Pancholi) is a gangster of Mumbai who meets Radha (Athiya Shetty). Radha is the daughter of the Chief of Police. One day, Sooraj takes Radha,telling her that he got instructions from the police to take her away from city for some time. But later Radha gets to know that she is kidnapped by Sooraj. After a series of events, Sooraj leaves Radha. But by that time, they are already in love. Thereafter, comes the part where they have to face a lot of problems.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Khilona (1970)
Plot Summary:
Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons - Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an unmarried daughter, Radha. Kishore looks after the family business, while Vijaykamal is a renowned poet, and Mohan is studying law in the city. Vijaykamal is in love with lovely Sapna, but she is forced to marry Bihari, and kills herself on the night of the marriage. Vijaykamal witnesses her death and loses his mind. The family decide to keep him under lock and key on the terrace of their house. Unable to admit Vijaykamal to a mental asylum, Suraj brings home a young courtesan, Chand, who he hopes will cure Vijaykamal, and she does succeed considerably, but is traumatized, sexually assaulted by Vijaykamal, and abused by the rest of the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Prem Rog (1982)
Plot Summary:
Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: romantic
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The Gesture (1971)
Plot Summary:
Andaz or Andaaz is a 1971 Hindi romantic movie starring Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Simi Garewal. The film was directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film was a considerable success and important in the career of Malini as an actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Major Saab (1998)
Plot Summary:
Major Jasbir Singh Rana (Amitabh Bachchan) trains cadets to become officers in the national defence academy. A spoilt brat Virendra Pratap Singh (Ajay Devgan) joins the academy. Little does he know the major is a strict disciplinarian who takes a row to straighten him and make him a soldier. Thus starts a war between the two. In the meantime Virendra falls in love with a beautiful girl NISHA (Sonali Bendre) whose marriage was fixed by his father to a wealthy contractor's son. But the girl loves Virendra against her father's will and so starts the fight between Virendra and the girl's father supported by the contractor and his son with gang. Majorsaab helps Virendra to get his love and to change Virendra from spoilt brat to a good and brave soldier.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Ram Lakhan (1989)
Plot Summary:
Sharda (Raakhee) vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber (Amrish Puri) and Bhanu (Paresh Rawal), and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the street. Those sons grow into the upstanding police officer Ram (Jackie Schroff) and the easily tempted dreamer Lakhan (Anil Kapoor). If the family is to be avenged, Ram will have to lead his brother away from the path of corruption he's strayed onto, and protect him from the influence of Bhanu and Bhishamber.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Aaghaaz (2000)
Plot Summary:
After putting together his life once again from a traumatic experience in his past; Govind Narang accompanied by his sister Rattna comes to reside in Azad Nagar, Bombay. He cannot stand injustice in any shape and form; this brings him into enmity with a gangster Johnny and his younger brother Danny Handsome. Obstructed by the interference into their criminal activities Johnny and his gang brutally beats up Govind leaving him to die and sexually molest Rattna in broad-daylight.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Acid (1988)
Plot Summary:
Mahesh Deshmukh has joined the nation's armed forces as that he can honestly and patriotically serve the country. During his college days he has a run-in with fellow-collegian Mohini. A bet between his friends and himself ends up with him falling in love with Mohini, who subsequently realizes that he indeed has fallen in love with her, and she too reciprocates. Mohini's dad is an alcoholic and wishes that Mohini takes up dancing and prostitution so that he can get his daily dose of alchol. Mohini attempts to take refuge with Mahesh, however, cirumstances tangle Mahesh to such an extent that he is arrested, charged, and sentenced to stay away from Bombay city limits. When Mahesh returns, it is no longer the honest, and patriotic Mahesh, but a gangster named Munna, who has many old scores to settle.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: entertaining, masala, crying, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
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The Pigeon (1989)
Plot Summary:
At an early age, Kishen, to provide a better life for himself and his younger brother Karan, entered the underworld. To prevent the same fate from happening to Karan, he sent him abroad, but before this had happened, Karan had fallen in love with his friend Prakash's sister, Paro. Years pass, and now Kishen is the henchman of Anna, a psychotic don. Karan returns to Bombay and immediately goes to meet Prakash, now an honest police officer. But Anna's men kill Prakash right in front of Karan, and he learns of his brother's involvement with Anna. Against Kishen's wishes, he joins Anna's gang and starts tipping off a rival gang. This is revenge for Prakash's death-by playing off one gang against the other, he hopes to exterminate both of them at the same time. In a desperate attempt to get Karan away from it all, Kishen gets him married to Paro. But when the couple are brutally killed on their wedding night, Kishen is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: cult classic, entertaining, serious, realistic, crying, weeping, cult film
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Truth (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, dark, experimental, black comedy, suspense thriller, rough, clever, bleak, realistic
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Allah-Rakha (1986)
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Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is imprisoned. But Don does not fulfill his promise, and as a result, Karim's wife, Razia, and new-born son are left destitute. Razia complains to Police Inspector Anwar, who arrests Don and holds him in prison, pending his trial in court. When Anwar finds out that his new-born son, Iqbal, is in need of a pace-maker, which he is unable to afford, he makes a compromise with Don, who lets him have one. Iqbal undergoes surgery and a pace-maker number 786, considered lucky in Islamic faith, is attached to his tiny heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Ek Villain (2014)
Plot Summary:
When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, romantic, sad, realistic, psychological thriller, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Style (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jeetendra Kumar Makwana is employed full-time at a Call Center and works part-time teaching English. He is recruited by an attractive young woman, Pooja, to teach her Hinglish-speaking boss, Bhaiyaji, English. Jeetendra agrees to do so, falls in love with Pooja, and joins forces with her to steal a bag containing 25 Crore Rupees in cash. He will soon find out that Bhaiyaji is a hoodlum and extortionist known to the Police as Lakhan Singh.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, bleak, realistic, fast
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Trident (1978)
Plot Summary:
Vijay Kumar is the illegitimate son of a construction baron, Raj Kumar Gupta and his first love, Shanti, whom he gives up in order to marry a wealthy heiress. Raj does not know of this son, who grows up and after his mother's death comes to Delhi to take revenge on the Gupta family by destroying the family's business and connections with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tense, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? Come and watch the action-packed super-hit Sholay to find out!!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, epic, freeze frame, suspenseful, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic, retro
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Storm (1975)
Plot Summary:
J.K. is a hotel Manager in a scenic location in India. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a drunk daughter, Aarti, of a politician, and chooses to be discrete about it. When she recovers, she and he fall in love; get married in a small marriage ceremony, have a daughter, and thereafter differences arise to such an extent that they decide to separate. Years pass J.K. and Aarti meet again when she is an established politician, both are still attracted to each other, but she does not want her name to be tarnished and stigmatized as a "separated" woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: realistic, retro, touching, serious, banned, banned film
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Raavan (2010)
Plot Summary:
This thrilling, allegorical drama follows the intricately interwoven lives of three people, delving into concepts of good and evil, and complex emotions. Ragini re-locates to distant Lal Matti along with her Superintendent of Police husband, Dev Pratap Sharma, in order to enable him to apprehend a bandit, Beera Munda. Shortly thereafter her life is turned upside down when she is abducted by Beera and held captive. It is during this captivity that she is forced to experience myriad complex emotions, with her life in danger of ending within 14 hours. However, she also attempts to the real reason behind her abduction. What will she discover? How will justice be served? Will Ragini's life be spared, and if so, will she be happy to return to the safety of her husband's embrace?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
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We Five (1980)
Plot Summary:
Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns her, and denies ever having married her or even being intimate with her. Her brothers attempt to get justice, but are dealt with ruthlessly by Pratap Singh's bodyguard, Bhima. Soundariya then must garner support of herself, and must find someone who can stand up to Veer Pratap Singh and end his tyranny, in a town with men who have been subdued for eons by Veer Pratap Singh and his men for eons.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, emotional, realistic
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Cherished Memories (2001)
Plot Summary:
Raj Singh Puri has a very wealthy friend in Lalit Kumar Malhotra, and his wife, Nalini. After the passing away of his wife, Shalini, Raj has become more dependent on the Malhotras, and they have offered him support and solace in his time of need. Raj has also won over the affections of their son, Ronit Malhotra. When Ronit meets with Raj's daughter, Isha, both are attracted to each other and fall in love. They want to surprise Ronit's parents and Raj, and they accordingly decide to share this news with Raj, only to find out that Raj has been actively involved in trying to get Ronit married to Monishka Rai, the daughter of a very wealthy industrialist, who the Malhotras would like to have a business merger with.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, romantic
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Aaina (1993)
Plot Summary:
Unhappy with her plans for the future, a man (Jackie Shroff) leaves his fiancee (Amrita Singh) and marries her sister (Juhi Chawla).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious
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Veer (2010)
Plot Summary:
Circa 1920 British India, Pindari leader, Prithvi Singh, narrates his story to a Report from London Times about betrayal and deceit at the hands of the British and Madhavgarh's Raja Gyanendra Singh which led to the massacre of 4500 Pindaris. Although Prithvi sliced off Gyanendra's right arm, he has sworn to avenge and behead him and two-faced Britishers - who on one hand preach about Justice, Fraternity and Equality, but conquer and rule vulnerable natives - fueling hate and division on lines of religion, and caste. He sends his sons, Veer Pratap and Poonam, to Britain to learn about their devious ways, so that he can conquer Madhavgarh. The duo, despite of Lord Macaulay's malicious policy to convert foreign nationals to his way of thinking, not only pick up the relevant skills but also slay Yuvraj Sujan Singh, the only son of Gyanendra, much to the joy of the Pindaris.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, romantic drama, realistic, saga, epic
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Rockstar (2011)
Plot Summary:
An uninhibited youth woos the hottest about-to-be-married college girl. He rises to become a rock-star - then self-destructs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, emotional, romantic, inspirational, heartbreaking, entertaining, sad
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Chennai Express (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, romantic, entertaining, fast, masala, humorous