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Plot Summary:
Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran), a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera (Asin) as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Ghilli (2004)
Plot Summary:
Muthu Pandi, a village strongman, decides to marry Dhanalakshmi, and begins his quest by eliminating everyone who opposes their union - starting with both her brothers. In desperation, Dhanalakshmi decides to escape from the village, and in the process is unwittingly assisted by a university Kabaddi player Velu.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, realistic, exciting, cult film
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Singh Saab the Great (2013)
Plot Summary:
A common man fights corruption and injustice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Villu (2009)
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Villu (Tamil: வில்லு; English: Bow) is a 2009 Tamil language action film written and directed by Prabhu Deva. The film stars Vijay in a dual role while Nayantara and Prakash Raj play other prominent roles. Manoj K. Jayan, Vadivelu, Adithya, Geetha, and Ranjitha play supporting roles whilst Prabhu Deva, Mumaith Khan, Zabyn Khan, and Kushboo Sundar appear in item numbers. The film is produced and distributed by Ayngaran International and composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Ek Aur Jaanbaaz Khilladi and in Telugu Yamakantri. This film is loosely based on 1998 film Soldier.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Magadheera (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Harsha, a bike stunter from Vishakapatnam, accidentally meets Indu, he discovers his warrior life Kala Bhairava in his last birth. the remaining story portrays how Indu and Kala Bhairava are connected.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, exciting, captivating, tense, epic, romantic drama, masala, serious, epic fantasy
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The Bodyguard (2004)
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A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his Choti, most successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his fathers company but is then targets by assassins who want to gain control of the estate. He is forced to hide out in the slums where a kind family looks after him and sparks up a relationship with their tomboy daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, parody
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Ghajini (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film's story is around a rich business entrepreneur falling in love with an ad film actress. The entrepreneur and the actress fall in love, though she does not know that he is an entrepreneur. When she successfully saves a bunch of children who were in danger, she is brutally murdered by a gang leader and the entrepreneur himself gets hit hard on the head when he tries to save his lover, eventually leading him into a state of short term memory loss. He is later studied about and helped by a psychology student to take revenge on the one who murdered his lover.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, entertaining, remake of american film
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The Protector (2019)
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After fighting hard to be independent and happy, heiress Camille Logan finds her life threatened as a result of one of her father’s business deals. Camille isn’t prepared for the length her father will go to protect her, or for the man he hires to do the job.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, sexy, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, romantic, romantic comedy
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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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Ghajini (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sanjay a rich tycoon suffering from short term memory loss due to being hit by a metal pole when trying to intervene on his girlfriend's murder. Because of this his memory can only last for 15 minutes and he doesn't remember events or incidents that have happened before in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychological, romantic, entertaining, cult classic, psychological thriller
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My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she is goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to protect her until her return.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized, crime drama
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Style (2008)
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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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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015)
Plot Summary:
While recovering from an assassination attempt four days before his coronation, a stern prince is replaced by a romantic lookalike.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, exciting, captivating, tense, fast, humorous, realistic, stylized
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Gunday (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the 1970s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala. The story of 2 boys, boys who became refugees. Refugees who became gun couriers. Gun Couriers who became coal bandits, coal bandits who became Calcutta's Most Loved, Most Celebrated, Most Reckless, Most Fearless, Most Powerful! A story of two happy-go-lucky renegades who came to be known as...GUNDAY!.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, romantic drama, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
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R... Rajkumar (2013)
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Rajkumar (Shahid Kapoor) is an aimless youth who works for a drug baron named Shivraj (Sonu Sood). His latest mission is to kill a rival dealer named Manik Parmar (Ashish Vidyarthi). But Rajkumar's life changes forever when he claps eyes on the beautiful, educated Chanda (Sonakshi Sinha). What he doesn't know is that Chanda is an orphan who's been raised by her uncle - Manik Parmar! After some persistent wooing, Chanda falls for Rajkumar's charms. But in order for their love to flourish, he must destroy the drug cartel to which both Shivraj and Parmar owe allegiance, which is controlled by a Mafia don named Ajit Taaka (Srihari), who operates out of Malaysia.And back to marry with Chanda.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, realistic
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Naayak (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young man and his lookalike team up to fight injustice and settle their personal scores with the evildoers.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic
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Ready (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in Thailand and India, a case of mistaken identity leads to love; and an accountant and his family concoct a grand scheme to win over the hearts of a woman and her greedy conniving uncles.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: exciting, not serious, humorous, realistic, fast, funny, romantic, entertaining, masala, slapstick
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Jilla (2014)
Plot Summary:
A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Dookudu (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young policeman hunts down the men who caused the accident that put his politician father into a coma.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, rough, realistic, semi serious
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Deewane Huye Paagal (2005)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Karan and Tanya. Karan is in love with Tanya but is too shy to tell her. One day Tanya witnesses the murder of a scientist by his evil twin brother, the underworld don Mehboob, and needs to flee the country. When Karan's friend coaxes him to track Tanya after she migrates to Dubai, he enlists the aid of a deceptive investigator, Rocky to track her down. Rocky ends up falling in love with her at first sight and tries to stop Karan from wooing her. Meanwhile, Tanya's physically disabled friend, Sanju also has a soft spot for her and tries thwarting Rocky's attempts at getting close to Tanya. The plot thickens when Don Mehboob and his gang track Tanya down in Dubai.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, offbeat, slapstick, surprise ending, remake of american film
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Fool N Final (2007)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Khiladi 786 (2012)
Plot Summary:
The 8th installment in the Khiladi series.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, light, realistic
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Josh (2000)
Plot Summary:
Shah Rukh Khan and Sharad Kapoor are the leaders of the two rival gangs. Aishwarya Rai is Shah Rukh Khan's twin sister. Shah Rukh is in love with Priya Gill. Chandrachur Singh is Sharad Kapoor's younger brother who studies in a catering college in Bombay. He comes to Goa to visit his brother and plans to go back and start a restaurant there. He sees Aishwarya and falls in love with her. Chandrachur gives up the idea of going back to Bombay and opens a bakery in Goa. When Shah Rukh comes to know about the romance between Aishwarya and Chandrachur, the fight between the gang turns more violent. How the conflict is resolved is the rest of the story. Written by gavin@[email protected].
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting, melancholic, romantic, hot, nostalgic
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Housefull 2 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Housefull 2 is an upcoming Bollywood action comedy film directed by Sajid Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It is the sequel to the 2010 Bollywood commercially successful movie Housefull.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, sexy, funny, fast, masala, feel good, slapstick
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Born to Hate... Destined to Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
While fighting for the political supremacy of their respective families, a Hindu man and a Muslim woman share a forbidden romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, serious, romantic, tense, captivating, entertaining, sad, exciting
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Son of Sardaar (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jassi Randhawa (Ajay Devgan) is an unemployed good-for-nothing man who receives a letter from the Punjab government about buying his property in Punjab. To sell the property, Jassi leaves for Punjab. On the train, he meets and falls in love with Sukhmeet (Sonakshi Sinha). In Punjab, Jassi accidentally meets Billu (Sanjay Dutt) and, seeing he is new to the area, Billu invites Jassi to his home, where he treats Jassi like a god. There, Jassi realises that Billu is Sukhmeet's brother. Soon enough, it is revealed that Billu is Balwinder Singh and Jassi is short for Jaswinder. However, Billu's family has to follow one Punjabi rule: A guest in the house should never be harmed. Now, Billu must wait for Jassi to leave the house to kill him. Jassi learns about it and comes up with a hilarious plan to foil Billu's shenanigans.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Main Hoon Na (2004)
Plot Summary:
An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 182 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, masala, light, realistic, parody
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Main Tera Hero (2014)
Plot Summary:
This love story begins with the mischievous, clever, charming, a daredevil and the HERO who falls in love with Sunaina. How can a Hero’s love story be complete without a villain! So walks in Angad the corrupt cop, who wants to forcibly marry Sunaina and to make things more spicy also does Ayesha who is madly in love with our Hero. A massy entertaining romantic drama ensues, which takes our Hero from the mountainous Ooty, to the fun college campus of Bangalore, and then to a beautiful mansion, in gorgeous Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, captivating, light, funny, masala, semi serious
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Bodyguard (2011)
Plot Summary:
Lovely Singh (Salman Khan) is the bodyguard of Sartaj Rana's (Raj Babbar) daughter Divya Rana (Kareena Kapoor). He is very devoted to his duties but irritates her all the time by following her everywhere. Consequently, Divya and her friend (Hazel Keech) call Lovely and start a prank love affair. Lovely starts loving the mystery person but doesn't realizes that it is Divya (who also falls in love with him) who was behind all of this. Sartaj Rana (Raj Babbar) suspects him and Divya to be in love and sends criminals to kill him in case his lover turns out to be Divya. Sensing this, Divya sends her friend to Lovely to tell him her true identity. In a twist, it is revealed that the friend is also in love with Lovely. She falsely accepts that she is her strange lover. They marry and have a child. She dies early and reveals to her son about her fraud and asks him to unite Lovely and Divya.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining, romantic, scenic, fast
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Crazy (1992)
Plot Summary:
Kajal is a beautiful and talented young woman who loves songs and dances and attends various shows. At one of the shows she attended she gets to meet Ravi, a popular singer and both are head over heel in love with each other and they soon got married. Kajal relocates to Ravi's parental mansion and is all welcome as a bride there. But soon her marriage life goes over the board when Ravi's scheming cousin and uncle has him killed. Unable to bear the shock Kajal relocates to a different city and gets to meet the wealthy and care-free Raja Sahai, who proposes marriage to her but she refuses and wants to live as Ravi's widow but destiny has other plans for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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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