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Plot Summary:
Vijay Khanna is a law graduate-cum-tabloid editor he falls in love with Princess Sunita, while general election are underway. Vijay becomes a murder accused of a political leader. Gradually the couple tries to expose a criminal-politician nexus. (From wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags:
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Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
In order to impress his girlfriend's conservative father, a porn actor uses his fellow adult movie stars in creating a fake traditional family.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags:
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Apna Sapna Money Money (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kishan is a young man from Goa whose brain is full of every conceivable trick to make a quick buck. He cons people by slipping into different outfits and by assuming many guises. Julie, is a sexy club dancer with quite a local reputation, but behind her raunchy exterior is a compassionate, kind-hearted woman who goes out of her way to help the needy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Dil Hi To Hai (1963)
Plot Summary:
Children are exchanged by greedy aunt and uncle in childhood and they live undeserved lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Carry on Loving (1966)
Plot Summary:
Widower Ramlal lives a wealthy lifestyle near Poona, India along with two daughters and a son. His daughter, Malti, is a Science Graduate; Nirmala, a matriculate, and the son, Atma, who wants his dad to finance a Hindi film which he himself will produce under the banner of 'Wah Wah Productions'.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Youthful Life (2002)
Plot Summary:
Raj Saxena (Salman Khan) goes to London, expecting his long lost Dad (Rishi Kapoor) to warmly greet him. But things do not go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: funny
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Dahek A Burning Passion (1999)
Plot Summary:
Bengali-speaking Monalisa lives a middle-class lifestyle in Mumbai along with her mom and wheelchair-bound dad. She and her mom had to endure considerable hardships since she was six years.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags:
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Ram and Shyam (1967)
Plot Summary:
Abused by an oppressive brother-in-law Gajendra (Pran), Ramchandra (Dilip Kumar) runs away from home, and ends up in a small village where he is mistaken for Shyamrao (also Dilip Kumar), and must accept Ganga (Leela Mishra) and his new name or face severe exorcism. Meanwhile, Shyamrao is mistaken for Ramchandra by Anjana (Waheeda Rehman) and her dad (Nazir Hussain). When Gajendra finds out, he is enraged and attempts to beat the stuffing out of the person he thinks is his brother-in-law, but Shyamrao refuses to be abused or beaten, and all of a sudden things start changing in the household as well as in the community. It is not long before Gajendra finds out about the truth, and plans an ugly death for Shyamrao, and all those opposed to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags:
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That's Amor (2022)
Plot Summary:
After her job and relationship implode on the same day, Sofia starts from scratch — and meets a dashing Spanish chef who might be her missing ingredient.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Our Secret (2002)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy industrialist and business man named Raj Singhania lives in Bombay, India. He reaches up with a music band in which Karan Malhotra is the leader and Priya is his right-hand and sweetheart. Karan finds that it is not easy to achieve one's merit. A contract made between the two for his band to sing on a crusade for Raj. He agrees to do so and later on conspire with his girlfriend Priya to take over Raj vast estate by setting up his girlfriend to marry Raj fakely. On a chance encounter one day Raj and Priya both meet, where by Raj fall head over heals in love with Priya.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, melancholic, exciting, tense, sentimental, light, powerful
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Vandanam (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mohanlal plays the role of a police officer, Unnikrishnan, who is sent to track down s dangerous criminal played by Nedumudi Venu. Along with his friend (played by Mukesh), he performs surveillance on Nedumudi Venu's daughter who lives in a flat with her aunt, to gather details on the whereabouts of her criminal father. The rest of the story is about how Unnikrishnan gets to the criminal.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags:
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Professor (1962)
Plot Summary:
Sita devi is a very strict aunt for a number of young ladies, and does not allow them to fraternize with males. Along comes Pritam disguised as an elderly Professor Khanna to break every possible rule of the aunt.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags:
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Aankhen (1993)
Plot Summary:
A 1993 Bollywood Comedy starring Govinda and Chunky Pandey. This movie kick started a long line of Comedy movies for Govinda.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Incredible Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kambakkht Ishq is about a stuntman and a supermodel that don't believe in love but through a hilarious series of events they fall for each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, entertaining, light, romantic, offbeat, semi serious
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Such a Small Thing (1976)
Plot Summary:
Arun (Amol Palekar) is a shy accountant in Bombay who dreams of romancing Prabha (Vidya Sinha), but never gets past following her around without managing to actually speak up. While Arun twiddles his thumbs, suave Nagesh (Asrani) steps into the picture and turns on the heat, prompting Arun to take "love coaching" from "romance specialist" Julius Nagendranath (Ashok Kumar) to win Prabha back. One of the funniest Hindi films of the 70s - is a nostalgic favourite for its quirky take on pre-hypercongestion Bombay. The film established Amol Palekar as having an uncommon comic talent for playing mousy characters, a role he would repeat several times in his career.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, offbeat, intellectual, cult classic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Mickey Virus (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Delhi Police comes across an unusual case revolving around hacking they seek help of an expert who thinks like them only to come across a lazy hacker Mickey Arora.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, fast, suspense
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Kill Dil (2014)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time in North India, two killers – Dev (Ranveer Singh) and Tutu (Ali Zafar) - roamed free. Abandoned when young and vulnerable, Bhaiyaji (Govinda) gave them shelter and… nurtured them to kill! All is normal in their lives until destiny throws free-spirited Disha (Parineeti Chopra) into the mix. What follows is a game of defiance, deception and love.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, realistic
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Dedh Ishqiya (2014)
Plot Summary:
Khalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah)and Babban (Arshad Warsi), the two romantic thieves are back in Dedh Ishqiya, sequel to the acclaimed and successful Ishqiya with their romantic adventures. And this time love will take them through the SEVEN STAGES OF LOVE... with the beautiful and dangerous Madhuri Dixit as Begum Para and Huma Qureshi as Munniya.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, queer cinema, extraordinary
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Hanky Panky (1979)
Plot Summary:
Ramprasad a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man, Bhavani Shankar, who believes that a man without a mustache is a man without a character. When Ramprasad is caught by his boss at a soccer match, he has to invent a twin brother, the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, to save his job, things take a whacky turn.A fake mother and a hilarious chase are enjoyable features in this comedy.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: funny, light, retro, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Junglee (1961)
Plot Summary:
A humorless and pompous businessman goes wild when he falls in love. Now if only his domineering mother could understand his new lease on life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Duplicate (1998)
Plot Summary:
Bablu (Shah Rukh Khan), an aspiring chef, works in a hotel where Sonia Kapoor,(Juhi) works with him as banquet manager at the restaurant. His look-alike Manu (Shah Rukh Khan), a gangster, robs a bank along with his friend (Gulshan Grover) but gets caught. He comes out of prison and discovers that his cohort has double-crossed him. He murders his partner and escapes from the scene of the crime...without the money. Bablu stumbles on the money and keeps it. Manu's lover Lily (Sonali Bendre) mistakes Bablu to be Manu and spirits him away. Manu takes shelter in Bablu's house and realizes that he can use their resemblance to his advantage.Then starts the fun-ride with Babloo constantly being mistaken for Manu. With both Sonia and Lily after him, Manu furious and the Law taking him to be Manu, Babloo faces a tough time. And then, Manu kidnaps Bibi (Farida Jalal) Babloo's mother and holds her hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, nostalgic
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Vicky Donor (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Baldev Chaddha (Anu Kapoor), a well qualified fertility expert, runs a fertility clinic and a sperm bank in Dariyaganj, New Delhi, that guarantees a high quality and specialized sperm for the purpose. Unfortunately he has more failed cases to his credit than successes. A healthy, high performing donor is the need of the hour. Vicky Arora (Ayushmann Khurrana), a young, good-looking, Punjabi boy from Lajpat Nagar, is the only son and of no financial support to Dolly, a widow, who runs a small beauty parlor from home. A chance encounter between them convinces Dr. Chaddha that Vicky could be THE donor he has been looking for. Dr. Chaddha persuades him to become a donor, but in the meantime Vicky has found his love interest in Ashima Roy (Yami Gautam), a pretty Bengali girl. Will Vicky's past as a sperm donor come in the way of true love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, romantic, cult classic, light, captivating, mind blowing, social message, realistic
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Happy Ending (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yudi’s happy life is about to encounter a speed breaker-his BMW gets towed away and his dues have started piling up. He’s run out of money and luck! To make matters worse-his supposed ex-girlfriend isn’t really his ex.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, light
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She Smiles, She’s Snared! (2014)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of Nikhil and Karishma’s engagement, Karishma’s wealthy father, Devesh Solanki, expresses his disapproval, believing Nikhil to be a lackadaisical young man. With one week to prove himself worthy to marry Karishma, Nikhil and Karishma's sister, Meeta, grow closer to each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, light hearted, romantic comedy, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young couple who struggle to rediscover love after their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Malamaal Weekly (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lilaram sells lottery tickets and one customer has hit the jackpot but dies of shock upon finding out that he has won. Now, Lilaram wants all the money, and so does everyone around him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Toilet: A Love Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
Keshav and Jaya are from two villages near Mathura, where at least 80% of households are without any access to a lavatories. Conflict comes knocking on the first day of their marriage, when Jaya leaves Keshav's house for good, after discovering that there is no toilet in the home. Distraught and desperate, Keshav sets out on mission to win back his love- by battling against the age old traditions, mind-set and value system of his country.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sentimental, sincere, captivating, funny, satirical, fast, mind blowing, comedy drama
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Fukrey (2013)
Plot Summary:
FUKREY is one such crazy story of four restless and hapless souls, running after their individual desires, brought together by one dream, which turns their not so simple life upside down. From breaking school walls, to cross dressing dancers at the Ram Lila; from a Jugaad Baaz college watchman to leaking examination papers; from a female pimp, who runs her drug cartel through Nigerian henchmen to visionary dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Pyaar Impossible (2010)
Plot Summary:
romantic comedy in which a geek and the most sought-after college beauty are paired together by a twist of fate. And under all odds, an impossible love story begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, touching, realistic, witty
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Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
Plot Summary:
Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but Tanu, a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, romantic, funny, inspirational, entertaining, realistic
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Khoobsurat (2014)
Plot Summary:
A vibrant, hopelessly romantic physiotherapist meets a handsome young Rajput prince who is the complete opposite of her – and is engaged to someone else.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, feel good