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Plot Summary:
The Dhaliwals are a traditional Sikh family living in Canada. The eldest Dhaliwal daughter, Gugan, is celebrating her nineteenth birthday, a time when many of the family's planned changes for her are to occur. Since birth, Gugan has been promised into marriage to a boy back in India, the arrangement which does not sit well with her western sensibilities. Despite being in a sexual relationship with a boy named Arjan (insensitive and directionless as he may be), Gugan has decided to go through with the arranged marriage purely out of obligation, since her betrothed's family paid for the medical bills for Gugan's mute younger brother, Ruman, when he was a child. Two developments may make Gugan change her mind about going through with the wedding. First, she meets a mysterious man with an English accent on the beach, the two who have an instant and undeniable attraction. And second, she learns that Arjan has impregnated her. Although she initially thinks about getting an abortion, the.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: multicultural
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: Malaysia
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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TV presenter Will Chaney is as cute as they get and a dear devoted daddy to his pre-teen son Benjamin 'Ben'. Alas the somewhat shy, confused boy is the only good thing that came out of Will's marriage. Under divorce custody rules Will picks up Ben at Denver airport at the start - and near tears drops him off again at the end of every major school holiday. There Will meets divorcée Jane, who similarly picks up and drops off her daughter. Both good, involuntarily part-time parents hold back dating to spare their kids another traumatic break-up. Luckily their best friends, Will's cameraman Charlie and Jane's sister Georgia, encourage them to go out together. Once Ben gets used to the situation, at last saying 'dad' instead of Will, he gives his crucial blessing, even picks Jane over the only other date dad presented to him, so exit Maddie. Finally Will considers a bold move.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 87
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 267
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 127
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 102
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 740
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IMDB Votes: 357
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
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IMDB Votes: 157
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 105
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Votes: 55000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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