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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
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Leader (1964)
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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
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Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Plot Summary:
A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their parents and grandfather in Coonoor, and end up falling for the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: touching, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, romantic, sad, cult classic, queer cinema
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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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Ghazab (1982)
Plot Summary:
Ajay alias Munna Babu is a semi-senile, gentle but naive young man who has a wealthy family estate. His employees and alleged well-wishers conspire against him and introduce him to his long-estranged mother, Shakuntala, and brother, Vijay. Munna is overjoyed, not knowing that they are devious impersonators. This joy is quite short-lived, as they soon show their true colors, and Munna gets killed. His restless spirit seeks out his real brother and appeals to him to avenge his death. Vijay, at first, thinks he is hallucinating, but when his mother confirms that he indeed had a twin brother, he agrees to accompany Munna's spirit back to where he was killed, and thus assist him complete his vengeance. Things do not go as planned, and Vijay himself becomes their victim, and may face the very same fate as Munna.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
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Skater Girl (2021)
Plot Summary:
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when sheâs introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, inspirational, independent film
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Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001)
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After the death of his dad, Dayashankar Pandey (Sunil Shetty) arranges the marriage of his two sisters. In debt, he goes to the city to ask the tenants to leave his house, as he intends to sell it and repay his debts. A woman (Suhasini Mulay), her two daughters, Jyoti, Saraswati (Mahima Chaudhry), and one son, Chotu (Master Aditi) are living there. When Dayashankar asks them to vacate, they refuse. What results is Dayashankar's hilarious attempts to force them to vacate - from seeking legal advice; filing police reports; asking goons to remove them - moving in himself. Will Dayashankar succeed in his attempts to evict his tenants?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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The New Classmate (2015)
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Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, avant garde
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Gopi Kishan (1994)
Plot Summary:
Film starring Sunil Shetty, Karisma Kapoor and Shilpa Shirodkar.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 161 min
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Muskurahat (1992)
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Gopichand Verma is a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He re-locates to scenic Ooty and decides to live there in a palatial home. He has a cook/servant in Badriprasad Chaurasia. When Chaurasia wins a lottery, he quits, and Verma hires a woman by the name of Nandini in his place. He soon finds out that there is a mystery behind Nandini and her presence in his house, apart from the fact that she is mentally imbalanced. When he probes further, he finds that she is claiming to be his illegitimate daughter. He does accept her and decides to let her live there, but his wife, his son, his sister, his son-in-law, and daughter have other plans - for they have hired notorious hit-man Samar Khan to abduct and kill Nandini at any cost. Is Nandini really Verma's daughter? Why would the Verma family want her dead?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
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Lingaa (2014)
Plot Summary:
After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local villagers to build a dam themselves. A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags:
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Chala Mussaddi - Office Office (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mussaddi Lal (Pankaj Kapoor), a retired school teacher goes on a pilgrimage for three months after his wife's death. When he returns, he finds his pension has been stopped and the pension office has declared him dead. What follows is his endless struggle against the petty corruption in the government office where the infamous gang of five -- Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra, Deven Bhojani, Hemant Pandey and Asawari Joshi -- are determined to fleece him till the very end.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, black comedy
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Trader (1973)
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Moti is a merchant who sells jaggery in the market, with the help of an older woman, Mahjubhi, who makes exemplary jaggery. He is in love with a village girl, but cannot afford to pay the dowry/marriage expenses to her father. So he decides to marry Mahjubhi, while secretly harbouring the dream of saving enough money for dowry and marrying the village girl. After marrying Majubhi, Moti extracts a lot of work from her to this end. He eventually does collect the amount and divorces her, accusing her of infidelity. Shortly after that he marries the village girl, and goes back to his business of selling jaggery, but faces the consequence of losing Mahjubhi's jaggery.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic
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Indhrudu Chandhrudu (1989)
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Film starring Kamal Hassan, Vijayshanti and Charan Raj.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: political
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Darling Child (1971)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra.".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Chef (1972)
Plot Summary:
Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu offers to work as a cook, and he is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job and on each of the family members, and soon the squabbles and arguments come to an end. And then the Sharmas find the family jewels and Raghu missing.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: light, inspirational, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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King Uncle (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ashok Bansal has a traumatic childhood which teaches him that money matters most to people, even more than their kids. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to get out of poverty, at the expense of his own family. However, Ashokâs life changes forever when Munna enters his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Seeta and Geeta (1972)
Plot Summary:
The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
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Delhi-6 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A story about love, hope and self-discovery set in the walled city of Delhi (zip code 6) and its chaotic but touching life that forces us to ask questions about ourselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, humorous, romantic, sincere, touching, serious, freeze frame
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)
Plot Summary:
A girl from Ambala, Kavya Pratap Singh, is about to be married. When she visits Delhi to shop for her 'dhai lakh ka Ghagra'(wedding dress worth Rs. 2 Lakh), she meets Humpty Sharma, a carefree Delhiite, and falls in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny
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Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
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Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his humble occupation, Mahadev has the potential to impact numerous lives. The movie is a satirical, but warm-hearted portrait of life in rural India.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious
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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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The in-Laws (1996)
Plot Summary:
A village-based singer attempts to find love and fame in the big city.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Through My Own Eyes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Raje Bauji is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize it yet.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, humorous, semi serious, experimental, cult classic, funny, inspirational, offbeat, entertaining
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We Are Family (2010)
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Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three childerens, Aleya ( Aachal Munjal ), Ankush ( Nominath Ginsberg ), and Anjali ( Diya Sonecha ). Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, Aman ( Arjun Rampal ). Maya has ensured that everything runs smoothly in her house, under her watch, and that they continue to remain a happy family unit. However, when Aman introduces his girlfriend, Shreya ( Kareena Kapoor ) a career oriented woman, who has a lot to learn about children's, to the family, the situation immediately takes an unexpected turn. When an incident changes their lives drastically, bringing the two women under the same roof, they find themselves putting to test an unusual situation; can two mothers make a home?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India, Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sentimental, uplifting, touching, humorous, realistic, entertaining
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Chillar Party (2011)
Plot Summary:
A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony take own the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, parody, sentimental, realistic, not serious, slapstick
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Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
Plot Summary:
Stanley studies in the all-boys Holy Family High School in Andheri East, Mumbai. While his class-mates bring their own tiffin-boxes, Stanley does not do so on the pretext that his mother is away. His friends share their food with him, much to the chagrin of the Hindi Teacher: Babubhai Verma, who not only cajoles fellow-teachers, but also virtually forces the children to share their food with him. With extra classes being imposed on both students and teachers, and the recess-breaks being doubled, parents are also forced to pack more food in their children's lunch-boxes. The students continue to share their food with Stanley. Babubhai then warns Stanley that he must get a lunch box if he wants to attend school.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, touching, feel good, cult classic
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My Brother's Bride (2011)
Plot Summary:
London-based Luv Agnihotri decides to end his bachelorhood and asks his Bollywood film-maker brother, Kush, to find a bride for him - much to the displeasure of his Dehradun-based father. Kush accordingly meets and interviews a variety of women, and finally selects Delhi-based Dimple Dixit, a woman he had known before, to be the perfect match. Dimple and Luv meet on-line, are attracted to each other, and the former travels to India where the two families get the couple formally engaged. It is then Dimple decides that she prefers Kush. Watch as things spiral out of control when she insists that Kush must elope with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: entertaining, romantic, humorous, not serious, realistic, funny, light, feel good, captivating, masala
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Pad Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
Concerned about his wife Gayatri's menstrual hygiene, Lakshmikant Chauhan urges her to ditch the cloth and opt for sanitary napkins. Gayatri is reluctant to go for disposable pads as they are expensive. Lakshmi obsessing over a 'ladies problem' makes her cringe but he insists on bringing upon a change by addressing the taboo topic. Subjected to hostility for ruffling the religious and age-old beliefs of people around, can the man brave the resistance and get his point across?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, motivational, rough, uplifting, touching, compassionate, sentimental, realistic, mind blowing
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, funny, inspirational, entertaining, motivational, light, touching, feel good
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English Vinglish (2012)
Plot Summary:
ENGLISH VINGLISH is the story of a woman who does not know English and is made to feel insecure by her family and society at large. Circumstances make her determined to overcome this insecurity, master the language, and teach the world a lesson on the way to becoming a self assured and confident woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, motivational, parody, funny, inspirational, comedy drama, captivating