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Plot Summary:
A classical bharathanatyam dancer and a nathaswaram player fall in love against the wishes of her family.This movie is about how they try to work things out and that hardships that they have to endure. Dance and music are used as an integral part of the story rather than a pastime.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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Taj Mahal (1963)
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Taj Mahal is a 1963 film based on the historical legend of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. As per the legend Shah Jahan created the Taj Mahal in fond remembrance and as a tomb for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It was a commercial and critical hit, but is remembered most for its music.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: period piece
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Cinderella '80 (1984)
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In this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets, and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic
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Kamaladalam (1992)
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Nandagopan (Mohanlal) is a respected dance teacher at the Kerala Kala Mandiram (alluding to the famed Kerala Kalamandalam repertory which performs Kerala's temple arts). However, his wife Sumangala (Parvathi) commits suicide, causing him to turn into an alcoholic and a compulsive rule breaker. He is suspected of having killed his wife and is suspended from his job for drunken misbehaviour. The new secretary of the institute Velayudhan (Nedumudi Venu) wants him to be sacked but his former reputation gives him a reprieve. He trains the talented student Malavika (Monisha) to perform in his ambitious composition of the Sita Kalyanam, but her jealous young lover Soman (Vineeth) poisons him.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
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Sagara Sangamam (1983)
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A young multi-talented dancer is poverty stricken and as a principled person he does not want to compromise on his ethics for commercial dancing. A wealthy woman recognizes this talent and provides him with an opportunity to showcase his art.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: romantic
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Gazal (1964)
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Agra-based atheist and revolutionary poet/editor of Inquilab, Ejaz, falls head-over-heels in love with Naaz Ara Begum after he hears her sing, and then ends up losing his job. With the assistance of his lovely sister, Kausar Ara Begum, Ejaz and Naaz meet secretly. This does not auger well with Akhtar Nawab, Naaz's paternal cousin, who plans to marry her. To make matters worse, their meeting is witnessed by her enraged dad, Nawab Bakar Ali Khan, who initially asks Ejaz to leave, and then decides to teach him a lesson - with two loaded rifles.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
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The Heart Knows the Truth (1992)
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Laila, brought up in a brothel, is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's five star hotel. On day her dying mother informs her that Laila is her adopted child. Laila is aided by Karan in her search for the mother. Her search leads her to Razia, who divulges that eighteen years ago, there were three naughty little girls in her college Barkha, Salma and Raj. They were in love with their boyfriends and one of them delivered a baby girl. Each of the three looked after the baby as if it were her own. The baby was later handed over to Razia. Now all three girls are leading their own lives and have a god standing in society. But Laila is determined to bring them together to seek answers from them and find acceptance at the hands of her real mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
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Made for Each Other (1981)
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The movie is about the love between a Tamil man, Vasu (Kamal Haasan), and a North Indian woman, Sapna (Rati Agnihotri), who are neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. Their parents despise each other and they have regular skirmishes. When Vasu and Sapna admit their love, there is chaos in their homes, and their parents reject the idea.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tragic ending
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Yeh Vaada Raha (1982)
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Vikram and Sunita love each other but Vikram's mother disapproves Sunita as her future daughter in law because of Sunita's poor background. Vikram and Sunita decide to marry without the will of Vikram's mother BUT on their way to temple, they come across with a serious accident. Vikram gets minor injuries but Sunita's face is completely lost due to piercing of wind screen's shattered pieces in her face. When Vikram comes to conscious, he asks his mother where Sunita is and she replies Sunita is dead. On the other hand she tells Sunita that she has completely lost her face and she should go out of Vikram's life. Sunita agrees. The doctor sends Sunita to Bombay and refers her to Dr. Mehra. Now will Vikram and Sunita be again united?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Romance, Musical, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984)
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Nallavanuku Nallavan is a Tamil film, directed by SP. Muthuraman. The film is a remake of the 1982 Superhit Kannada film Jeevana Chakra that starred Vishnuvardhan and Raadhika Sarathkumar in main roles.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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Smiling Prince (1986)
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Punnagai Mannan is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was directed by K. Balachander.The film opens with lead actor Kamal Hassan and his love interest Rekha,attempting suicide from a cliff. In this attempt, Rekha is killed but Kamal survives the fall. It is later revealed that the attempt was because of the obstacles in their love life placed by Rekha's father.At this point, Kamal is advised by his uncle (also played by Kamal) that suicide is escapist, and a sign of weakness. Kamal agrees and gets on with his.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: sad, tragic ending
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Gunaa (1991)
Plot Summary:
Guna (Kamal Hasan) is a mentally affected person and gets treatment in a mental asylum, and another mental person in the asylum tells him the story of a fictitious character named Abirami and registers in his mind that she is an angel and she is going to marry you on full moon day.After coming out of the asylum, he believes the story to be true and searches for his Abirami. One day he mistakes a rich girl (Roshini), in a temple as Abirami and kidnaps her and takes her to a lonely damaged house situated at the top of the hill resort called Kodaikanal. Though, the girl first hates.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: sad, tragic ending
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The Heart Is a Temple (1963)
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Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar) and Sita (Meena Kumari) are in love, and hope to marry on Dharmesh's return from abroad. When Dharmesh returns, he is devastated to find that Sita has married someone else. He then decides to devote the rest of his life at a cancer clinic. One of his patients is Ram (Raaj Kumar), who is critically ill, and has to be operated upon. Things progress well, until Dharmesh meets Ram's wife - none other than Sita. Dharmesh now has to battle with his conscience, and his medical ethics to save Ram or to let him pass away, so that he can marry Sita.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
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Thevar Magan (1992)
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Thevar Magan (English: Son of the Thevar) is a 1992 Indian Tamil film produced by, written by, and starring Kamal Hassan in the title role. It was directed by Bharathan and also stars Sivaji Ganesan, Nasser, Revathi and Gouthami in pivotal roles. The film met with a very strong critical and commercial reception upon release. The film score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. India chose this film as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1992. The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 1994. The film won five National Film Awards, including the Best Tamil Film Award, Best Supporting Actress Award, and a Special Jury Award. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the title Kshatriya Putrudu. It was later remade into the Hindi film Virasat (1997) by Priyadarshan and in Kannada as Tandege Takka Maga (2006) by S. Mahendar.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: epic, cult film
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Moondru Mudichu (1976)
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Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth are room-mates in a city. Kamal Hassan falls in love with Sridevi who lives in the same apartment complex. Rajnikanth, who has his eyes on Sridevi, pretends to back Kamal Hassan's love while secretly hoping to create a divide between them. Sridevi realizes Rajni's evil intentions when she finds out that he has seduced an innocent girl living in the same apartment complex. However, she is unable to convince Kamal Hassan, who hero-worships Rajni.Things come to a head when Kamal and.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min
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O Kadhal Kanmani (2015)
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Adhi and Tara are in a live-in relationship and but they are both unwilling to get married. How do they realize that marriage is just a natural progression of their relationship?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, suspense, romantic
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Rhythm (2000)
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Rhythm is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Vasanth. The film stars Arjun, Meena and Manivannan in lead roles and Ramesh Aravind and Jyothika in cameo appearances. The music is by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by P.S. Vinod and Arthur A. Wilson. The film was released in August 2000 in India and worldwide. Based on the real events which widowed people face while setting a steady course for their lives, the movie contains elements of both arthouse and commercial cinema. The film won critical acclaim upon its release.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, romantic
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Thiruchitrambalam (2022)
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A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is looking for is right next to him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min
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Disco Dancer (1982)
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Jimmy promises to return to Bombay and become a famous entertainer so that he can exact revenge on Mr. Oberoi for having insulted and imprisoned his mother on false charges. He falls in love with Oberoi's daughter and causes Sam Oberoi's nervous breakdown when he takes over as popular disco dancer. Oberoi, in an attempt to get rid of Jimmy, accidentally kills his mother, and Jimmy is devastated and unable to perform. Will he rise above the tragedy, sing again, and avenge his mother's death?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, emotional, entertaining, cult classic, crying, weeping, iconic, cult film
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Jeans (1998)
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Vishu and Ramu are a pair of Indian twins living in America with their father, Rajamani. When Madhumita (Aishwarya Rai) and her brother come to America to get medical treatment for their ailing grandmother, Vishu and Ramu end up meeting them at the airport. Vishu falls in love with Madhumita, and the couple has everyone's blessing, except for Rajamani, who is estranged from his own twin brother. He only wants his sons to marry twin sisters, so Madhumita pretends to have a twin in order to please him. As Madhumita puts on a charade by creating Vaishnavi, all goes well, until Ramu falls in love with Vaishnavi. Now the truth must come out, before Madhumita has to marry both of Rajamani's twin sons.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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Moondram Pirai (1982)
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Moondram Pirai starring by kamal haasan and sridevi kappor. he movie begins with a young girl Bhagyalakshmi (Sridevi) who meets with an accident thus succumbing to amnesia. This condition makes her lose her memory of her entire teenage and adulthood leaving her as a physically grown up woman but with the memory and intelligence of a seven year old. Circumstances cheat her into Prostitution, where in the brothel, she meets Srinivas (Kamal Haasan) who understands that she has been tricked into the trade.He rescues her to take her to his home in Ooty and begins to lead life with.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: sad, tragic ending, tragic, cult film
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Aashiqui (1990)
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Rahul and Anu Verghese meet on the same day, while both are held by the police on charges of creating a disturbance, and running away respectively. They meet again, and love happens. Rahul helps Anu to be independent, and seek a job. Then Anu is discovered by a talent agent to be a model, which she accepts. Rahul wants to marry Anu, but first must establish himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: romantic
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In the wake of her prom scandal, Princess Margrethe longs for normalcy as she struggles to maintain her perfect facade while dealing with family drama.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min
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Taramani (2017)
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An orthodox youngster and a free-spirited lady fall in love, only to understand that they are different in all aspects of life. How do they realise their complex requirements and mistakes?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Tango Bar (1987)
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After many years, Ricardo and Antonio, two former partners, will reunite in their Tango Bar in Buenos Aires. Ricardo, the partner still owning the bar, reminiscences the days of their old show "Esto es Tango" while waiting for Antonio.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Argentina, Puerto Rico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, serious, realistic
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Guide (1965)
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After being released from prison for Forgery and Theft, Multi-linguist Raju (Dev Anand) reflects on his life as a Guide; his meeting with the daughter of a prostitute, Rosie (Waheeda Rehman), who was unhappily married to Marco (Kishore Sahu), and wants to take up acting and dancing as a career. Rosie separates and moves in with Raju and his mom (Leela Chitnis). Then both re-locate, and with Raju's encouragement, she succeeds in an acting and dancing career, resulting in both becoming very wealthy. He then succumbs to gambling, and alcohol, and forges Rosie's signature. He is arrested, tried in court, found guilty and imprisoned. Now discharged from prison, he changes his mind about returning home to his mother, and decides to go elsewhere and start afresh - a decision that will alter his life and way of thinking forever.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: romantic, retro, entertaining, poignant, cult classic, romantic drama, epic, serious, realistic, cult film
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Flowing Waves (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a difficult romance in a class-divided society, the love birds find out marriage is not what they thought it would be.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, touching, serious
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Ram & Leela (2013)
Plot Summary:
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in violent times.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, stylized, realistic, romantic, independent film, fast, exciting, captivating, tear jerker
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Devdas (2002)
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Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated & leaves home. He becomes an alcoholic womanizer and falls in love with a courtesan. Paro tries to get Devdas away from drinking before he self destructs.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, weeping, sentimental, serious, captivating, romantic, rough, sincere, thought provoking
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A Married Woman (2005)
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They fall in love before they know its meaning, Lolita, orphaned at an early age & Shekhar, who reaches out & gives her the security she craves.They share joys & sorrows through childhood & adolescence,unknown to them the relationship of an unspoken right they hold over eachother metamorphs into an intense love, they don't even sense coming. It Takes and outsider for them to realize their love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, touching, captivating, realistic, emotional, semi serious, romantic, mesmerizing, stylized
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Those Seven Days (1983)
Plot Summary:
Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she would not be happy as his wife. Anand tells Maya that he had married her only for his mother who was on her death bed. When the mother dies Anand wants to unite Prem and Maya but Prem says it is against Hindu culture and disappears from their life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious