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Gumnaami (2019)
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Original name: গুমনামি
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Gumnaami is a film based on the Mukherjee Commission Hearings which happened from 1999 to 2005 where the three theories about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death were discussed and debated. It is a dramatization of the hearings where an investigative journalist supporting the Gumnaami Baba theory locks horns with the official lawyer who supports the plane crash theory. In their clash, the Death in Russia theory also comes up.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, political thriller, suspenseful, period piece, tense, intellectual, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, investigative journalism, nationalism, debate, identity, courtroom drama, biopic, legal battle, moral ambiguity, freedom, freedom fighter, indian freedom fighter, journalist, death, bengali, archival footage
Place:
kolkata, india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, period piece and historical drama films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, biopic, nationalism, conspiracy, revenge and urban mostly in Drama, History and Action genres. Some movies like Gumnaami: Ek Je Chhilo Raja (2018), Die Akte General (2016), Rajkahini (2015), Uma (2018), Son of India (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 147 min.
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
kolkata, india
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: India
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Genre: History
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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