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Pyali (2022)
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Original name: പ്യാലി
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Story of two young siblings compassion for each other and how they overcome obstacles in life.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartfelt, realistic, inspirational, uplifting
Plot:
family drama, compassion, siblings, childhood, support, resilience, bonding, empathy, hopes, love, relationships, youth, sacrifice, humanism, innocence, perseverance, coming of age, struggle, social realism, slice of life, intimate, survival, poverty, community, social issues ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, melancholic and uplifting films with plots about family drama, resilience, slice of life, coming of age, small town, community and hopes mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Pyali: Laggam (2024), Gold Coins (2017), Rangoli (2023), Where the Tracks End (2023), Thanga Meenkal (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
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Duration: 145 min.
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Place:
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Duration: 130 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, poignant, emotional, melancholic, realistic
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Plot:
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Duration: 15 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
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Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
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51%
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Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
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48%
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Country: India
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Country: India
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