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Mr. Rani (2025)
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Original name: Mr.ರಾಣಿ
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Raja dreams of becoming an actor but is forced by his parents to become an engineer. While struggling to become an actor, he accidentally gets a chance to play a girl's role and goes on to become the No. 1 actress.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, humorous, comedy drama, uplifting, emotional, romantic comedy
Plot:
gender bending, self discovery, showbiz, switching roles, cross dressing, male to female cross dressing, mistaken identity, identity crisis, identity, performance art, satire, coming of age, celebrity culture, social commentary, friendship, makeover, urban, rags to riches, female impersonation
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, emotional, romantic comedy and inspirational films with plots about friendship, urban, satire, self discovery, coming of age, identity and social commentary mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Mr. Rani: Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan (2016), A-list (2006), Star (2024), The New King of Comedy (2019), Oopiri (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
los angeles
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67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, realistic, uplifting, emotional, romantic drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Story:
Identical twin sisters (Nikki Cox and Marissa Jaret Winokur) and their brother (Michael Rapaport) pitch in to buy one of the sisters (Cox) an extreme makeover so they can all move to Hollywood and capitalize on her good looks.
Style:
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Plot:
makeover, twin sister, transformation, plastic surgery, identity, glamour, showbiz, celebrity culture, aspiration, ambition, aspiring actress, self esteem ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles, california
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53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 107 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: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: China
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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