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Straight from the Heart (1999)
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Original name: हम दिल दे चुके सनम
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Indian-based traditional family of Pundit Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) gets a visit from Sameer Rafilini (Salman Khan), from Italy, who has come as a pupil to learn music and singing. Darbar and his family accept him. Sameer meets Nandini (Aishwarya Rai), Darbar's daughter, and both fall in love. But Darbar wants Nandini to wed Vanraj (Ajay Devgan), and has Sameer swear that he will leave India.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, romantic, touching, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, sad, crying, mesmerizing ...
Plot:
forbidden love, dancing, tradition, unrequited love, loveless marriage, unfulfilled love, forced marriage, love of one's life, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, hindu, hinduism, lawyer, sacrifice, indians, women, singer, tragic love, husband, faith, love and romance, society, culture clash, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, asia, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, romantic, touching and semi serious films with plots about bollywood, love and romance, hindi, couples, fall in love, love and couple relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Straight from the Heart: Raincoat (2004), Bride & Prejudice (2004), A Married Woman (2005), Barfi! (2012), Bobby (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, parallel cinema ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, India, France
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, london, england, asia, usa ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, childhood sweetheart, family relations, couples, couple relations, fall in love, friendship, family problems, parents and children, social differences, family in crisis, love affair ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each ...
Style:
romantic, mesmerizing, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, teenage love, young lovers, teenage rebellion, christian, grandmother granddaughter relationship, love at first sight, father son relationship, love, party, motorcycle ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, new delhi
Similarity:
100%
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Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic, touching, entertaining, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, weeping, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
unfulfilled love, forbidden love, love triangle, alcoholic, losing-it hero, true love, love, unrequited love, prostitution, prostitute, drunkenness, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
india, london, kolkata, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
Kajal is a beautiful and talented young woman who loves songs and dances and attends various shows. At one of the shows she attended she gets to meet Ravi, a popular singer and both are head over heel in love with each other and they soon got ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Sunil belongs to a middle-class family, and is intent in pursuing his career with a music group, despite of his dad disapproval. Sunil is also in love with Anna, but Anna does not really love him, but likes him as a friend. Sunil is persistent, but ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india, goa india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A lonely 40-ish man, likely to remain a bachelor, has a chance to find the love of his life when he falls for a vivacious young woman.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, romantic, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
couples, couple relations, love and romance, dancer, dancer's life, disorder, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, shyness, fall in love, hindu, love ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India, USA
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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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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Indian-born Manmohan Malhotra decided to re-locate to London, England, established himself, returned to India, got married to Bebo, and after a period of 4 years got a visa for her so that she could live with him. Shortly thereafter she gave birth ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, london, asia, england, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Country: India
Duration: 216 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, realistic, serious, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Place:
india, england, europe, asia
Similarity:
29%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia, goa india
Similarity:
29%
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Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, romantic, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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Country: India, UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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27%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
light, romantic, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
27%
38K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, romantic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
hopes, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, love affair, true love, couples, suicide attempt, sick mother, flashback, forbidden love, death of mother ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tina's best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. When Raj's family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, asia, europe, india, london
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25%
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Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
Viren (Anil Kapoor) who travels to Rajasthan with his governess, affectionately called Dai Jaa (Waheeda Rehman). He meets the beautiful Pallavi (Sridevi) and he instantly falls in love with her. However, she also happens to be older then him, though ...
Style:
romantic, mesmerizing, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
london, england, europe, india, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rahul Seth is a dashing young millionaire who believes he is "western" enough to rebel against his mother and grandmother. They are not too keen about his Caucasian girlfriend Kimberly who, to make matters worse, is a pop star. Before you ...
Style:
stylized, touching, humorous, feel good, intercultural ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
culture clash, tradition, love affair, society, hidden identity, love and romance, parents and children, family life, wedding, bigotry, dancing, satire ...
Place:
india, toronto ontario canada, canada, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, romantic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london, kashmir, england
Similarity:
24%
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