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Straight from the Heart (1999)
 7.4
 20K
Straight from the Heart (1999)
Original name: हम दिल दे चुके सनम
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, Hungary
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: dancing, love triangle, unrequited love, forbidden love, tradition, loveless marriage, unfulfilled love, love of one's life, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, forced marriage, hindu, hinduism, indians, women, singer, tragic love, husband, lawyer, sacrifice, faith, love and romance, society, culture clash ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia, italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, romantic, semi serious and touching films with plots about bollywood, love and romance, fall in love, couples, hindi, couple relations and love mostly in Romance, Drama and Musical genres. Some movies like Straight from the Heart: Raincoat (2004), Bride & Prejudice (2004), A Married Woman (2005), Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005), Bobby (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Raincoat (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience: date night
Plot: lovers reunited, love affair, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, selflessness, unrequited love, love and romance, unfulfillment, business venture, bittersweet, money, friend ...
Place: kolkata, asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bride & Prejudice (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, India, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though ...
Style: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, colorful ...
Audience: date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: opposites attract, initially antagonists, love and romance, society, wedding, arranged marriage, couple relations, interracial romance, dancing, love, culture clash, fall in love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: india, london, england, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
A Married Woman (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, childhood sweetheart, family relations, couples, fall in love, couple relations, friendship, family problems, love affair, social differences, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: asia, india, kolkata
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)
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: serious, captivating, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: forbidden love, chase, love triangle, woman in danger, social differences, couple relations, fall in love, society, family relations, political unrest, state affairs, rebel ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: india, new delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Bobby (1973)
Genre: Comedy, 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, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage love, true love, governess, affection, father son relationship, forbidden love, love at first sight, grandmother granddaughter relationship, teenage rebellion, motorcycle, party, christian ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Devdas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, emotional, weeping, serious, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: unfulfilled love, love triangle, alcoholic, forbidden love, tragic love, prostitution, unrequited love, prostitute, drunkenness, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, hindu, death of protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: india, london, kolkata, europe, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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QsQT (1988)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Both Dhanraj Singh and Randhir Singh are two bitter and old time enemies. They faced a disastrous situation when there children, Raj and Rashmi falls deeply in love. They openly declares there hatred for one another and will do anything in there ...
Style: emotional, romantic, touching, romantic drama, mesmerizing ...
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Time: 80s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
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, emotional, romantic, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: couples, couple relations, dancer's life, disorder, ambition, love and romance, dishonesty, shyness, dancer, artists and showbiz, hindu, love ...
Time: year 2008
Place: india, asia
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Crazy (1992)
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: realistic, semi serious, exciting, emotional, humorous ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No (1994)
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: emotional, powerful, inspirational, cult classic, romantic ...
Plot: indians, hindu, music band, unrequited love, studying, family relations, couples, love and romance, lifestyle, wooing, unfulfilled love, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india, asia, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 8K
Oh, My Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: unrequited love, couples, friendship, love and romance, prostitute, couple relations, fall in love, love affair, tragic love, hopes, idealism, small town life ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Let's Fall in Love... Again (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: College nerd, Agastya Rao alias Champu, has a crush on Piya Goel, and is thrilled when she invites him to a dance, only to be heart-broken when he finds out that she really digs another guy. Years later, when he finds out that his college sweetheart ...
Style: realistic, humorous, touching, semi serious, emotional ...
Plot: true love, love triangle, college, couple relations, young lovers, teenage love, wooing, unfulfilled love, couples, fall in love, youth, hopes ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Rajesh Shivakumar is a college hoodlum who has his first crush on Reena Joseph, who unfortunately, is engaged to be married to Rajiv Samuel, an Indian engineer settled abroad. In an effort to gain her heart, Maddy impersonates Rajiv and gets close ...
Style: entertaining
Audience: date night
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 128 min.
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Style: romantic, realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
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Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: india, london, england, europe, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Anjali is left heartbroken when her best friend and secret crush, Rahul, falls in love with Tina. Years later, Tina's young daughter tries to fulfil her mother's last wish of uniting Rahul and Anjali.
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, emotional, humorous
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Rangeela (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A poor young woman, who dreams of Bollywood fame, is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend and a famous actor.
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, meta
Audience: date night
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Time: 90s
Place: asia, india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
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Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
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Style: entertaining, romantic, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
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Place: india, asia
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36%
Happiness & Tears (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Orthodox Indian, Raichand, would like his two sons to live together with him and his wife, and get married to girls' of his choice. One of his sons, Rahul, is adopted, while Rohan is his real son. Rahul falls in love with a poor Indian girl ...
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Audience: chick flick
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.9
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
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Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, romantic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The only male child in the family that sired six daughters, Prem has empathy towards the fair sex and decides to assist males to woo women so much so that he becomes popular as the 'Love Guru'. Amongst the men he assists are Bhaskar ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, powerful ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.2
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Moments (1991)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
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, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.1
 4K
Aisha (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
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Place: india, new delhi, asia, delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.4
 17K
Gardener (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Raj Malhotra and wife Pooja have four sons. The sons have settled down professionally and are quite independent. However, when Raj Malhotra retires, none of his children want to be burdened with the responsibility of taking care of their parents. ...
Style: realistic, romantic, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.6
 13K
No Entry (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Kishen is a newspaper baron married to Kaajal, a housewife who suspects her husband of having numerous non-existent affairs. Pooja is the believing wife of ever-philandering globe-trotting businessman Prem. Kishen and Prem are thick pals. Sanjana ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, funny
Plot: prostitute, womanizer, friendship, couple relations, love affair, couples, love and romance, fall in love, husband wife relationship, adultery, politician, marriage ...
Place: south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
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, humorous, touching, feel good, intercultural ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
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Ram & Leela (2013)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
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Style: serious, touching, stylized, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, wooing, love affair, true love, love, marriage, death of lover, shakespeare, accidental killing, mother daughter relationship, tragedy, vengeance ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
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