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Happiness & Tears (2001)
 7.4
 55K
Happiness & Tears (2001)
Original name: कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म
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 named Anjali, and incurs the displeasure of Raichand, they argue and fight, as a result Rahul leaves the house, moves to Britain, and settles down. Raichand now focuses his attention on his real son, Rohan, who has no plans to get married, but is determined to bring Rahul and Anjali back home so that they can be together again. Will Raichand permit Rohan to have his way, or will he also ask him to leave the house?
Style: serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, romantic, touching, feel good, entertaining, crying, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: forbidden love, reconciliation, love, wealth, father son relationship, unrequited love, separation from family, brother brother relationship, love and romance, estrangement, couple relations, parent child relationship, misfit, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems, social misfits, siblings relations, arranged marriage, love triangle, adoption, wedding planning, indians, wedding ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia
Keyword: cricket the game

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, romantic, touching and emotional films with plots about bollywood, hindi, love and romance, love, fall in love, family relations and couples mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Happiness & Tears: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004), Devdas (2002), Never Say Goodbye (2006), Dilwale (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 189 min.
Story: Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 7.5
 47K
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Never Say Goodbye (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 38K
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.0
 33K
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Duration: 216 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
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Style: feel good, emotional, romantic, realistic, sentimental ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
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Audience: chick flick
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 17K
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
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Audience: girls' night, date night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Style: serious, captivating, touching, emotional, realistic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
15%
 6.6
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 11K
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Duration: 188 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 32K
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
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Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, romantic ...
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Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Cherished Memories (2001)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.2
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Country: India
Duration: 182 min.
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Style: romantic, cult classic, mesmerizing, saga, serious ...
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Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Game of Love (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, feel good ...
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.2
 2K
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 207 min.
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Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, tense, social ...
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: pakistan, india, new delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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