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Sarkar Raj (2008)
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Original name: सर्कार राज
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The politically influential Shankar Nagre agrees to back a power plant scheme presented by corporate hotshot Anita Rajan; providing their enemies, which include upcoming political firebrands, an embezzling facilitator and shady businessmen with a unique opportunity to destroy the mass political clout enjoyed by him and his father (Subhash Nagre), the political icon known as "Sarkar".
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, political, political thriller
Plot:
politics, hitman, assassination, conspiracy, gang, proposal, dishonesty, cons and scams, gangster, family relations, parents and children, family problems, secret plan, revenge, corruption, death in the family, power, father son relationship, industrialist, death of wife, power plant, real life father and son playing father and son, man with glasses, kurd, bespectacled male ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
asia, mumbai india, india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about bollywood, dishonesty, hindi, gangster, criminal heroes, murder and rivalry mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Sarkar Raj: 56 So Far (2004), Shor in the City (2010), Chandni Bar (2001), Solo (2006), The Uniform (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 174 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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83%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, rough, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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83%
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Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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26K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
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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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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28K
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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