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Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
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Original name: वीर-ज़ारा
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, captivating, emotional, romantic, sad, entertaining, touching, poignant, crying ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, destiny, hopes, rescue, love affair, social differences, false accusation, against the odds, uncover truth, life is a bitch, prison life, legal, haunted by the past, society, family disapproval, dishonesty, unrequited love, love, hindu, stranded, love story, politics, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
india, pakistan, middle east, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about love and romance, bollywood, love, hindi, fall in love, couples and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara: Something Is Happening (1998), Happiness & Tears (2001), Partition (2007), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Tomorrow May Never Come (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
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Country: India, UK
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Story:
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Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
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Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
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chick flick
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Place:
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Country: India
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Country: India
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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india, new delhi
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Country: India
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Place:
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Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Country: India
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Country: India
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Country: India
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Story:
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Similarity:
28%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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