Movies like The Chef
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The Chef (1972)
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Original name: बावर्ची
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu offers to work as a cook, and he is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job and on each of the family members, and soon the squabbles and arguments come to an end. And then the Sharmas find the family jewels and Raghu missing
Style:
light, inspirational, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
date night
Plot:
indians, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, love and romance, society, family problems, disagreement, eccentric family, master and servant, power relations, love, dancing, school, genius, alcoholic, happiness, house, wrestling, orphan, office, philosophy, school teacher, tea ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and feel good films with plots about bollywood, family relations, love and romance, hindi, fall in love, parents and children and society mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Chef: Darling Child (1971), Anand (1971), We Are Family (2010), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011), Raja Hindustani (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot:
indians, family relations, actor's life, obsession, youth, artists and showbiz, love and romance, teenage love, fall in love, teenage life, parents and children, girl ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee struggles with his patients' suffering and the darkness and poverty he confronts daily. He treats cancer patient Anand , who upon learning of his impending death, determines to use the time he has left to the absolute ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, entertaining, sad, light ...
Plot:
doctor, self awareness, indians, life lesson, cancer, hospital, beach, nurse, bittersweet, diary, changing lives, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three childerens, Aleya ( Aachal Munjal ), Ankush ( Nominath Ginsberg ), and Anjali ( Diya Sonecha ). Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, family problems, family relations, family life, parents and children, rivalry, couple relations, dysfunctional family, photographer, cancer, youth, household ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Stanley studies in the all-boys Holy Family High School in Andheri East, Mumbai. While his class-mates bring their own tiffin-boxes, Stanley does not do so on the pretext that his mother is away. His friends share their food with him, much to the ...
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realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
school, social relations, power relations, teachers and students, food, teacher, student, elementary school, teenager, professor, youth, cooking ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
This is a story of a handsome young taxi driver, Raja, who falls in love with a beautiful rich girl, Aarti. Despite her family's disapproval Aarti marries Raja and goes to live with him in his village. Aarti's stepmother, uncle and cousin ...
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semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
rich and poor, family relations, social differences, fall in love, couples, newlyweds, society, love and romance, love, fight, road trip, babies and infants ...
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90s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
A chronic illness leaves Ishwar with only a few months to live. His son Aditya is extremely reckless. To make him realise his responsibilities, Ishwar throws his son out of the house.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
father son relationship, family life, teaching the ways of the world, love and romance, estrangement, family problems, living with parents, parents and children, fish out of water, redemption, life is a bitch, family in crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but Tanu, a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, rebelliousness, looking for love, rebellion, couples, rejection, wedding, love and romance, hopes, fiancee, opposites attract, destiny ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia, punjab, delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A humorless and pompous businessman goes wild when he falls in love. Now if only his domineering mother could understand his new lease on life.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
snobbism, fall in love, family relations, love and romance, society, rich and poor, social differences, parents and children, getting home, affection, matriarch, rich ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia, kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
The trials and challenges of a joint family in India, whose parents are Ramkishen and second wife Mamta, and have three sons and a married daughter. The eldest son is handicapped since birth, and is from Ramkishen's first wife. Mamta, the ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Rajesh Malhotra (Govinda) is the son of a wealthy businessman Dhanraj Malhotra (Kader Khan). However, he is not happy at his home since his father does not let him live his life his way. He escapes from his home and reaches Europe. Meena (Karishma ...
Style:
funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony take own the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, parody ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, friendship, fighting the system, mischievous children, hopes, society, rebellion, politician, gang, parent child relationship, dog, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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 ...
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romantic, realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
culture clash, couples, family relations, love triangle, arranged marriage, looking for love, parents and children, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, diaspora, love story ...
Time:
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Place:
india, london, europe, england, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, epic, inspirational, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more about themselves, their significant others and life in this happy-go-lucky, quirky drama.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
honeymoon, newlyweds, love and romance, couple relations, social differences, couples, tour guide, crumbling marriage, society, on the road, love, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot:
supportive parent, couples, parents and children, on the road, family relations, social relations, politician, landowner, alcohol abuse, father daughter relationship, class struggle, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Ashok Bansal has a traumatic childhood which teaches him that money matters most to people, even more than their kids. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to get out of poverty, at the expense of his own family. However, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Audience:
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Plot:
orphan, family problems, family relations, rich and poor, adoption, alcohol abuse, womanizer, youth, domestic disturbance, love and romance, society, obnoxious boss ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
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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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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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