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Inheritance (1997)
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Original name: Virasat
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides.
Style:
cult classic, romantic drama, serious, realistic
Plot:
village life, love triangle, hindu, dual role, village, rivalry, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, meet the parents, couples, disability, small town, social relations, estate, homecoming, small town life, fight, train, murder, bomb, power struggle, good versus evil, punishment, decapitation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, india, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and captivating films with plots about bollywood, love and romance, hindi, family relations, love, fall in love and couples mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Inheritance: Beta (1992), You Have My Heart (2000), Moments (1991), Ram Lakhan (1989), Gunday (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
27%
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, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe, india, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Sharda (Raakhee) vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber (Amrish Puri) and Bhanu (Paresh Rawal), and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the street. Those sons grow into the upstanding police officer ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
revenge, police, cop, family relations, couple relations, vengeance, rivalry, gang, vigilantism, siblings relations, woman, capture ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the 1970s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala. The story of 2 boys, boys who became refugees. Refugees who became gun couriers. Gun Couriers who became coal bandits, coal ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
india, goa india, asia
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25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
A son deals with the death of his father and examines how their relationship influences him through growing up, romance, tragedy and adventure.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
tragic love, fall in love, family relations, couples, coming of age, parents and children, love and romance, youth, father son relationship, marriage, loss of loved one, love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Vandana and Arun fall in love the instant they meet. On a trip to a Shiv temple, they get married in an impromptu ceremony in front of God. A chance rainshower strands them at a remote hotel where Vandana gets pregnant. With their legal marriage ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While fighting for the political supremacy of their respective families, a Hindu man and a Muslim woman share a forbidden romance.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, romantic, tense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, rivalry, vengeance, hopes, clan, family feud, friendship, danger, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children ...
Place:
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23%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
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Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
london, india, england, asia, goa india
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer Hussein (Om Puri) manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot:
unrequited love, terrorist, love and romance, criminal's revenge, vengeance, master villain, rivalry, danger, unfulfilled love, love triangle, friendship, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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23%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
india, asia
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22%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
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semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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22%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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22%
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Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
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21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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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Place:
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Country: UK, India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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21%
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Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
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21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
Some twenty years ago Sarita promised to raise her husband's love child (Shalu) together with their own daughter (Nimmi). The girls grow up as the best of friends but Sarita has never been able to forgive Shalu her background. It doesn't ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, romantic drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
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Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
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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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Time:
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Place:
mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
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20%
8K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
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