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When Love Calls (1989)
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Original name: मैंने प्यार किया
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Karan (Alok Nath) lives in a small house with his only daughter, Suman (Bhagyashree). He decides to travel overseas in Dubai, in the Persian Gulf, so that he can accumulate enough wealth to get his daughter married. He decides to leave his daughter with his friend, Kishen Kumar choudhury (Rajiv Verma), wife Mrs. Kaushalya (Reema Lagoo), and son Prem (Salman Khan). Prem is supposed to marry Seema (Pervin Dastur), who is the only daughter of Kishen's business partner, Ranjeet (Ajit Vachani). But Prem falls in love with Suman. He woos her until she also falls in love with him. Kaushalya approves of Suman, but Kishan does not, and asks her to get out of his house and life, as he feels that she has taken advantage of his hospitality. Karan returns and is enraged at Kishan's behaviour. Prem is unhappy with his dad's decision, and he decides to leave home and be near Suman.
Style:
sexual, romantic, romantic drama, mesmerizing, touching, captivating, emotional, realistic, semi serious, sexy ...
Plot:
tragic love, hindu, high school romance, family relations, love of one's life, family life, love and romance, fall in love, love, fight, friendship, businessman, father, wealth, class differences, arrogance, rich man poor woman, insult, end of friendship, pigeon, bollywood, hindi, urination, romance
Time:
80s
Place:
india, asia
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Country: India
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 181 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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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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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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