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Kaavalan (2011)
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Kaavalan (2011)
Original name: காவலன்
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran), a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera (Asin) as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot: attempted murder, fall in love, love affair, danger, rivalry, murder, college, dwarf, diary, one man army, heroes, studying, love and romance, tough heroes, love, dog, dancing, martial arts, revenge, fight, train, teacher, motorcycle, forbidden love, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: asia, bangkok thailand, india
Keyword: thai, attack, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, humorous and semi serious films with plots about rivalry, love and romance, bollywood, fall in love, hindi, fight and danger mostly in Action, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Kaavalan: Bodyguard (2011), Gunday (2014), The Protector (2019), Khiladi 786 (2012), Ready (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bodyguard (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Lovely Singh (Salman Khan) is the bodyguard of Sartaj Rana's (Raj Babbar) daughter Divya Rana (Kareena Kapoor). He is very devoted to his duties but irritates her all the time by following her everywhere. Consequently, Divya and her friend ...
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Plot: one against many, college, lie, fall in love, family relations, parents and children, rescue, elopement, betrayal, mansion, diary, exploitation ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india
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Gunday (2014)
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 ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, romantic drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: love triangle, gangster, friendship, train robbery, love and romance, rivalry, escapades, fall in love, coal, two man army, bangladesh liberation war, tough heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
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The Protector (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After fighting hard to be independent and happy, heiress Camille Logan finds her life threatened as a result of one of her father’s business deals. Camille isn’t prepared for the length her father will go to protect her, or for the man he hires ...
Style: suspense, sexy, tense, captivating, exciting ...
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Khiladi 786 (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The 8th installment in the Khiladi series.
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot: punjabi, wedding, parents and children, family business, cons and scams, hidden identity, disorder, dishonesty, deception, love, gangster, love and romance ...
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Ready (2011)
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Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
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Style: exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous, fast ...
Plot: love and romance, disorder, dishonesty, fall in love, mistaken identity, eligible bachelor, love, wedding, money, cons and scams, silly humor, bare butt ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, bangkok thailand
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
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Time: year 2013, 21st century
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Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jeetendra Kumar Makwana is employed full-time at a Call Center and works part-time teaching English. He is recruited by an attractive young woman, Pooja, to teach her Hinglish-speaking boss, Bhaiyaji, English. Jeetendra agrees to do so, falls in ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Duration: 158 min.
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Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
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Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: asia, india
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
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Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, romantic, entertaining ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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Genre: Action, Drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
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