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Anjaam (1994)
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Original name: अंजाम
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Vijay Agnihotri is a wealthy, spoilt man who lives with his mother in the city of Mumbai. His mother has allowed him everything and more than that he wants. One day on a mishap Vijay manages to reach up with an air-hostess named Shivani Chopra, he immediately falls head over heels in love with Shivani. He tells his mother about his love, and his mother agrees to get him married, on there way to Shivani's house they get a nasty shock for Shivani had get married to Ashok Chopra, an air-line pilot. Vijay is unable to accept this proposal and continues to persuade Shivani to marry him. He even destroys Shivani's family and has her sent to jail. When Shivani is released from jail she plans to take revenge from Vijay and to make him account for all his sins.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, surprise ending, entertaining, dark, gloomy, tragic ending
Plot:
women's prison, obsessive love, vengeance, obsession, murder, stewardess, psychopath, love triangle, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, frame up, danger, unfulfilled love, family in danger, revenge, feminist, hospital, tragedy, spoiled brat, framed for murder, imprisonment, rejection, wrongful conviction, indians, rape ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about murder, bollywood, hindi, deadly, rivalry, revenge and vengeance mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Anjaam: Darr: A Violent Love Story (1993), Call (2000), Crazy (1992), Fear (1996), Murder 2 (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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psychological thriller, psychological, sexy, sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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48K
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Country: India
Duration: 160 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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Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Story:
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Story:
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Movie in collections
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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