Movies like Jigarwala

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Jigarwala (1991)
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Jigarwala (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Murder and political intrigue kick off a chain reaction of revenge in a small Indian village when the local zamindar, Dhurjan Singh (Amrish Puri), is convicted and jailed for killing Ranjeet (Biswajeet), a villager who opposed his policies. The animosity only intensifies when Dhurjan is released from prison and learns his son has been murdered in his absence. Anil Kapoor and Gulshan Grover co-star.
Plot: village, revenge, villain, honor, widow, humiliation, arrogance, death of brother, feud, homecoming, brother in law sister in law relationship, prison, horse, fight, heroes, wedding, motorcycle, murder, suicide, rescue, captive, flirting, car accident, brother sister relationship, death of husband ...

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Most similar movies to Jigarwala

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, captivating and suspense films with plots about revenge, murder, beating, villain, police officer, heroes and death of brother mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Jigarwala: Zaalim (1994), Phaansi (1978), Allah-Rakha (1986), Maula Jat (1979), Thandavam (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Zaalim (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Judge Somnath lives with his wife, three sons, and a daughter. Two of his sons, Vikram and Mohan are married, while his daughter, Kaamna, and youngest son, Ravi, are of marriageable age. Somnath had wanted his sons to be a doctor, police officer, ...
Plot: fugitive, child murders a child, vengeance, death of father, rape, judge, anger, death of sister, temper, insult, law student, court ...
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100%
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Phaansi (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Film starring Shashi Kapoor, Sulakshana Pandit and Ranjeet
Plot: village, shootout, heroes, attempted robbery, police officer, arson, villain, pain, rescue, money lender, hanging, bandit ...
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100%
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Allah-Rakha (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is imprisoned. But Don does not fulfill his promise, and as a ...
Plot: orphan, blind woman, woman in jeopardy, bandage over eyes, death of child, attempted child murder, released from prison, imprisonment, pilgrimage, frame up, fistfight, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 564
Maula Jat (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Maula Jat tells the true story of it's eponymous hero's blood feud with the local "gunda" Nuri Nath.
Plot: rebel, martial arts, rural setting, prison warden, feud, humiliation, prison, revenge, anger, vengeance, horse riding, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Movie in collections
 3.2
 350
Thandavam (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Story: Thandavam movie tells about the love and bond between the brothers Kashi Nathan (Mohanlal) and SwamiNathan(Nedumudi Venu) and it takes a turn when Saminathan is killed in an accident.Kashinathan realises Dasappa Kaundar(Manoj K Jayan) and minister ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, suspense
Plot: revenge, death of brother, politician, murder, blackmail, heroes, brother brother relationship, crooked politician, fight, businessman, village, anti capitalism ...
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36%
 8.2
 28K
Rangasthalam (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Chitti Babu begins to suspect his elder brother's life is in danger after they team up to lock horns with their village president and overthrow his unlawful 30 year old regime.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, telegu ...
Plot: fight, politics, brother brother relationship, power struggle, fighting the system, political unrest, death threat, political conspiracy, countryside, political intrigue, plot twist, coma ...
Time: 80s
Place: india
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31%
God Is My Witness (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story: Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he ...
Style: realistic, serious, epic, crying, weeping
Audience: boys' night
Plot: love, marriage, kidnapping, dual role, battles, villain, machismo, hindu, imprisonment, death of brother, mental breakdown, tough guy ...
Time: 90s
Place: afghanistan, asia, middle east, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Suryaa: An Awakening (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Thakur Gangadhar Choudhary rules a small community in rural India with an iron hand, and will never permit anyone to speak up against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home - save for the small patch of land owned by Veer Singh. ...
Plot: faith, fear, disguise, doctor, horse, gas station, farmer, village, mansion, rescue, temple, landowner ...
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29%
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Kanoon (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young man plots revenge on a killer who slaughtered his family. Starring Ajay Devgn and Urmila Matondkar!
Plot: police officer, corruption, corrupt cop, father son relationship, crime boss, villain, death of father, murder, revenge, anger, death of brother, judge ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Chennakesava Reddy (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Chennakesva Reddy (Telugu: చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి) is a 2002 Tollywood Faction Film, directed by V.V. Vinayak, released on 25 September 2002. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in double role father-son characther, while ...
Plot: machismo, husband wife relationship, prison, massacre, revenge, murder of family, police inspector, justice, son, father, car crash, murder of a family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Karishma Kudrat Kaa (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: Widower Vijay lives in a village with his family. He unwittingly makes an enemy in Lala and a bandit, Bhagad, who conspire and throw him out of the village. But Vijay soon returns as a changed man.
Plot: police officer, brothel, lust, rape, snake, doppelganger, theft, voyeur, bandit, presumed dead, brother sister relationship, police inspector ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.5
 252
Yodha (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Suraj Singh is addicted to drugs and as a result witnessed his girlfriend being raped in front of his eyes with him being helpless, from here on he vows to put an end to all drug dealers and started to work as a hit man for an underworld don, Daaga ...
Plot: poison, reporter, feud, prison, revenge, death of father, crime boss, judge, double life, drug smuggling, two man army, villain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.6
 2K
Narasimham (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, touching, captivating, crying ...
Plot: revenge, ex convict, murder, lawyer, feud, machismo, police, fight, false accusation, released from prison, frame up, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2000
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26%
 5.2
 477
Bhai (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Bhai is a 1997 Bollywood Action film directed by Deepak Shivdasani, while written by Kader Khan. The film starred Sunil Shetty, Pooja Batra, Sonali Bendre and Ashish Vidyarthi in lead roles. A remake of the Telugu movie Anna starring Rajasekhar, ...
Plot: revenge, brother, jungle, corrupt politician, waterfall, village, loss of brother, fight, brother brother relationship, marriage, murder, baby ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 611
Pedarayudu (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Overview Coming Soon...
Plot: rapist, justice, fistfight, pain, death, death of brother, family feud, village chief, old woman, pregnancy, framed for murder, village ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.4
 2K
Army (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Arjun and Geeta are a young couple, who are deeply in love with each other. They get married, and soon are proud parents. Arjun gets in the bad books of a notorious gangster named Nagraj, and is brutally killed. When Geeta finds out she decides to ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: murder, death of husband, good versus evil, revenge, widow, villain, death row, prison, female protagonist, heroine, evil man, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Vijaypath (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: The family of Justice Saxena is extremely happy until his younger brother Inspector Rajesh Saxena (Suresh Oberoi) arrests a notorious gangster, Bhawani Singh. Justice Saxena sentences Bhawani Singh to death. Bhawani Singh's brother, Dilawar ...
Style: masala
Plot: revenge, chauffeur, judge, hindu, one man army, one against many, trapdoor, showdown, tough guy, stupidity, mayor, horse riding ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.5
 2K
Mass (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Mass (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is an orphan, who bonds well with his landlord's son Adi (Sunil). He is behind a collegian Anjali (Jyothika) who happens to be the daughter of Vizag city's mafia don Satya (Raghuvaran). This restricts her from ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, exciting
Plot: revenge, organized crime, orphan, friendship, mafia, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friend, chase, neighbor, death, criminal gang, avenger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 6.6
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Sarrainodu (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Only one man can stop a villain who, backed by his father, brutally murders anyone who gets in the way of his unscrupulous real estate deals.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, serious, telegu
Plot: murder, conspiracy, violence, courage, villain, ex soldier, corrupt politician, heroes, politician, woman in danger, genius, entertainment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 8.7
 6K
Devasuram (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story: Neelakantan, heir to his father's fortunes, is an apparent menace to society. He once belittles a dancer but later they fall in love. Shekharan, an arch enemy, kidnaps his lover due to an old enmity.
Style: crying, weeping
Plot: revenge, murder, mother, secret, humiliation, dancer, hostage, drunkenness, dancing, violence, rivalry, oath ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.3
 85
Kartavya (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story: Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his biological mother.
Plot: insane asylum, mental institution, heroes, revenge, murder, escape, corrupt cop, torture, holi, shock treatment, evil man, insult ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.7
 687
Jai Kishen (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Inspector Pratap Singh is killed, while one of his son's, Kishen, goes missing, and the other, Jai, loses his vision. His wife is the only witness to his brutal death at the hands of three criminal dons. Years later, Kishen and Jai have both ...
Plot: blind man, blindness, blind character, revenge, murder, crime boss, mother son reunion, brother brother reunion, villain, single mother, police inspector, premarital sex ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Dhill (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Dhil is the story about Kanagavel (Vikram) whose only dream is to become a police officer. He succeeds in passing the exams and wins a girlfriend (Laila). One night after having dinner at a restaurant near the beach Velu goes to pay the bill leaving ...
Plot: bad cop, police brutality, law, police, intimidation, cop, destruction of property, bribe, abuse of power, motorcycle, civil servant, goon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Movie in collections
 5.5
 44
Daku Hasina (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Story: A 1987 Hindi movie.
Plot: gang, outlaw gang, bandit, murder of brother, outlaw, blood, death of brother, police, murder, photograph, revenge, parents ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.0
 127
Mr Azaad (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The story of an orphan born into poverty who, when he grows up, becomes a bribe taking policeman in order to help the poor. This Robin Hood-esque hero soon realises that the people bribing him ultimately want to corrupt the city and his friends ...
Plot: sneeze, policewoman, orphan, dream, bribe, police officer, false accusation, motorcycle, deception, revenge, fire, truck ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.6
 168
Pratibandh (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Film starring Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla and Rami Reddy
Plot: tragedy, husband wife relationship, childbirth, threat, gangster, police brutality, corrupt cop, court, prison, corrupt politician, pregnancy, woman in jeopardy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Indra: The Tiger (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Indra opens in a village in Andhra Pradesh showing the rivalry between two families. A police officer wishing to end this hostility comes up with the proposal of marriage between the two families which ultimately is used by Shivraj as a trap to ...
Plot: massacre, revenge, violence, hindu, muslim, decapitation, river, flashback, uncle niece relationship, homecoming, filicide, family feud ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.2
 776
Janbaaz (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Rana Vikram Singh has two sons, police officer Rajesh and fun-loving playboy Amar. Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of losing the girl he loved when she succumbed to drug addiction. He vows to fight this menace.
Plot: russian roulette, drug addiction, gambling addiction, drug overdose, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, crime boss, death of father, horse ranch, premarital sex, loss of loved one, womanizer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Singh Saab the Great (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A common man fights corruption and injustice.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: sikh, one man army, revenge, corruption, redemption, remorse, heroes, rivalry, leader, loss of wife, false accusation, politician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Honest truck driver Balwant watch helplessly as the owners of the trucking company he works for mauled his brother, Jaswant to death. When he lodges a complaint with the police the inspector instead arrest him for this crime; the trucking company ...
Plot: trauma, murder of brother, pregnancy, presumed dead, vigilante, tough guy, wrongful imprisonment, twins, truck driver, murder, death of brother, brother brother relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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