Movies like Mizhikal Sakshi
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Mizhikal Sakshi (2008)
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Original name: മിഴികൾ സാക്ഷി
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A mother finds it hard to believe that her son is convicted as a terrorist and is sent to gallows. Eventually, she loses her mental balance.
Style:
touching
Plot:
muslim, death sentence, hindu, temple, mother, injustice, false accusation, miscarriage of justice, old woman, son, old lady, delusion, loss of son, death of son, wrongful conviction, mother son relationship, malayalam, capital punishment
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, injustice, false accusation, muslim, society, life is a bitch and malayalam mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Action genres. Some movies like Mizhikal Sakshi: Thanmathra (2005), Dozakh in Search of Heaven (2015), Guru (1997), Yasmin (2004), Wound (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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