Movies like Spadikam

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Spadikam (1995)
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Spadikam (1995)
Original name: സ്ഫടികം
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Chacko Master is a school headmaster in Mathematics. He is a very strict teacher and does not go easy with his own son Thomas.When Thomas realizes that the school language headmaster was biased against him as told by Chacko in giving him a low grade, he leaves home. After 14 years, Thomas returns to his village,now the owner of a stone quarry and a rowdy who has a number of unresolved cases on his head. How the father and son realize their mistakes and bonds together forms the rest of the plot.
Plot: runaway, school, prostitute, teacher, wedding, criminal, mathematics, priest, muslim, judge, dysfunctional family, bomb, brother sister relationship, christian, father son relationship, drunkenness, hindu, corporal punishment, goat, husband wife relationship, remorse, death of father, brawl, arrest, engagement ...
Place: india

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, serious and exciting films with plots about murder, revenge, malayalam, beating, police officer, family relations and father son relationship mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Spadikam: Ravanaprabhu (2001), Allah-Rakha (1986), Kireedam (1989), Narasimham (2000), Devasuram (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Allah-Rakha (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama
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Duration: 124 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
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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.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
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Duration: 163 min.
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