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Chennai Express (2013)
72K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, romantic, entertaining, fast, masala, romantic comedy, humorous
Plot:
fall in love, chance meeting, domineering father, escapades, wild ride, wedding planning, temple, father daughter relationship, train travel, gangster, road trip, love, indians, railway, hindu, train, last wish, language barrier, elopement, love and romance, initially antagonists, opposites attract, travel, kidnapping, death ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
india, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about love and romance, bollywood, hindi, fall in love, love, couples and hindu mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Chennai Express: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Happy New Year (2014), When We Met (2007), This Youth Is Crazy (2013), Main Hoon Na (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, buddy comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, contests and competitions, love and romance, best friend, professor, disorder, fall in love, medicine, psychiatrist, father son relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: India, USA, Thailand, China
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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42K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, captivating, sincere, exciting, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous, romantic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, romantic, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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8K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
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exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous, emotional ...
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, weeping ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
33%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, romantic, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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Country: India, Italy
Duration: 142 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: 146 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
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