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Adaalat (2010)
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Original name: अदालत
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Adaalat is an Indian television courtroom drama series which revolves around 'Advocate K.D Pathak', a defense lawyer with an impeccable track record of winning cases and setting an hapless innocent victim free, but not at the cost of upholding the truth.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, suspense, suspenseful, intellectual, twisted
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, investigation, justice, defense attorney, legal action, court, judge, courtroom drama, trial, advocate, evidence, cross examination, urban, forensic, character study, stylish, verdict, hindi
Time:
contemporary
Place:
india
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 60 min.
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hong kong
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Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Style:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
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Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Audience:
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