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Gurudev Hoysala (2023)
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Original name: ಗುರುದೇವ್ ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Gurudev Hoysala, an upright police officer, gets involved in the inter-caste marriage of a Bhoomi and Ravi, only to realise later that Bhoomi is an influential landlord’s daughter.The situation heats up as the girl's father gets furious and starts an uproar in the town.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, realistic, emotional, intense
Plot:
investigation, police officer, justice, police, sleuth, crime investigation, disappearance, forensics, mysterious disappearance, police station, police investigation, power, power struggle, moral dilemma, small town, social justice, law and order, police procedural, social issues, class conflict, missing person, corruption, patriarchy, family drama, revenge ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
kannada, india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, intense, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, revenge, corruption, justice, police procedural, police officer and police mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Gurudev Hoysala: Sinam (2022), Kannur Squad (2023), DSP (2022), Salute (2022), Punorjonmo (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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