Jaya Bachchan
Also Known As: Jaya Bhaduri, Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan, जाया भादुरी, जया बच्चन, Джая Бхадури, Джая Баччан
Biography: Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri; born April 9, 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. Celebrated for her work in Hindi and Bengali films since her teenage debut in 1963, she has won eight Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. Regarded as one of the most celebrated actresses of Indian cinema, she was one of the highest paid actresses of the 1970s. She also serves as member of the parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party since 2004.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jabalpur, India
Adult: No
Birthday: April 09, 1948
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Female
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Overview: Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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Kal Ho Naa Ho
Overview: An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2003-11-27
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Chupke Chupke
Overview: Sulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1975-04-11
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Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman
Overview: Badki and Chutki live a fun-filled life in Banaras, playing pranks, sneaking off to see a forbidden mujra, and soaking up all the excitement that goes on the ghats of the Ganga. Badki is aware that the family is in dire straits, but she and her mother protect Chutki at all costs. When things get worse, Badki decides to go to Mumbai and seek a living for the family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-10-12
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Sholay
Overview: After his family is murdered by the notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him and seek revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1975-08-15
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Paa
Overview: Auro suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynaecologist. Amol is young, progressive politician. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a 'rare' story about a father-son, son-father relationship.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-12-04
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Silsila
Overview: When his brother's tragic death leaves his pregnant fiancée devastated, playwright Amit selflessly marries her to protect her from societal contempt. However, when fate brings him face-to-face with his former flame, love proves to be stronger than marital vows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-07-29
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Himalay Se Ooncha
Overview: After losing his two younger brothers on a mountain climbing expedition, Vijay swears to his sorrowing mother that he will never undertake any expedition again. When he hears of a plane crash deep in the mountains of the Himalays, he initially refuses to even consider going there to look for the survivors, but the tears of a mother, Geeta, whose two children were abroad that plane, moves him and his mother, and he agrees to look for the children, little knowing that others are on the way to the crash site, with different motives.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Follow That Star - Amitabh Bachchan
Overview: Documentary on mega star Amitabh Bachchan by Nasreen Munni Kabir with interviews by Ramesh Sippy, Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, Mukul Anand and Javed Akhtar
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-13
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Bawarchi
Overview: Desperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes up the job. However, when all seems well, the family jewels disappear and so does Raghu.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-04-07
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The Big City
Overview: After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-09-27
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Kora Kagaz
Overview: A chance encounter while traveling by BEST bus service in Bombay gets two young people to meet. One of which is Professor Sukesh Dutt, and the other is Archana Gupta. They meet again, and are formally introduced to each other. Both are attracted to each other, and get married. But Archana's mother does not approve of Sukesh, due to his modest income. She makes up stories about their affluence, which offend Sukesh when he finds out. As a result, there is acrimony between Archana and Sukesh, and both separate. Archana goes to live with her parents, while Sukesh relocates. Archana's family would like her to forget Sukesh, and re-marry. But Archana finds that she still has feelings for Sukesh. But does Sukesh have the same feelings for Archana?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-05-04
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Parichay
Overview: An unemployed young man (Jeetendra) takes a job to tutor unruly grandkids of Rai Sahab (Pran) and brings out respect, appreciation and hard work hidden deep inside them.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-10-18
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Abhimaan
Overview: A popular singer encourages his wife to sing, but tensions mount between the pair when his career begins to falter and her own musical career and popularity surpasses his own.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1973-07-27
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Anamika
Overview: A self proclaimed misogynistic writer rescues an injured woman who suffers from amnesia but claims to be his wife. In the process of finding out her real identity, he falls in love with her.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1973-05-18
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Zanjeer
Overview: A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
Genres: Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1973-05-11
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Daughters of This Century
Overview: This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2001-03-14
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Lovesongs
Overview: Kolkata-based Rohan Mitra lives with his widowed maternal grandmother, Mridula Chatterjee. He is an aspiring advocate who will soon be taking up his first assignment with an established lawyer and is attracted to Tara. Through discussions with his grandmother, he finds out that his parents' relationship was far from harmonious - with his mother, Palaash, getting into arguments with her husband, Dev, and frequently asking Mridula to intervene, and even moving out several times - with Dev threatening to move the courts to take possession of Rohan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-03-28
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Jawani Diwani
Overview: Madhu marries Ravi Anand, the son of a mere employee in her Thakur brother's household, and this results in her brother breaking all relations with her. Madhu moves in with Ravi, and his younger brother, Vijay. Years later, she gives birth to a son, and attempts to reconcile with her brother, to no avail. Then Vijay meets Neeta and both fall in love. Little does Vijay know that Neeta is none other Thakur's daughter, who has already been promised to Benny Sinha.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-07-14
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Janani
Overview: Janani is the struggle that a widow goes through to bring up her three children after the sudden death of her husband.
Genres: Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-07-01
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Yeh Vaada Raha
Overview: Vikram and Sunita love each other but Vikram's mother disapproves Sunita as her future daughter in law because of Sunita's poor background. Vikram and Sunita decide to marry without the will of Vikram's mother BUT on their way to temple, they come across with a serious accident. Vikram gets minor injuries but Sunita's face is completely lost due to piercing of wind screen's shattered pieces in her face. When Vikram comes to conscious, he asks his mother where Sunita is and she replies Sunita is dead. On the other hand she tells Sunita that she has completely lost her face and she should go out of Vikram's life. Sunita agrees. The doctor sends Sunita to Bombay and refers her to Dr. Mehra. Now will Vikram and Sunita be again united?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-04-09
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Mili
Overview: Shekhar Dayal (Amitabh Bachhan) has moved into a new neighborhood, and is unhappy with the new surroundings. He resents the noise children make while playing, as he prefers quiet and solitude. His reclusion is shattered when his neighbor, Mili, comes into his life. At first he hates the intrusion, but then grows fond, and ultimately falls in love with her. When the time comes for him to propose to this sunny, cheerful, and positive young lady, he learns that she has only a few more months to live..
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1975-06-20
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Mother Of 1084
Overview: Dibyanath Chatterji, his bank-employed wife, Sujata, and only child, a son, Brati, live a middle-class existence in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, circa early 1970s. Sujata is a quiet, devout Hindu, religious, and compassionate woman, and Brati has finished his school and is now attending college. His parents are proud of him, and keep track of his progress. Then their world is shattered during the early hours, when they are informed by the police that Brati has been killed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1998-03-20
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Koshish
Overview: A romantic drama which tells the story of a 20 year relationship between Hari and Aarti - a deaf-mute couple who try to live their lives to the fullest despite their handicaps.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-04-01
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Dhanyee Meye
Overview: Bogola, the captain of a football team, travels to a village to play in a tournament. There, he meets and falls in love with Monosha. The president of the local football club tries to force Monosha and Bogola to marry to keep the tournament trophy in the family. However, their love prevails, and they can marry despite the opposition.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-03-12
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Drona
Overview: Aditya is an orphaned and lonely young man. He soon learns that he belongs to a family of ancestral warriors who guard a mystic source of cosmic energy, and he must now take up his responsibilities.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-10-02
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Char Adhyay
Overview: Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Ki & Ka
Overview: An unconventional woman, gains immense success in her professional life but things take a turn when she meets a guy, who wants to be a house husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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Piya Ka Ghar
Overview: A woman from a rural family enters into an arranged marriage with a man from the city. While she is instantly taken with her husband, she is shocked to discover that the holy man who arranged the wedding had neglected to mention the crammed living conditions of her new family and soon the lack of privacy disrupts the marriage bliss of the newly-wed couple.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-02-23
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Samadhi
Overview: Lakah Singh gives his life of a Dacoit and lives a happy life with his wife Champa when his son Jaswant becomes three years old, Champa becomes ill with cancer and circumstances force him to be again a Dacoit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-01-07
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Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
Overview: Dress designer, Aman Puri (Aftab Shivdasani) is the only son of the Puri family. His dad (Anupam Kher) wants him to marry, but Aman insists that he will not marry unless he meets the girl of his dreams. He does meet her, in the form and person of Esha Singh (Esha Deol), but she will not have anything to do with him. When Aman persists, his dad decides to go and talk with Esha's mom, Mansi Devi (Jaya Bhaduri), who indicates that she is open to Esha's marriage with Aman. She talks to Esha and convinces her Aman is suitable for her, to which Esha agrees. Delighted Aman gets ready for the marriage, when Dushant (Sanjay Kapoor) disrupts their lives by claiming that the entire marriage is a hoax, people are not what they seem, Mansi Devi is his mother; and Esha is a married woman; and Dushant is her husband.
Genres: Thriller Music Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2002-01-11
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Naya Din Nai Raat
Overview: Sushma believes that she is too young to get married, but her father, Lalla Banarsilal insists, and she runs away. Her adventures take her to a lonely wealthy widower with a cute daughter named Guddi; a drunken lout in a brothel; Dr. Kruparam, a psychiatrist, who admits her in his mental hospital; a dreaded bandit who has killed his tormentor, cut him into pieces and fed them to birds, and who still on a killing spree; Pandit Gorakhnath who lives a double life - as a priest and as a smuggler; a leper Dhanraj, who once was a very wealthy man, but is now shunned by everyone; a transvestite stage actor; and a hunter who saves Sushma's life by shooting dead a man-eating lion. As things spiral out of control for Sushma, there is yet one more male she has to meet, and it is this meeting that will change her life even more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-05-07
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Phagun
Overview: Shanta Dhamle lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with her dad, Shamrao, and mom, Ansuya. She incurs their displeasure when she falls in love and gets married to a poor and overly sensitive writer, Gopal, who moves in with them, and continues to suffer verbal abuse at Shamrao's hands. On the occasion of Holi, while his book 'Agla Kadam' is being published and marketed, he puts some color on a pregnant Shanta's expensive Saree, which upsets her, she humiliates him, and he walks out. He starts writing under the pen name of Santosh, and when Shanta finds out, he changes his name to Vivek, and again to Chitrangh, and does not communicate with her. Four years later, a day before Holi, he has accumulated enough wealth, hundreds of expensive and colorful Sarees, a doll for his daughter,
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1973-10-12
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Suman
Overview: The passage from adolescence to youth is a phase during which a girl emerges in a distinctive period of her life to another significant phase. Most often there is a synchronous transition in her physical state with that of her emotional state of mind. This film poignantly depicts such a transition in a girl's life. Her changing attitudes towards her playmates, and objects around are brought out very vividly in this film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Fiza
Overview: In 1993 Fiza's brother disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2000-09-08
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Annadata
Overview: After the passing away of her father, a local physician, Aarti takes it upon herself to dispense medicine, as well as sew clothes, and looks after a child named Kundan who has lost his legs to paralysis. She has a admirer in Arun, who secretly loves her, would like to marry her, but knows that he is poor and will be unable to afford a family, as he is a mere painter. Then an elderly man enters Aarti's life, he is ill, she offers to look after him until he gets better and leaves, but he does not leave, as he has nowhere to go, and she allows him to stay. Then good luck smiles on them as Arun sells one of his paintings, and he is able to get artificial legs for the child. What Arun and Aarti do not know is that the elderly male is really a very wealthy man named Ambarprasad, who had run away from his home when he was accused of having sex with his protégé, a young woman, who he had brought up. The question is what is Ambarprasad up to now?
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Shor
Overview: Shankar (Manoj Kumar), his lovely wife Geeta (Nanda) and Deepak (Master Satyajeet) are a poor but happy family. Tragedy strikes one day, when Deepak wonders over to the railway tracks. When Geeta rushes in to warn and rescue him, she is run over by the train and is instantly killed. Deepak loses his vocal chords and cannot speak. Shankar takes Deepak to see a doctor (Raj Mehra), who examines Deepak, and tells Shankar that Deepak can recover his voice after a surgerical operation, which may cost around 1000 to 1500 rupees. Shankar is unable to afford this but is determined to find the money to cure his son. Shankar's mom (Kamini Kaushal), sister (Naaz), Khan Badshan (Prem Nath), Rani alias Raat ki Rani (Jaya Bhaduri) offer support. And Shankar takes part in a grueling tournament that puts his very life at risk.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-12-18
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Nauker
Overview: Widower Amar is well-off financially and lives in a house with his daughter and servant Dayal. His sister and brother-in-law want him to marry again so that his daughter can have the love and care of a woman. Amar reluctantly agrees. Together they set out to check out two sisters, Shobha, and Sheela. Amar goes as Dayal, and Dayal goes as Amar, as Amar is not sure if a step-mother will be able to bestow care and love as a real mother. They arrive at the household of Durga, Shanti Swarup, Renu, Sheela, and their servant Geeta. They begin to settle down, Dayal in a spacious room, and Amar in the servant's quarters, which consists of an untidy room with no electricity. It is not long before Amar finds out that he is attracted to Geeta, and not to the two sisters, but in his present state, he cannot reveal himself and openly propose marriage. In the meantime, Durga starts getting suspicious about Amar and starts wondering if Amar is actually a servant or a crook.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-12-07
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Guddi
Overview: A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1971-09-24
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Ek Nazar
Overview: One Glance. Romance between a poet, son of the public prosecutor, and a nautch girl accused of murdering her mother.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-07-28
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Meherjaan
Overview: During the war in 1971, Meher falls in love with a soldier from the enemy side. When her love is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society. Today 38 years after the war, Meher has a visitor she cannot turn down.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2011-01-21
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Uphaar
Overview: Anoop studies law in Calcutta, while his widowed mom in a small town in West Bengal. He has a sister, Sudha, who is married to Anil and lives in Calcutta. Since Anoop is of marriageable age, his mom has seen a girl for him, whose name is Vidya, and is the daughter of Shankarlal. When Anoop returns home, she asks him for his approval, but he says he wants to see the girl first. He goes to see Vidya, and also gets to meet another belle by the name of Minoo. He returns home, tells his mom that he cannot marry Vidya, but will marry only Minoo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Atattar Din Parey
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Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-10-29
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Bansi Birju
Overview: Bansi and Birju get married in their village. But the villager's find out that Bansi is a prostitute.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-09-01
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Sunglass
Overview: A bilingual satirical comedy about the seven-year itch of a married couple, and how their life turns topsy-turvy with the entry of what seems to be an ordinary pair of antique sunglasses.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-11-10
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Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Overview: Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being from polar opposite worlds, the two decide to switch their families to adjust to each other's cultures and backgrounds and to know if their marriage will survive. Rocky and Rani are trapped in a world where they are united by love but divided by families and the ultimate question is will they fit in?
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-07-28
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Dil Ka Darwaaza Khol Na Darling
Overview: Vikas Bahl's Comedy Film
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
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Celluloid Man
Overview: Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-26
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Sadabahar
Overview: An Excellent Initiative by The Director. Superlative performances by Jaya Bachchan & Rajendra Gupta. Pure Nostalgia. It would bring tears to your eyes and make you introspect about the Relationships vis-a-vis Society. Kudos
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-12-01
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Angry Young Man
Overview: This is a fictional story of a young man who is drawn to crime as a revolt against society.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-07
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Zero
Overview: Short in stature but big on love, a bachelor meets two very different women who broaden his horizons and help him find purpose in life.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2018-12-21
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