R. Madhavan
Also Known As: R. Madhavan, மாதவன், R. Mathavan, Мадхаван
Biography: Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer and film producer. Madhavan has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations. He has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, appearing in films from seven different languages. Madhavan began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the Zee TV prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat in 1996. After appearing in commercials and in small roles, he later gained recognition in the Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnam's successful romance film Alaipayuthey (2000). In addition to his acting career, Madhavan has worked as a writer on his films, hosted television programmes and has been a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.[5] He has also worked as a film producer, first making Evano Oruvan with Leukos Films, before setting up Tricolour Films to produce Saala Khadoos (2016). Madhavan is noted for his philanthropic activities and promotes various causes such as environment, health and education. He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and was awarded PETA's Person of the Year recognition in 2012. Madhavan was born to a Tamil family. His father Ranganathan was a management executive in Tata Steel and his mother, Saroja was a manager in the Bank of India. His younger sister, Devika, is a software engineer settled in the United Kingdom.[6] He had a Tamil-speaking upbringing in Bihar.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Birthday: June 01, 1970
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Guru En Aalu
Overview: Guru (Madhavan) wants to start a company of his own. He works for his boss Krishna (Abbas), who is a successful entrepreneur leading a happy married life. But the major problem for Krishna is his playboy nature. Guru hopes that his boss will help him set up a company so that he can also become a boss and make money. Therefore he does everything to please him.Krishna falls for a model Seema (Mamta Mohandoss). Interestingly Guru also romances Seema. But coming to know that his boss is behind the girl, he decides to give up his romance to attain his personal goals. He goes hammer and tongs ensuring that Seema gets close with Krishna. But after a sequence of events, he realises that he yearns and craves for Seema. Did he give up his love for making it big in life or go hammer and tongs to hold Seema’s hands forms the climax.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2009-04-24
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3 Idiots
Overview: Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-12-23
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Rang De Basanti
Overview: After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-01-26
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Adhirshtasaali
Overview: The life and achievements of GD Naidu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2025-03-07
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Anbe Sivam
Overview: Anbarasu, young and arrogant, and Nallasivam, damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2003-01-14
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Teen Patti
Overview: A professor uses the three-card game to prove his probability thesis. He involves some of his students on his research and later realizes it was a big mistake
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-02-26
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Kannathil Muthamittal
Overview: A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-02-14
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Guru
Overview: A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-01-12
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Test
Overview: Three people's worlds collide during a historic international cricket test match in Chennai, ultimately forcing them to make difficult life-changing decisions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
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Aayitha Ezhuthu
Overview: A goon, who dreams of making it big in life, a student leader, who strives to keep politicians away from college election and a third guy who wants to settle abroad. Their lives change after an incident on a bridge.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2004-05-21
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Dum Dum Dum
Overview: Adityan, a city slicker's marriage is fixed by his dad in the village to Ganga, a village belle. He is not happy with it, as he wants to marry a city girl and that too after falling in love. On the other hand, Ganga also is not interested, as she wants to marry only after completing her engineering in the city.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2001-04-13
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Mumbai Meri Jaan
Overview: Shortly after 1800 hours, 11 July 2006, Mumbai was shattered by seven bomb blasts on Western Railway stations: Matunga, Mahim, Khar, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Borivali, and Bhayandar. It took the Police and ambulance over an hour to attend at various sites. This incident changes lives of Thomas, originally from Chennai, who sells tea from his bike; Rupali Joshi, a TV News reporter, who has to deal with the death of her to-be spouse, Ajay Kumar Pradhan; Suresh, in debt, starts to suspect all Muslims, especially Yusuf; Inspector Tukaram Patil, about to retire, goes about collecting bribes as usual, much to the chagrin of his embittered, honest and soon to-be suspended subordinate, Sunil Kadam; while Nikhil Agarwal, a Nationalist and environmentalist, debates whether he should re-locate to the United States, along with his pregnant wife, Sejal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-08-22
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Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein
Overview: Maddy impersonates Rajeev, the person his love interest, Reena, is about to marry and attempts to woo her. However, he is unprepared for the moment when the truth will be revealed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2001-10-19
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Minnale
Overview: Rajesh Shivakumar is a college hoodlum who has his first crush on Reena Joseph, who unfortunately, is engaged to be married to Rajiv Samuel, an Indian engineer settled abroad. In an effort to gain her heart, Maddy impersonates Rajiv and gets close to Reena, aided by his grandfather Subbuni and his crooked sidekick Chockalingam. However, the real Rajiv shows up, bringing a shocking end to Reena's romantic interlude.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2001-02-18
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Nala Damayanthi
Overview: A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2003-07-03
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Alaipayuthey
Overview: Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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Yavarum Nalam
Overview: Manohar and his family move into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television set as a medium to communicate with them.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2009-03-06
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Manmadhan Ambu
Overview: Madhan is convinced that Ambu is unfaithful and refuses to pay detective Mannar when he reports otherwise. Wanting to make money to help a friend, Mannar cooks up stories about Ambu's infidelity.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2010-12-23
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Vettai
Overview: Guru always helps his timid brother win accolades and promotions in his career as a policeman. But a brutal incident makes Guru realise that he needs to help his brother in another way.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2012-01-13
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Aarya
Overview: Deepika (Bhavana) is an arrogant rich girl. A medical college student, she dictates terms at the college. Sister of local don Kasi (Prakash Raj), she is feared by students, professors and even the Dean of the College. Enter Aarya (Madhavan), a final year student who comes to Chennai Medical College from Coimbatore. A soft-spoken Aarya runs into Deepika. They develop cold shoulders. In a fit of rage, she kidnaps Aarya's sister. But Aarya faces her challenges daringly. However, she soon falls in love with him. But he is not ready to marry the sister of a ruffian. The remaining story tells us how the brother and sister put pressure on Aarya to become a rowdy so that Aarya's status is equal enough as Kasi's status so that Aarya can marry Kasi's sister Deepika. Meanwhile, "Snake" Babu (Vadivelu) is elected the area councillor, and has a few encounters with Dr. Aarya, and one with Deepika. He is the main source of comic relief for the film.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2007-08-10
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Evano Oruvan
Overview: A common man who represents his society, gets tired of the illegal activities happening around him and decides to take law into his own hands by punishing the wrong-doers!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2007-12-07
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Rendu
Overview: Sakhti moves to Chennai in search of a job but lands himself in trouble when a CBI officer chases him for a series of murder committed by his lookalike, Kannan.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2006-11-24
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Thambi
Overview: A man cannot tolerate injustice and opposes it in any form; this earns him the wrath of a local goon, who plans to get rid of him at all costs.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2006-02-22
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Priyasakhi
Overview: Sakhi, a car company manger, falls in love with Priya, a model. They decide to get married, but their different family backgrounds seem to ruin their relationship.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2005-04-14
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Run
Overview: Siva comes to Madras from a small Tamil Nadu town to study. He instantly falls in love with elusive stranger Priya who resists his charms quite persistently. Madhavan later discovers that romancing Priya can be a dangerous hobby.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-05-09
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Paarthale Paravasam
Overview: A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about his past is revealed, which leads to complications, taking the couple a step closer to divorce.
Genres: Family Action Romance Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2001-11-14
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Vaazhthugal
Overview: Kadhiravan, a businessman, desires a wife who should respect his parents. After seeing Kayalvizhi on TV, he meets her on the pretext of being a home contractor and slowly makes his way into her heart.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2008-01-14
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Kettavarellam Padalam
Overview: Three friends struggle to cope with their personal and professional lives as they deal with jealousy and loss of loved ones.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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Jodi Breakers
Overview: Jodi Breakers is a Hindi film directed by Ashwini Chaudhary featurring R Madhavan and Bipasha Basu in the leading roles with Omi Vaidya and Dipannita Sharma in supporting roles.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2012-03-02
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Kesari Chapter 2
Overview: Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair was known for being a passionate advocate for social reforms and a firm believer in the self-determination of India.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2025-04-18
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Tanu Weds Manu
Overview: Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but she is a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-02-25
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Lesa Lesa
Overview: Chandru's grandfather is going to visit him but Chandru has spent all his money. So he requests his wealthy friend, Rakesh, to pose as the owner of all the riches till his grandfather stays with him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Jay Jay
Overview: Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes back to Jagan, then they are destined to meet.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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Big in Bollywood
Overview: 27-year-old American-born Omi Vaidya, a struggling actor in L.A., miraculously lands a dream role in the Bollywood film "3 Idiots". Curious to better understand the world of Bollywood, four of Omi's buddies armed with cameras fly to Mumbai to document his big premiere. Within a week of release, "3 Idiots" skyrockets to box office success, becoming the most successful Indian film in history and transforming Omi into an overnight megastar. But being a national sensation in India is not all glitz and glamor. Aside from the language barrier, Omi struggles with the pressure of his newly acquired fame and continuing his career momentum while trying to maintain a healthy domestic life back in Los Angeles. Set against the backdrop of Mumbai, Big in Bollywood is a film about what it is to be successful in show business, seen through the eyes of Omi's best friends, who witness his career transformation firsthand.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-16
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Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
Overview: Three friends, who have known each other for a long time, decide to enter a singing and musical competition. The events that lead to this competition, and their personal lives, including their romantic ties, is the theme of this movie. Included are popular Burman Movie songs, a delight to hear any time.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Aethiree
Overview: Subramani poses as a criminal to evict bachelor tenants from a Brahmin's house, but ends up helping one of them to kidnap his lover from her marriage. However, he faces trouble when he kidnaps the wrong girl.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2004-04-23
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Shaitaan
Overview: Kabir and his family's fun weekend retreat takes terrifying turn when an intruder takes over the control of the body of his teenage daughter, putting her at the mercy of his increasingly sinister orders.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-03-08
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Dhokha: Round D Corner
Overview: When a delusional housewife with a personality disorder is taken hostage by a terrorist on the loose and a husband accused of cheating on his wife have their own versions of reality, how do we know who's saying the truth?
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2022-09-22
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Nothing but Life
Overview: Two East Indian men move to the United States and take work in Las Vegas, hoping to earn enough to move back home and live comfortably.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-25
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Ennavale
Overview: When a man and his friends start a music troupe that performs at weddings, he is highly motivated by his landlord's daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2000-12-22
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Priyamaana Thozhi
Overview: Two childhood best friends, who does not share any love interest, get married to two other people. But, problem arises when his wife doubts their friendship and his friend's husband's father asks him break their friendship.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2003-07-11
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Tanu Weds Manu: Returns
Overview: After Tanu and Manu's marriage breaks apart, the latter finds himself smitten by Datto, a lookalike of his ex-wife. But the estranged couple's feelings begin to spark again.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-05-22
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Irudhi Suttru
Overview: A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2016-01-28
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Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
Overview: A group of survivors trapped in a New York apartment fight to stay alive against legions of zombies.
Genres: Action Animation Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-05
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De De Pyaar De 2
Overview: A sequel to De De Pyaar De.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2025-11-14
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Operation Cobra
Overview: When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he'll hunt down the killer. Yanked of the case by Internal Affairs, Connors defied his orders and follows the only lead he has... to India. Now, he is in a strange land where nothing is what it seems. Who can he trust? A beautiful counter-operative? An earnest young cop? A reclusive arms dealer? In a country where assassins come cheap, Connors finds himself in a cobra's nest of danger and betrayal.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-05
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Delhii Heights
Overview: Delhii Heights is a high-rise apartment in Delhi, where Abi (Jimmy Shergill) and his wife (Neha Dhupia) lives, a married couple who work for rival companies, live. It's about how their professional lives affect their personal ones.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-03-29
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Halla Bol
Overview: Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapur) who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realize his dreams.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-01-11
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Dhurandhar
Overview: Ranveer Singh's Next
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
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Vikram Vedha
Overview: A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Adventure
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2017-07-21
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Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
Overview: An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai, (Ashish Vidyarthi)
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1996-06-07
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Ramji Londonwaley
Overview: Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook and is familiar with all aspects of vegetarian cooking. He arranges Parvati's marriage with the Mishra family, promises to pay a large sum of dowry, which he manages to get by promising to get married to a wealthy man's daughter.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-09-02
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Magalir Mattum
Overview: A progressive-minded documentary filmmaker reunites three older women who have been separated since college and takes them on a trip.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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Om Shanti
Overview: Om Shanti (Telugu: ఓం శాంతి) is a 2010 Telugu film directed by Prakash Dantuluri released on 13 January 2010.[1]. It stars Navdeep and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, making it their third film together. Bindu Madhavi, Aditi Sharma, Nikhil Siddharth, and Madhavan play supporting roles. This film released with a lot of hype but failed to make a mark at the box office.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 2010-01-13
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Savyasachi
Overview: A twin brother of the protagonist is absorbed due to Vanishing Twin Syndrome and controls his left hand. When his life is threatened, the twin brother that never existed protects him like a shield.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: te
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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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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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Overview: The story of the great Indian rocket scientist, Shri Nambi Narayanan's life, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye after being falsely accused of treason.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2022-07-01
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Nishabdham
Overview: Seattle PD is investigating the murder of a man and Sakshi, a deaf and mute artist, and her husband Antony, a renowned cello player, are related to it.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: te
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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Sikandar
Overview: 14-year-old Sikandar Raza has been living with his uncle and aunt in Kashmir, ever since his parents were killed by militants 10 years ago. The young boy, who dreams of a better life for his family by realizing his football talent, is a bit of a loner at school and an easy target for the school bullies. One day on his way home from a school football match, Sikandar finds a pistol lying on the path. Despite being warned against it by his new friend Nasreen, Sikandar picks up the pistol believing it to be the answer to his problems.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-08-21
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Maara
Overview: When Paaru sees a fairy tale she heard from from a stranger as a child painted across the walls of a costal town, she goes in search of the man who painted it - Maara.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai
Overview: Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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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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Amriki Pandit
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2022-12-31
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Hisaab Barabar
Overview: Radhe Mohan, an honest TC working for Indian Railways and a self-proclaimed accounts expert, sets out to uncover a massive financial fraud by banker Mickey Mehta. As Mickey puts the entire system against Radhe, what lies next for him?
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-11-26
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Aap Jaisa Koi
Overview: Romantic Comedy Film
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: hi
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Made in USA
Overview: Roby Thomas migrates to the U.S. with the help of a priest and works as a barman in a casino in Las Vegas. Roby is a simple youngster who believes in helping people in distress but he has a suicidal tendency. The film focuses on the inner turmoil of a youngster who seems to have a positive attitude towards life and emphasizes the importance of inter-personal relationship and friendship.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2005-05-06
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Anushka's Nishabdham
Overview: When a world-renowned cello player is found dead in a house that is assumed to be haunted, his well-wishers and the authorities investigate to see if it is really the work of a supernatural being.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: hi
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Kangana Madhavan's Next
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Original Language: hi
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