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There are 324 films with the same actors, 24297 with the same cinematographic genres (including 1865 with exactly the same 2 genres than
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Directed by KamalGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Dileep,
Meera Jasmine,
Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena),
Mithun Ramesh,
Oduvil Unnikrishnan,
MuraliRating64%
Sachidanandan (Dileep) runs an antique shop in the Jewish street at Kochi. He is famous for old Gramophone records. Jennifer (Meera Jasmine), Pattu Set (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), ‘Saigal’ Yousuf and Tabla Bhaskaran (Salim Kumar) are Sachi's fathers close friends. Sachi’s father was Raveendranathan (Murali) who was a great music director who died leaving him with a lot of musical instruments and some gramophone records. Sachi hates music, as he believes that his father has not made any money out of it. Aryadevi, a famous singer, who has been given her first break by Raveendran, comes to Kochi from Bombay with her daughter Pooja (Navya Nair). Genres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Vineeth,
Sonali Kulkarni,
Kaka Radhakrishnan,
R. Sundarrajan,
Anand Krishnamoorthi,
ManoramaRating63%
Sandhya(Sonali Kulkarni) is the only daughter of big shot who always controls her life and schedules her activities. When she finds out he has planned to get her married with an US immigrant, she decides to run away from her family to Madras. Due to some unfortunate events, Sandhya loses her money because of a young photographer (Vineeth) and now she is stuck with him until he repays her cash. As the story unfolds, her family finds her in Madras and love blossoms between the two. Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan NairGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Suresh Gopi,
Jayaram,
Biju Menon,
Abhirami,
Harisree Ashok,
DevanRating51%
When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work,the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called "millennium stars". Then the villain enters and tries to separate the two. Karunan convinces them not to separate. , 2h20
Directed by Shajoon KariyalGenres Drama,
MusicalThemes Musical filmsActors Mohanlal,
Padmapriya,
Murali,
Kavya Madhavan,
Biju Menon,
Kaviyoor PonnnammaRating65%
Iringannoor Bharathan Pisharody (Mohanlal), professor at the Sanskrit University, a very knowledgeable man with a keen interest in the Vedas, astrology and Kathakali, author of several critical works and winner of numerous awards, is the central character of Vadakkum Nathan. Meera (Padmapriya) is his student and murapennu. Though Bharathan does not encourage it, Meera often tries to take advantage of the relationship even in class.Both families have agreed to their wedding and a date has been fixed. But when the auspicious day dawns and the bride arrives at the mandapam, she realizes to her utter dismay and desolation that the groom has disappeared.Gloom settles over the household. Meera is inconsolable.Genres Drama,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Vineeth,
Rambha,
Nedumudi Venu,
Manoj K. Jayan,
Oduvil Unnikrishnan,
Urmila UnniRating76%
Kuttan Thampuran (Manoj K Jayan) is the son of Subhadra Thampurati and Kochanyian Thampuran of the Maangaattu kovilkkam. Kuttan has suffered from epilepsy from childhood and is rough and violent in his character and is feared by all in the village. Haridas (Vineeth) is his classmate despite being two years younger and develops a special bond with Thampuran from childhood. Haridas always accompanies Kuttan and carries iron keys to assist Kuttan in case the seizure develops. Both Hari and Kuttan grow up to be unsuccessful in their respective lives and Hari is criticized for this by his father Bagavathar who is a well known classical singer, but has not been financially successful. Hari had a liking for music, but Bagavathar discourages him from music and persuades him into a professional degree course. Kuttan meanwhile had frequent seizures from Epilepsy and is a nuisance in both home and village, despite seeking various medical treatments. , 1h57
Directed by Deepa MehtaOrigin CanadaGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Feminist films,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Seema Biswas,
Lisa Ray,
John Abraham,
Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Waheeda Rehman,
Vinay PathakRating76%
The film is set in the year 1938, when India was still under British occupation. Child marriage was common practice back then. Widows had a diminished position in society, and were expected to spend their lives in poverty and worship of God. Widow remarriages were legalised by the colonial laws, but in practice, they were largely considered taboo.Directed by Petchtai WongkamlaoGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Petchtai WongkamlaoRating66%
The story is set in 1967 Yasothon Province, Thailand, where Yam is a hard-working, humble, and kind farmer—kind, that is, except when it comes to the attentions of Joei, the homely maid of Soy, who is the girlfriend of Yam's cousin, Tong. Yam nurses stray and injured animals of all kinds, but he never has nice things to say to Joei. Despite this, she persists in flirting with Yam and making unwanted physical advances. Meanwhile, Soy and Tong cuddle, kiss and hug each other at every opportunity. , 1h33
Directed by Norman TaurogOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Auto racing films,
Musical films,
Road moviesActors Elvis Presley,
Shelley Fabares,
Diane McBain,
Jimmy Hawkins,
Cecil Kellaway,
Una MerkelRating57%
Mike McCoy (Elvis), the lead singer for a traveling band who is also a part-time race car driver, enjoys his carefree single life, which is threatened by three different women who seek to marry him.