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344:Kitu Gidwani
324:Shabana Azmi
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184:Running time
151:A. R. Rahman
123:Shabana Azmi
107:Rahul Khanna
83:Bapsi Sidhwa
75:
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1670:Liar's Dice
1638:Peepli Live
1352:Deiva Magan
1344:Majhli Didi
1336:Aakhri Khat
1027:Deepa Mehta
746:16 November
505:Nandita Das
449:Roger Ebert
388:Nandita Das
378:β Dil Nawaz
356:Nandita Das
247:Deepa Mehta
232:1947: Earth
188:101 minutes
119:Narrated by
114:Maia Sethna
111:Nandita Das
94:Deepa Mehta
92:Anne Masson
89:Produced by
66:Deepa Mehta
56:Deepa Mehta
52:Directed by
1776:1999 films
1770:Categories
1718:Jallikattu
1507:In Custody
1189:I Am Sirat
1130:Beeba Boys
917:9 December
890:9 December
862:9 December
834:9 December
806:9 December
773:7 December
723:References
525:Soundtrack
417:β Imam Din
376:Aamir Khan
360:Aamir Khan
253:'s novel,
243:drama film
171:1999-09-10
103:Aamir Khan
18:1947 Earth
1710:Gully Boy
1686:Visaranai
1566:2001β2020
1419:1981β2000
1384:Garm Hava
1312:Mahanagar
1288:Madhumati
1272:1957β1980
1146:Funny Boy
618:Hariharan
551:Singer(s)
426:β Butcher
193:Countries
139:Edited by
1427:Saaransh
1376:Saudagar
1328:Amrapali
1208:Elements
1200:See also
990:AllMovie
949:15 March
711:See also
667:Srinivas
650:Srinivas
207:Language
147:Music by
99:Starring
72:Based on
62:Story by
1737:Pebbles
1555:Hey Ram
1499:Rudaali
1467:Parinda
1451:Nayakan
1392:Manthan
1210:trilogy
1058:Camilla
907:"Earth"
851:"Earth"
790:"Earth"
762:"Earth"
439:Reviews
340:Muslims
240:romance
178:(India)
169: (
1756:(2023)
1748:(2022)
1740:(2021)
1721:(2020)
1713:(2019)
1705:(2018)
1697:(2017)
1694:Newton
1689:(2016)
1681:(2015)
1673:(2014)
1665:(2013)
1657:(2012)
1654:Barfi!
1649:(2011)
1641:(2010)
1633:(2009)
1625:(2008)
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1598:Paheli
1593:(2004)
1590:Shwaas
1585:(2002)
1582:Devdas
1577:(2001)
1574:Lagaan
1558:(2000)
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1542:(1998)
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1526:(1996)
1523:Indian
1518:(1995)
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1470:(1989)
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1430:(1984)
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1387:(1974)
1379:(1973)
1371:(1972)
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1363:(1971)
1355:(1969)
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1315:(1963)
1307:(1962)
1299:(1959)
1291:(1958)
1283:(1957)
1192:(2023)
1184:(2016)
1176:(2008)
1168:(1975)
1149:(2020)
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1133:(2015)
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1077:(1998)
1069:(1996)
1061:(1994)
1053:(1991)
1045:(1988)
884:Rediff
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554:Length
338:, and
332:Hindus
301:Lahore
237:period
227:ΰ€ͺΰ₯ΰ€₯ΰ₯ΰ€΅ΰ₯
197:Canada
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1320:Guide
1098:Water
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548:Title
518:AMPAS
510:Earth
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336:Sikhs
328:Parsi
320:polio
284:Water
269:Earth
223:Hindi
218:Earth
210:Hindi
201:India
35:Earth
1753:2018
1531:Guru
1263:for
1259:for
1066:Fire
974:IMDb
951:2011
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775:2017
748:2021
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