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DIL Chahta Hai (2001) FR #94 | Movie | Drama, Comedy | India | Hindi
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Director Farhan Akhtar
Writer Kassim Jagmagia, Farhan Akhtar, Karan Vishwanath Kashyap
Cast Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna
Plot Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) FR #328 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Zoya Akhtar
Writer Farhan Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar
Cast Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol
Plot Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their friends gets engaged.
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Rock On!! (2008) FR #1620 | Movie | Musical, Drama | India | Hindi
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Director Abhishek Kapoor
Writer Farhan Akhtar, Pubali Chaudhuri, Abhishek Kapoor
Cast Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, Luke Kenny
Plot Four friends reunite to relive their moments of glory as a rock band.
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Don (2006) FR #2124 | Movie | Spy-Thriller, Drama | India | Hindi
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Director Farhan Akhtar
Writer Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar
Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Arjun Rampal
Plot Vijay is recruited by a police officer to masquerade as his lookalike Don, the leader of an international gang of smugglers. Things go wrong when the officer is killed and Vijay is left to fend for himself.
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Talaash aka Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012) FR #3840 | Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Hindi
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Director Reema Kagti, Priyamvada Narayanan
Writer Farhan Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar
Cast Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji
Plot Inspector Surjan Shekhawat, who is dealing with a depressing past, has to investigate a high profile murder case, deal with his crumbling marriage and use the help and solace of a prostitute by the name of Rosie.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Farhan Akhtar collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
