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Hera Pheri

2000 · 156 min

A chaotic, laugh-out-loud ride with lovable losers whose desperate schemes keep spiraling into hilarious trouble.

Directed by: Priyadarshan
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal

Overview: Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.

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Directed by: Priyadarshan
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
greed
friendship
family
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	0
Humour	9
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, crime
Directed by: Priyadarshan
Written by: Neeraj Vora
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Om Puri, Gulshan Grover, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Mukesh Khanna
Music: Surendra Singh Sodhi, Bally Sagoo
Cinematography: Jeeva
Runtime: 156 min
Country: India
Languages: Hindi

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