Best movies like Charas

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Suraj, an NRI, moves back to India, only to realise that the caretaker of his property, Kalicharan, is now running a drug racket on his land. He helps the police force to track down Kalicharan.

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Vettai

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.

Voter

Gautam is an NRI who returns to India to cast his vote. When challenged by the woman he loves, Bhavana, to make a politician fulfil his campaign promises if he wants to win her over, Gautam sets off on a path to change the system.

Nirakazhcha

Lorenzo, an Italian painter, decides to recreate the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma. When he moves to Kerala to achieve his goal, he falls in love with his model.

Kalicharan

A police officer goes undercover to catch a wealthy and reputable person, who is involved in criminal activities.

Aa ab Laut Chalen

An ambitious, unemployed youth goes to the US to find a job and gets caught in a love triangle between Pooja and Loveleen. However, he soon realises that he loves Pooja and reconciles with her.

Aashiqui

Rahul and Anu Verghese meet on the same day, while both are held by the police on charges of creating a disturbance, and running away respectively. They meet again, and love happens. Rahul helps Anu to be independent, and seek a job. Then Anu is discovered by a talent agent to be a model, which she accepts. Rahul wants to marry Anu, but first must establish himself.

Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai

Suraj dreams of following in his idol's footsteps, but as he moves to Mumbai to follow his dream, he discovers that following your dreams may have a cost.

Dhill

Velu's only dream is to become a police officer. One night after having dinner at a restaurant near the beach, Velu goes to pay the bill leaving his girlfriend Asha behind. At that moment, a police officer drinks and urinates besides Asha. Irritated, she scolds him. He attempts to rape her but is beaten up by Velu severely and receives a scar on his face. Angered by this, he seeks revenge against Velu.

Musafir

Betrayed in love and debt-ridden, Lucky, a small-time criminal, is on his way to Goa for a drug deal. But his life takes a turn when he falls for a dancer, who hires him to kill her abusive husband.

Itihaas

Time begets History - it may be at the war front, at a nation or of a household. Joginder Singh was a dedicated Police Officer of Commissioner rank. He had his wife, two sons Vijay and Rakesh and daughter Jyoti. One day when Rakesh arrested Kalicharan, henchman of Alexander the kingpin of the underworld, Joginder Singh was slightly disturbed. He was even more disturbed when he came to know of the release of Kalicharan on account of his sons mercy appeal. As if this was not enough, Alexander himself was trapped by Police and the anger and ill will against Joginder Singh Commissioner of Police reached its climax. Alexander got himself free on bail and to take revenge from Joginder Singh, abducted his daughter Jyoti and molested her. When Joginder Singh was informed by Kalicharan's son about the tragedy, he rushed and killed a man present on the scene of tragedy thinking him to be responsible for the act.

Lahu Ke Do Rang

Inspector Raj Singh's father was killed by Shankar and his men for gold. Years later he locates them but also finds that he has a step brother Suraj who works for Shankar now known as Devi Dayal.

Mappillai

Rajeshwari agrees to get her daughter Gayathri married to her beau Saravanan, thinking him to be subservient. But her plans are foiled when she realises that he has a violent past.

Pokkiri Raja

Madhavan Nair unknowingly kills a teenager. Raja, his eldest son, takes the blame and is sentenced to jail for five years. After jail, Raja rescues the daughter of a village land lord in Madurai, becomes his right hand Pokkiri Raja.

Polladhavan

Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realises that his bike has been used to transport drugs.

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum

Prasad and Sreeja are a couple planning to set up a new life in Kasargod. On a bus journey they end up being robbed by a thief also named Prasad and this lands them up in a police station.

Force

A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.

Dum Maaro Dum

ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.

Chot [Aaj Isko, Kal Tereko]

Corrupt Mumbai policeman aids local property developer to force two brothers who own a dairy farm off their land.

Shehzada

Bantu has grown up suffering his father Valmiki’s vitriolic tongue until he discovers that he’s actually an heir to an influential family, who was exchanged at birth. He moves into their mansion to protect them from a criminal drug lord’s attack and helps the family sort their issues.

Kanithan

A reporter who gets arrested realises that he is a victim of a fake degree certificate racket, and decides to track down the person responsible for misusing his identity.

Pandigai

A low-level hotel worker gets involved in a street fighting racket on the advice of a compulsive gambler. When the duo realise they have been duped by the gangster controlling the racket, they decided to rob him…

Marudhamalai

Marudhamalai, a cop, gets involved in a scuffle with the local gangster and helps the villagers get rid of his atrocities.

Sniff!!!

An eight-year-old Sunny Gill has always had a blocked nose, and therefore, no sense of smell. A freak accident gives Sunny the most refined sense of smell ever. The entire dog squad of the country's police force cannot sniff what he can. But is that enough for Sunny and his young pals Google and Twitter to combat a menacing & ruthless gang of car thieves? What starts out with tracing a single missing car in the housing society, ends up busting the heftiest car racket in the country. No villain could ever be as unlikely. But then, neither could the gang of detectives!

2 Countries

Ullaas is a cunning guy who can go to any extent for money. One fine day, he cheats a priest and redirects an NRI match which is supposed to go to a known person in his village. He manages everything and finally ties the knot with Laya. The twist in the tale arises when Ullaas comes to know that the NRI girl he married is a complete alcoholic. Rest of the story is as to how Sunil manages to get his problematic wife back on track.

Anando Brahma

An NRI enlists the help of his cop-friend to sell off his ancestral home, but later hears rumours of it being haunted. Unwilling to let go of the property at a throwaway price, he asks a team of four quirky guys to spend a night in the house and prove that it isn’t a ghost den.

Running Shaadi

Two friends, Ram Bharose and tech genius Cyberjeet, create a website that helps lovers to elope. The site is an instant hit; young couples line up for the opportunity to escape strict families and run away with the ones they love.

Koogle Kuttappa

A curmudgeonly, very conservative old man gets a robot as a caretaker and becomes very attached to it. Can his robotic engineer son make him realise the danger posed by the machine before it is too late?

Phagun

The new owners of Deepak Mahal meet with its caretaker, Mattu, who narrates the story of its' former owners: Bijondra - the only child of a wealthy Hindu Brahmin Zamindar; and Banani - the only child of a single father, Banjara Sardar Tinkari. Starting with the move to evict the Banjaras from his father's property, flute-playing Bijondra meets with and falls in love with pretty dancer, Banani - leading to being asked to leave by his enraged father; while Banani's father plans her marriage to Banjara Madhal.

Achuvinte Amma

Achuvinte Amma is a movie that tells the deep rooted relation between a mother, Vanaja and a daughter Achu. Vanaja is a street smart LIC agent who has made it on her own. She lives with her only daughter Aswathy alias Achu who holds a diploma in Civil Engineering. Mother and daughter share a special relationship and are like friends. There is nothing that Achu hides from her mother. But the only thing taboo in their life is the talk about her father. Vanaja never speaks about Achu's father and Achu never asks her as she doesn't want to hurt her beloved mother. Their life moves smoothly until Immanuel John alias Ijo enters their life. They meet Ijo accidentally when they go to Trivandrum for attending an interview. After the first meeting, Achu and Ijo run into each other now and then, and a friendship develops between them.

Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum

Gopan, a tourist guide's life takes a change as an unintentional statement by him lands his rival, Kuraichan, into the police station and ruins the later's family life.

Vishudhan

Sunny, a priest, comes to know that Vavachan is running an old age home with vile intentions. He wants the corpses of the inmates for the medical college run by his son. Sunny decides to expose this.

Priyappettavar

The film revolves around the life of NRI Gopinatha Menon, who returns to his ancestral home after a long time. He starts to plant trees, buy land, end alcoholism, abduct children, promote religious harmony and a lot more so he could finally achieve mental peace. All the while his younger son (simp) tries to create more problems as he is after Gopinath Menon's immense wealth that is spread across the United States, Canada and South India.

Ghore Pherar Gaan

The film is an uplifting musical follows the journey of Tora (Ishaa Saha), a girl from the suburbs of Kolkata, to her marital home in London. Tora is in dissonance with the high-flying lives of her NRI doctor husband Ribhu and her council-woman mother-in-law Shanta, and thus starts searching for solace outside the bounds of her home. This is when Imran (Parambrata Chattopadhyay), enters her life and helps her embrace life on her own terms. The film closely portrays the lives of Bengalis in London and the alienation that is felt by new immigrants from abroad.

Fashion Designer S/O Ladies Tailor

Gopalam is a small-time tailor who dreams of becoming a fashion designer. In order to make it big, he traps a rich girl in his village. This is also the time when yet another rich girl called Ammulu falls head over heels for Gopalam. Seeing this, he too gets involved in the relationship. But the twist in the tale arises when a rich NRI enters the scene. Once again, Gopalam changes track and traps her somehow. Now, he is stuck between the three girls and rest of the story is as to whom does he end up with at the end.

Soggadu

Ravi likes Swati and helps her escape from her wedding, only to realise that she likes Chandu. He decides to sacrifice his love and unite Swati with her lover.

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