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East Is East(1999)

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Brick Lane(2007)

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Dhadak(2018)

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Valerie(1957)

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Talvar(2015)

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A Regular Woman(2019)

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Bride & Prejudice(2004)

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Dilek Taşı(1978)

Şerif Ağa wants to marry the girl, who works with her, to a rich man. Zeynep resists but when she hears that the young man he loves will be killed, she has to accept it.

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