Adah Sharma’s Birthday Special: 7 Films That Made Her a Star

1920 (2008)

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Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)

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Commando 2 (2017)

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The Kerala Story (2023)

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Bastar: The Naxal Story (2024)

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Sunflower (2021)

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Ranavikrama (2015)

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