Name: Backpackers
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-09-22
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Alisha Chopra, Ambrish Verma, Shireen Sewani

The young protagonists, played by Kalidas Jayaram and newbie Karthika Nair, portray cancer patients who meet in a hospital and fall in love. It is not exactly the most original scenario; we've seen this from Mani Ratnam's 1989-film Geethanjali to the 2014 Hollywood The Fault In Our Stars, to name a few. We can understand why filmmakers like the premise; what can be more poignant than love that could be snuffed out when it is at its most romantic and youthful.

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