Bioscope

Jul 16, 2008

1h 34m

★ 6.8

Overview

Set in the second decade of the 20th century, this is a story of cinema entering villages of Kerala. The protagonist Diwakaran gets attracted to the new machine, bioscope, at an exhibition by Frenchman DuPont, who does bioscope shows on the coasts of Tamil Nadu.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

National Film Development Corporation of India

Bioscope Trailers

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Cast

Diwakaran

Murugan

Dupont

Walter Wagner

Kaimal

Ramgopal Bajaj

Murugan Nair

Nedumbaram Gopi

Kumaran

Bharathan Najrakkal

Inspector

T. V. Gangadharan

Mekha Rajan

Malu

Nilamboor Ayesha

Mute girl

Anusha Mohan

Ammini

Kuttyedathi Vilasini

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