Movie: Bioscope

Top 10 Billed Cast

Murugan
Murugan

Diwakaran

Walter Wagner
Walter Wagner

Dupont

Ramgopal Bajaj
Ramgopal Bajaj

Kaimal

Nedumbaram Gopi
Nedumbaram Gopi

Murugan Nair

Bharathan Najrakkal
Bharathan Najrakkal

Kumaran

T. V. Gangadharan
T. V. Gangadharan

Inspector

Mekha Rajan
Mekha Rajan

Nilamboor Ayesha
Nilamboor Ayesha

Malu

Anusha Mohan
Anusha Mohan

Mute girl

Kuttyedathi Vilasini
Kuttyedathi Vilasini

Ammini

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2008-07-16

  • Average

    6.8

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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