Bioscope (2008)
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.
- Date of release
- 2008-07-16
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- K.M. Madhusudhanan
Casting
- Murugan — Diwakaran
- Walter Wagner — Dupont
- Ramgopal Bajaj — Kaimal
- Nedumbaram Gopi — Murugan Nair
- Bharathan Najrakkal — Kumaran
- T. V. Gangadharan — Inspector
- Mekha Rajan
- Nilamboor Ayesha — Malu
- Anusha Mohan — Mute girl
- Kuttyedathi Vilasini — Ammini
Interesting facts
Bioscope is a 2008 Malayalam film produced by National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and was directed by K. M. Madhusudhanan.The music is composed by Chandran Veyattummal, while the cinematography is by M. J. Radhakrishnan.
Production
The film is based on the book Bioscope written by K. M. Madhusudhanan. The book is based on the real-life story of Varunni Joseph, who ran bioscope shows in Kerala in 1907. The director plans to make a sequel. "Bioscope is the first part of a trilogy. The second part is titled Kannadi Kottaka (Mirror Cinema Hall) and is set in contemporary Kerala. It is about a movie house and three people who are connected to it," says Madhusudhanan.
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