Bioscope (2015)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 2H 14M
Director : Gajendra Ahire, Viju Mane, Girish Mohite, Ravi Jadhav
Writer : Gajendra Ahire, Viju Mane, Shirish Latkar, Girish Mohite, Abhay Dakhane, Ravi Jadhav
Synopsis
Bioscope is an anthology film having 4 short films inspired from 4 poems.
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