Pitruroon

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Pitruroon
Directed byNitish Bharadwaj
Written byNitish Bharadwaj
Pravin Tarde
StarringSachin Khedekar
Tanuja
Suhas Joshi
CinematographyMahesh Aney
Music byKaushal Inamdar
Release date
  • 2013 (2013)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Pitruroon is a 2013 Indian Marathi Language film directed by Nitish Bharadwaj. The film is a directional debut of Nitish Bharadwaj and it based on Runa, a Kannada story by Sudha Murty. [1] [2]

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Plot

An archeologist investigates history of his own family when coming across a lookalike during visit to a village.

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References

  1. Pitruroon Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Pitruroon by Times of India , retrieved 15 April 2022
  2. "Author Murthy makes acting debut with Pitruroon - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 15 April 2022.