Cirkus

Cirkus is an 2022 Indian Hindi-language period comedy drama film.[5][6]It is directed and produced by Rohit Shetty. The movie is also jointly produced by Rohit Shetty Productionz and T-Series.[7]

Cirkus
Directed byRohit Shetty
Screenplay byYunus Sajawal
Story by
  • Farhad Samji
  • Sanchit Bedre
  • Vidhi Ghodgaonkar[1]
Based onThe Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Produced by
  • Rohit Shetty
  • Bhushan Kumar
  • Krishan Kumar
Starring
CinematographyJomon T. John
Edited byBunty Nagi
Music byAmar Mohile
Production
companies
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
Running time
139 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹150 crore[3]
Box office₹46.04 crore[4]

Cirkus is a remake of the 1982 Hindi film Angoor which itself was based on William Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors.[8][9] Principal photography for the film began in November 2020 at Mumbai and also took place in Ooty.[10]

The film was theatrically released on 23 December 2022.[11] Panned by critics, the film underperformed at the box office and went on to become one of the biggest commercial failures of 2022.[12]

Plot

After finding two sets of identical twins on the doorstep of his orphanage, Dr. Roy Jamnadas gives them up for adoption to two different families in different cities. Years later, a comedy of errors ensues when one set of twins decides to visit the city where the other set of twins runs a circus and there is a lot of confusion due to mistaken identities.

Cast
  • Ranveer Singh as Roy aka Electric Man / Roy 2 (dual role)
  • Varun Sharma as Joy / Joy 2 (dual role)
  • Pooja Hegde as Mala, Roy's wife
  • Jacqueline Fernandez as Bindu, Joy's girlfriend
  • Johnny Lever as Polson Dada
  • Sanjay Mishra as Rai Bahadur, Bindu's father
  • Siddhartha Jadhav as Momo
  • Mukesh Tiwari as Daaku Bagheera
  • Radhika Bangia as Lily
  • Vrajesh Hirjee as Naag mani, a taxi driver
  • Ashwini Kalsekar as Shakuntala Devi, Roy's mother
  • Murali Sharma as Dr. Roy Jamnadas
  • Tiku Talsania as Veljibhai, a jeweller
  • Nikitin Dheer as Roy & Joy's father
  • Vijay Patkar as Shankar
  • Brijendra Kala as Yusuf
  • Anil Charanjeett as Prem
  • Uday Tikekar as Joy Jamnadas
  • Sulabha Arya as Chachi
  • Umakant Patil as Chikki
  • Ashish Warang as Mango
  • Deepika Padukone as Meenakshi (special appearance in song "Current Laga Re")[13]


References
  1. https://www.maharashtratimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/cirkus/amp_moviereview/96471873.cms
  2. "Cirkus". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. "BIGGEST FLOPS Bollywood 2022 Movie List: Samrat Prithviraj, Cirkus, Shamshera, films that FLUNKED at box office". Times Now. 30 December 2022.
  4. "Cirkus box office collection". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. "Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty's Cirkus is a period comedy set in the 1960's". Bollywood Hungama. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. "Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty feature in a dramatic BTS pic from Cirkus, final schedule begins". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. "Ranveer Singh, Rohit Shetty to collaborate on 'Comedy of Errors' adaptation 'Cirkus'". The Hindu. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. "'Cirkus' A Different Take On 'The Comedy of Errors': Rohit Shetty". Outlook.
  9. Bharatvarsh, TV9 (17 November 2021). "क्या संजीव कुमार की 'अंगूर' से प्रेरित है रणवीर सिंह की 'सर्कस'? जानिए इस पर क्या बोले रोहित शेट्टी". TV9 Bharatvarsh (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  10. "Ranveer Singh starts shooting for Rohit Shetty's 'Cirkus'". The Times of India. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  11. "Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty's Cirkus to release on December 23, 2022; first look poster confirms double role". Bollywood Hungama. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  12. "BIGGEST FLOPS Bollywood 2022 Movie List: Samrat Prithviraj, Cirkus, Shamshera, films that FLUNKED at box office". Times Now. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  13. "BREAKING: Deepika Padukone joins Ranveer Singh in Rohit Shetty's Cirkus". Bollywood Hungama. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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