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Shekhar Chandra
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| starring      = [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br>[[Archana Gupta]]
| starring      = [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br />[[Archana Gupta]]
| narrator      = Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
| narrator      = Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
| music          = [[Emil Mohammed]]
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'''''Circus''''' is a 2009 Kannada film directed and produced by Dayal Padmanabhan who previously acted with Ganesh in [[Gaalipata]]. Music was composed by Emil. The film stars [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] and [[Archana Gupta]] in the lead roles.<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html Ganesh's Circus takes off] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415162100/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html |date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> The film released on 15 January 2009.
'''''Circus''''' is a 2009 Kannada film directed and produced by [[Dayal Padmanabhan]] who previously acted with Ganesh in ''[[Gaalipata]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/ganesh-recreates-circus/articleshow/3351817.cms |title=railway station: Ganesh recreates circus {{!}} Events Movie News - Times of India |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123015009/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/ganesh-recreates-circus/articleshow/3351817.cms |archive-date=2022-01-23}} </ref> Music was composed by Emil. The film stars [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] and [[Archana Gupta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2009/jan/15review-circus-is-a-good-thriller.htm|title=Circus is a good thriller|date=15 January 2009|work=[[Rediff]]|author=R G Vijayasarathy}}</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html Ganesh's Circus takes off] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415162100/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html |date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> The film released on 15 January 2009.


==Plot==
==Plot==
{{Review|section|date=May 2010}}
{{Review|section|date=May 2010}}
''Circus'' has a tag line along with its sub title Nodi Maja Maadi. Dayaal, who spoke with emotional overtones in the film, said that he will be completing the film after sixty days of schedule. He said, nearly seventy percent of the shooting will be done near or on a train. I had to toil hard to get the required permission for the shoot. The story starts from Mysore station and ends in Bangalore station. director has taken permission from Railway authorities to shoot the film in Railway station and tracks in Mysore, Konkan Railway and Railway line stretching in Sakleshpura and Subramanya Ghat section.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415162100/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html |archivedate=15 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-circus-archana-061008.html Circus shot in train] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120711074003/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-circus-archana-061008.html |date=11 July 2012 }}</ref>
''Circus'' has a tag line along with its sub title Nodi Maja Maadi. Dayaal, who spoke with emotional overtones in the film, said that he will be completing the film after sixty days of schedule. He said, nearly seventy percent of the shooting will be done near or on a train. I had to toil hard to get the required permission for the shoot. The story starts from Mysore station and ends in Bangalore station. director has taken permission from Railway authorities to shoot the film in Railway station and tracks in Mysore, Konkan Railway and Railway line stretching in Sakleshpura and Subramanya Ghat section.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415162100/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2008/ganesh-archana-circus-070808.html |archivedate=15 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-circus-archana-061008.html Circus shot in train] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120711074003/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/top-stories/2008/ganesh-circus-archana-061008.html |date=11 July 2012 }}</ref>


A joke gone bad, the story is about Dhanush (Ganesh) and his group of friends who live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station.
A joke gone bad, the story is about Dhanush (Ganesh) and his group of friends who live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station.
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In a hurry, they get into the RMS bogie of the train and after a lot of twists finally manage to extract the letter from the pile. In this process, what Dhanush discovers is that the same day a real plot has been hatched by the terrorists to blow up the Gandhadagudi express so he decides to locate it and foil the plan.
In a hurry, they get into the RMS bogie of the train and after a lot of twists finally manage to extract the letter from the pile. In this process, what Dhanush discovers is that the same day a real plot has been hatched by the terrorists to blow up the Gandhadagudi express so he decides to locate it and foil the plan.


In the process of his journey, the friends take a break at one of the houses where Priya (Archana Gupta) and in no time, love blooms between Dhanush and her. So what happens to Gandhadagudi express? Is Dhanush successful in his attempts? All this forms the rest of the story.<ref>http://www.bharatstudent.com/cafebharat/movie_reviews_2-Kannada-Circus-Movie-Review-5,602.php</ref>
In the process of his journey, the friends take a break at one of the houses where Priya (Archana Gupta) and in no time, love blooms between Dhanush and her. So what happens to Gandhadagudi express? Is Dhanush successful in his attempts? All this forms the rest of the story.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharatstudent.com/cafebharat/movie_reviews_2-Kannada-Circus-Movie-Review-5,602.php |title=Circus - Sandalwood Kannada Movie Reviews |website=www.bharatstudent.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311005106/http://www.bharatstudent.com/cafebharat/movie_reviews_2-Kannada-Circus-Movie-Review-5,602.php |archive-date=2009-03-11}} </ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]
{{cast listing|
*[[Archana Gupta]]
*[[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] as Dhanush
*[[Archana Gupta]] as Priya
*[[Pawan Kumar (director)|Pawan Kumar]]
*[[Pawan Kumar (director)|Pawan Kumar]]
*Avinash Bharadwaj
*Avinash Bharadwaj
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*Laya Kokila  
*Laya Kokila  
*Renuka prasad  
*Renuka prasad  
*Yathi raj
*Yathi Raj
*Shivaji Rao Jadhav  
*Shivaji Rao Jadhav  
*Dayal Padmanaabhan
*Dayal Padmanaabhan
*Triveni Rao  
*Triveni Rao  
*K. V. Manjayya  
*K. V. Manjayya  
*Rekha Das  
*[[Rekha Das]]
*Padmaja Rao
*[[Padmaja Rao]]
*[[Avinash (Kannada actor)|Avinash]]
*[[Avinash (Kannada actor)|Avinash]]
*Sri Crazymindz
*Sri Crazymindz
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*Dharma
*Dharma
*Muni
*Muni
*Kempe gowda
*Kempe Gowda
*Achyuth Kumar  
*Achyuth Kumar  
*[[Sadhu Kokila]]
*[[Sadhu Kokila]]
*[[Vaijanath Biradar]]
*[[Vaijanath Biradar]]
*[[Arun Sagar]]
*[[Arun Sagar]]
}}


==Box office==
==Box office==

Latest revision as of 05:28, 19 March 2022

Circus
File:Circ poster.jpg
Directed byDayal Padmanabhan
Produced byDayal Padmanabhan
Written byManjunath Sanjeev (Dialogues)
Screenplay byDayal Padmanaabhan
Story byDayal Padmanaabhan Shekhar Chandra
StarringGanesh
Archana Gupta
Narrated byNagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Music byEmil Mohammed
CinematographyShekar Chandra
Edited byJoni Harsha
Production
company
S. D. Productions
Distributed byRockline Distributors
Release date
  • 15 January 2009 (2009-01-15)
Running time
2 hours 28 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Circus is a 2009 Kannada film directed and produced by Dayal Padmanabhan who previously acted with Ganesh in Gaalipata.[1] Music was composed by Emil. The film stars Ganesh and Archana Gupta.[2][3] The film released on 15 January 2009.

Plot[edit]

Circus has a tag line along with its sub title Nodi Maja Maadi. Dayaal, who spoke with emotional overtones in the film, said that he will be completing the film after sixty days of schedule. He said, nearly seventy percent of the shooting will be done near or on a train. I had to toil hard to get the required permission for the shoot. The story starts from Mysore station and ends in Bangalore station. director has taken permission from Railway authorities to shoot the film in Railway station and tracks in Mysore, Konkan Railway and Railway line stretching in Sakleshpura and Subramanya Ghat section.[4][5]

A joke gone bad, the story is about Dhanush (Ganesh) and his group of friends who live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station.

Dhanush is the leader of the gang and just to have some fun, they decide to send a letter stating on a particular date a train travelling from Mysore to Bangalore will be exploding. However, what they realize later after posting is that one of the friend's address is there on the letter.

In a hurry, they get into the RMS bogie of the train and after a lot of twists finally manage to extract the letter from the pile. In this process, what Dhanush discovers is that the same day a real plot has been hatched by the terrorists to blow up the Gandhadagudi express so he decides to locate it and foil the plan.

In the process of his journey, the friends take a break at one of the houses where Priya (Archana Gupta) and in no time, love blooms between Dhanush and her. So what happens to Gandhadagudi express? Is Dhanush successful in his attempts? All this forms the rest of the story.[6]

Cast[edit]

Box office[edit]

The movie received mixed to positive reviews from critics as well as audience and was declared average grosser at box office. The film completed 50 days.

Soundtrack[edit]

Circus
Soundtrack album by
Emil
Released15 December 2008 (2008-12-15)
GenreFilm score
Length30:03
LabelRock D Tracks
ProducerDayal Padmanabhan
Emil chronology
Nanda Loves Nanditha
(2008)
Circus
(2008)

The official soundtrack contains six songs composed by Emil with lyrics penned by Kaviraj, Yogaraj Bhat and Manjunath Rao.[7] The audio of the film released on 15 December 2008.[8] The opening lines of the song Jeeva Hoovagide was used from the popular song of same name (I Love You) from the 1981 movie Nee Nanna Gellalare.

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Baaro Geleya"  Karthik, Emil 5:02
2. "Pisugudale (1)"  Sonu Nigam 5:16
3. "Circus"  Karthik, Hemanth Kumar, Ranjith, Emil 4:38
4. "Jeeva Hoovaagide"  Aryan, Archana Udupa, Shehanaz, Gangothri Rangaswamy 4:52
5. "Sajnaare"  Harish Raghavendra, Aarathi 5:02
6. "Pisugudale (2)"  Naresh Iyer 5:13
Total length:
30:03

Home media[edit]

The movie was released on DVD with 5.1 channel surround sound and English subtitles and VCD.

References[edit]

  1. "railway station: Ganesh recreates circus | Events Movie News - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
  2. R G Vijayasarathy (15 January 2009). "Circus is a good thriller". Rediff.
  3. Ganesh's Circus takes off Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Circus shot in train Archived 11 July 2012 at Archive.today
  6. "Circus - Sandalwood Kannada Movie Reviews". www.bharatstudent.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009.
  7. Circus audio songs
  8. Circus audio release

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