Cirkus (film)

This article is about the 2022 Indian film. For other uses, see Cirkus (disambiguation).

Cirkus
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRohit Shetty
Screenplay byYunus Sajawal
Dialogues byFarhad Samji
Vidhi Ghadgaonkar
Based onThe Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJomon T. John
Edited byBunty Nagi
Music byScore:
Amar Mohile
Songs:
Devi Sri Prasad
Hiten-Badshah
Lijo George-DJ Chetas
Production
companies
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
Running time
138 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹100−150 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹61.47 crore[3]

Cirkus is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period comedy-drama film [4][5] directed and produced by Rohit Shetty. The film is jointly produced by Rohit Shetty Pictures and T-Series.[6] The film stars Ranveer Singh[7][8] and Varun Sharma in dual roles alongside Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra.[9][10][11][12] In the film, two sets of identical twins mixed up at birth encounter each other as adults.

Cirkus is an adaption of the 1982 Hindi film Angoor, which itself was based on William Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors.[13][14] Principal photography for the film began in November 2020 at Mumbai and also took place in Ooty.[15]

Cirkus was released theatrically on 23 December 2022.[16] The film was received highly negative reviews from critics and underperformed at box office and grossed over 61.47 crore. It is also considered a worst movie of 2022.[17]

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  13. ^ "'Cirkus' A Different Take On 'The Comedy of Errors': Rohit Shetty". Outlook. 27 June 2022.
  14. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "Ranveer Singh starts shooting for Rohit Shetty's 'Cirkus'". The Times of India. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty's Cirkus to release on December 23, 2022; first look poster confirms double role". Bollywood Hungama. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  17. ^ "BIGGEST FLOPS Bollywood 2022 Movie List: Samrat Prithviraj, Cirkus, Shamshera, films that FLUNKED at box office". Times Now. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.