Circus (2009 film)

2009 Indian film

Circus

Directed by| Dayal Padmanabhan
Written by| Dayal Padmanabhan
Shekhar Chandra
Manjunath Sanjeev (Dialogues)
Produced by| Dayal Padmanabhan
Starring| Ganesh
Archana Gupta
Narrated by| Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Cinematography| Shekar Chandra
Edited by| Joni Harsha
Music by| Emil Mohammed

Production
company

D Pictures

Distributed by| Rockline Distributors

Release date

* 15 January 2009 (2009-01-15)

Running time

| 148 minutes
Country| India
Language| Kannada

Circus is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language comedy thriller film directed and produced by Dayal Padmanabhan. It stars Ganesh and Archana Gupta in the lead roles.[1][2]

Circus was released on 15 January 2009 and became an average venture at the box office.

## Plot

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Dhanush is a fun-loving youngster who along with his friends live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station. They decide to play a prank by sending a letter stating that a train traveling from Mysore to Bangalore on a particular date will explode

However, Dhanush and his gang realize that one of the friend's address is posted on the letter, so they get into the Railway Mail Service boggie of the train to retrieve the letter, but they discover that a real plot has been hatched by the terrorists to blow up the Gandhadagudi Express on the same day.

Dhanush and his gang decide to locate them and foil the plan. During their journey, Dhanush and his gang take a break at one of the houses where Priya and Dhanush fall for each other. After an intense search, Dhanush and his gang identify the terrorists, they manage to kill them with the help of undercover ATS officers.

## Cast

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* Ganesh as Dhanush
* Archana Gupta as Priya
* Pawan Kumar
* Avinash Bharadwaj
* Murali
* Mithra
* Sai Krishna
* Nagashekhar
* Laya Kokila
* Renuka prasad
* Yathi Raj
* Shivaji Rao Jadhav
* Dayal Padmanaabhan
* Triveni Rao
* K. V. Manjayya
* Rekha Das
* Padmaja Rao
* Avinash
* Sri Crazymindz
* Chi. Guru Dutt
* Dharma
* Muni
* Kempe Gowda
* Achyuth Kumar
* Sadhu Kokila
* Vaijanath Biradar
* Arun Sagar

## Soundtrack

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Circus

Soundtrack album by

Emil

Released| 15 December 2008 (2008-12-15)
Genre| Film score
Length| 30:03
Label| Rock D Tracks
Producer| Dayal Padmanabhan
Emil chronology
| Nanda Loves Nanditha
(2008)  | Circus
(2008)  | Kal Manja
(2011)

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The official soundtrack contains six songs composed by Emil Mohammed with lyrics penned by Kaviraj, Yogaraj Bhat and Manjunath Rao.[3] The audio of the film released on 15 December 2008.[4] 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.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Baaro Geleya"| Kaviraj| Karthik, Emil| 5:02
2.| "Pisugudale (1)"| Yogaraj Bhat| Sonu Nigam| 5:16
3.| "Circus"| Manjunath Rao| Karthik, Hemanth Kumar, Ranjith, Emil| 4:38
4.| "Jeeva Hoovaagide"| Manjunath Rao| Aryan, Archana Udupa, Shehanaz, Gangothri Rangaswamy| 4:52
5.| "Sajnaare"| Yogaraj Bhat| Harish Raghavendra, Aarathi| 5:02
6.| "Pisugudale (2)"| Yogaraj Bhat| Naresh Iyer| 5:13
Total length:| 30:03

## Reception

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### Critical response

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Circus received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Circus may not be a top class thriller but still has enough entertaining arsenal to please film fans. Watch it if you love thrillers."[5] The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "There is freshness in the script and narration. Though slow in the first half, it gets lively in the second half."[6] Bangalore Mirror wrote "Despite the drawbacks, Circus is worth a watch".[7]

### Box office

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The film was declared as a good grosser by completing 50 days at the box office.

## Home media

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The satellite rights of the film were sold to Star Suvarna and was released on DVD with 5.1 channel surround sound with English subtitles and VCD.

## References

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1. ^ "railway station: Ganesh recreates circus". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
2. ^ Ganesh's Circus takes off Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Circus audio songs
4. ^ Circus audio release
5. ^ "Circus is a good thriller". Rediff.com. 15 January 2009.
6. ^ "CIRCUS MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 10 May 2016.
7. ^ "Circus: Brand new Ganesh". Bangalore Mirror. 15 January 2009.

## External links

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* Circus at IMDb

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