Cirkus

Cirkus (2022)

सर्कस

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally separated at birth. Several years later, when they are coincidentally in the same town, there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding when people mistake them for each other.

Date of release
2022-12-23
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (20)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Rohit Shetty

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Angoor

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

Production

Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up with Shah Rukh Khan for a remake of the 1982 film, Angoor. After the 2011 blockbuster Singham, Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it half-finished. In 2015, Shetty said "We always plan to make Angoor but we ended up making Chennai Express and then Dilwale.

The film was produced by Rohit Shetty Productionz and T-Series Films. The officially announced the project titled Cirkus on 19 October 2020. Since the film is a comedy of error that results from mistaken identity due to the double role of two characters in the film, makers decided to set the film in an era that was devoid of mobile phones and all other modern gadgets.

Ranveer Singh was reported to play double role in the film. In mid-October 2020, it was confirmed that Pooja Hegde and Jacqueline Fernandez will play the female leads in the film, in the maiden collaboration with both Shetty and Singh. Later, Varun Sharma was confirmed for playing double role in the film. Johnny Lever was also cast in an important role.

Principal photography began on 17 November 2020 in Mumbai. Pooja Hegde wrapped the first schedule on 6 December 2020. In late-December 2020, Singh glimpses from the sets of the film. Deepika Padukone shot a special dance number in mid-February 2021. Final schedule of the film began on 27 March 2021. Few Russian artists with elaborate outfits were spotted outside the sets and their looks included coloured wigs and extravagant headgears.

Post-production of the film began simultaneously with the wrapping-up and continuation of film production. Editing and VFX works began in February 2022. The final copy of the film was ready in late-November, and was submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) next month. On 16 December 2022, the film received a U/A certificate from the Censor Board, with a finalized runtime of 138 minutes.

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