Circus (TV series)

Circus is a 1989 Indian television series directed by Aziz Mirza and Kundan Shah, set in a circus troupe, starring Shahrukh Khan, Makarand Deshpande, Pavan Malhotra, Ashutosh Gowariker, Neeraj Vora, Hyder Ali and many other talented actors.

Circus
GenreDrama
Created byAziz Mirza
Directed by
StarringShahrukh Khan
Sunil Shende
Rekha Sahay
Renuka Shahane
Sameer Khakhar
Ashutosh Gowariker
ComposerKuldeep Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes19
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original networkDD National
Picture format480i
Original release1989 (1989) 
1990 (1990)

Cast

  • Shahrukh Khan as Shekharan Rai
  • Sunil Shendey as Sahdevan Rai a.k.a. Babuji, Shekharan' Father
  • Sameer Khakhar as Chintamani
  • Rekha Sahay as Valsamma
  • Naeem Shah as Sultan
  • Amrut Patel as Professor Bowkar
  • Renuka Shahane as Maria
  • Satish Kaul as Aditya
  • Anita Sarin as Prabha
  • Dimple Hirji as Minaz
  • Naresh Suri as John Jonathan/Joe, Maria's Father
  • Haidar Ali as Subroto, Ringmaster
  • Somesh Agarwal as Gupta
  • Pavan Malhotra as Rasik
  • Ashutosh Gowariker as Vicky
  • Makrand Deshpande as Kanti
  • Neeraj Vohra as Changu
  • Sharad Bhagtani as Mangu
  • Sidharth Basu as Circus Staff
  • Sunil Advani as Swami

Guest cast

  • Rama Vij as Shyamli
  • Puja Bhatkal as Bulbul

Episodes

Animal seller, visits Apollo Circus and requests Babuji, who is the owner of the Circus, to purchase a Bear as it would be of great benefit for his Circus but Babuji refuses citing an ongoing financial crisis. Rao, the owner of Atlas Circus meets Babuji and offers to buy his Circus which infuriates Babuji as he has no intention of selling his Circus which he has been running for close to 25 years. In the evening Jonathan has a heated argument with Kanti and Vicky, fellow artists of the Circus, and Sultan has to interfere to cool things down. Kanti and Vicky are fed of Jonathan's regular habit of getting drunk and picking up fights with everyone and wonder why Babuji doesn't throw him out of the Circus, to which Sultan replies that Babuji would never do that because Jonathan has always been loyal to Apollo Circus and did not bother to join a new Circus despite being the best Trapeze artist of the country. Many years ago, Jonathan was one of the star artists of Apollo Circus but due to an accident he lost his leg and had to take an early retirement. Later in the day, Babuji receives a call from his son Shekharan who informs him that he will soon be returning to India. Out of sheer happiness Babuji decides to buy a new Bear from Singh for his Circus.

EpisodeTitleFeatured Character(s)Directed byWritten byCinematographer
1"Episode 1"Apollo CircusAziz MirzaV.K.SharmaRajesh Joshi
2"Episode 2"ShekharanAziz MirzaMakhan SinghBinod Pradhan
3"Episode 3"Shekharan & BabujiKundan ShahV.K.SharmaRajesh Joshi
4"Episode 4"Shekharan & BabujiAziz MirzaInayat AkhtarBinod Pradhan
5"Episode 5"ShekharanKundan ShahMohafiz HaiderRajesh Joshi
6"Episode 6"Aditya, Shyamli & SubrotoAziz MirzaPramod SharmaBinod Pradhan
7"Episode 7"Aditya, Shyamli, Subroto & BulbulAziz MirzaInayat AkhtarBinod Pradhan
8"Episode 8"Changu, Mangu & BowkarKundan ShahBharat KariaRajesh Joshi
9"Episode 9"PrabhaAziz MirzaHriday LaniVirendra Saini
Prabha's contract with Apollo Circus has come to an end and she's going back to her village to get married, but her departure gets delayed as her Uncle doesn't visit to take her on the day he had promised he would. A day later when Prabha finally goes away from the Circus with her Uncle, Valsamma narrates her story to Aditya and talks about how she too had returned home once from the Circus but had to come back after realizing that nothing much had changed in her house and the reasons that had forced her to join the Circus were still there. A week later, Prabha returns to Apollo Circus informing that her brother has lost his job and has joined a two year course after which he would get a new job, so for the time being she would like to re-join the Circus to manage her house.
10"Episode 10"Minaz, Kanti & RasikPushkar SinghMohafiz HaiderAjay Tandon
11"Episode 11"Joe & MariaAziz MirzaMakhan SinghVirendra Saini
12"Episode 12"Maria & ShekharanAziz MirzaMakhan SinghVirendra Saini
13"Episode 13"TBAAziz MirzaBharat KariaRajesh Joshi
14"Episode 14"Kanti, Rasik & MinazManoj LalwaniSushil DoshiAjay Tandon
15"Episode 15"VickyKundan ShahPramod SharmaRajesh Joshi
16"Episode 16"KalandarPushkar Singh & Manoj LalwaniPramod SharmaAjay Tandon
17"Episode 17"Shyamli, Subroto & BulbulKundan ShahInayat AkhtarAjay Tandon
18"Episode 18"Shekharan & BabujiAziz MirzaMukesh SharmaRajesh Joshi
19"Episode 19"ShekharanAziz MirzaV.K.SharmaRajesh Joshi

References


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