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 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Aziz Mirza |
| Directed by | |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Sunil Shende Rekha Sahay Renuka Shahane Sameer Khakhar Ashutosh Gowariker |
| Composer | Kuldeep Singh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Picture format | 480i |
| Original release | 1989 – 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.
| Episode | Title | Featured Character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Cinematographer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Apollo Circus | Aziz Mirza | V.K.Sharma | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Shekharan | Aziz Mirza | Makhan Singh | Binod Pradhan | |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Shekharan & Babuji | Kundan Shah | V.K.Sharma | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Shekharan & Babuji | Aziz Mirza | Inayat Akhtar | Binod Pradhan | |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Shekharan | Kundan Shah | Mohafiz Haider | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Aditya, Shyamli & Subroto | Aziz Mirza | Pramod Sharma | Binod Pradhan | |
| 7 | "Episode 7" | Aditya, Shyamli, Subroto & Bulbul | Aziz Mirza | Inayat Akhtar | Binod Pradhan | |
| 8 | "Episode 8" | Changu, Mangu & Bowkar | Kundan Shah | Bharat Karia | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 9 | "Episode 9" | Prabha | Aziz Mirza | Hriday Lani | Virendra 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 & Rasik | Pushkar Singh | Mohafiz Haider | Ajay Tandon | |
| 11 | "Episode 11" | Joe & Maria | Aziz Mirza | Makhan Singh | Virendra Saini | |
| 12 | "Episode 12" | Maria & Shekharan | Aziz Mirza | Makhan Singh | Virendra Saini | |
| 13 | "Episode 13" | TBA | Aziz Mirza | Bharat Karia | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 14 | "Episode 14" | Kanti, Rasik & Minaz | Manoj Lalwani | Sushil Doshi | Ajay Tandon | |
| 15 | "Episode 15" | Vicky | Kundan Shah | Pramod Sharma | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 16 | "Episode 16" | Kalandar | Pushkar Singh & Manoj Lalwani | Pramod Sharma | Ajay Tandon | |
| 17 | "Episode 17" | Shyamli, Subroto & Bulbul | Kundan Shah | Inayat Akhtar | Ajay Tandon | |
| 18 | "Episode 18" | Shekharan & Babuji | Aziz Mirza | Mukesh Sharma | Rajesh Joshi | |
| 19 | "Episode 19" | Shekharan | Aziz Mirza | V.K.Sharma | Rajesh Joshi | |