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Cirkus (2022) : Movie Review -

Rohit Shetty's Cirkus has a big cast that includes Ranveer Singh, Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Sharma, and many other comedy actors that are loved by audiences, but the show doesn't do justice to the names. William Shakespeare made "The Comedy of Errors" in the 16th century and gave the world an immortal formula for crazy entertainment. Bollywood has made "Ram Aur Shyam," "Seeta Aur Geeta," "Judwaa," and countless other films on the same formula of twins. The legendary writer Gulzar made "Angoor" on a very small budget and with a not-so-famous cast compared to others and showed them that good content cannot be bought with money. That vision and storytelling cannot be bought, copied, or remade. You have to have it in yourself. Rohit Shetty, who has the most 100-crore grossers for any Bollywood director, was so busy with money spinners that he didn't pay attention to this thing. Cirkus has lavish sets, a big scale, a huge cast, and a big director, but all that goes to waste because it has a tiny content. From writing, screenwriting, performances, music, and direction, Cirkus is the biggest disappointment of the year that nobody expected.

Cirkus is adapted from Angoor but set against a different backdrop. It revolves around a funny doctor's experiment in which two pairs of twin brothers can live separately, with one of them staying with the other. Roy (Ranveer Singh) and Joy (Varun Sharma) are adopted by a rich family in Bengaluru, while the other pair is adopted by a middle-class family and have a circus of their own in Ooty. What happens when one pair of Joy and Roy travel to the town of the other pair is all you get to see in Cirkus. It involves a lot of misunderstandings, relationships, robberies, electric current, and chaos. One of our Roys is married, while the other is about to be married. Naturally, the misunderstanding implicates their love interests too.

Just like the ancient circus, the film Cirkus is damn outdated. Forget Angoor's entire runtime; it does not even match 1/10th of it. Even the last 10 minutes of Charlie Chaplin's cult classic "Circus" (1929) are 10 times funnier than this 138-minute loud show. What Farhad Samji, Sanchit Bedre, and Vidhi Ghodgaonkar have written should be sent to the film library to educate people about how not to write a script. The screenplay is even more dumb. A KG student could easily point out mistakes here. Which doctor can have the patience to wait for years to see what his one experiment has done? Didn't he do anything else for years? Having a film based in an outdated era is fine; many writers and filmmakers do it, but what's the need for using outdated execution? Why can't the character be organic and funny? Making cringe faces, busted organs, and shock-giving moments is not enough to make one laugh. Why do you need to use old songs to make our ears bleed? Cirkus is a flop show there.

Talking about performances, it seems that there was a competition among the cast members to see who would do worse. I respect the comedy legends, and I know how difficult it is to act in this genre. I myself had become a topic of hush-hush in school days when I tried a 2-minute stand-up comedy act. Ranveer Singh had a blast last Christmas with 83, delivering his career-best performance, but 2022 has left two black spots on his emerging, illustrious career. Jayeshbhai Jordaar and now Cirkus: Why Ranveer? Why? How on earth can Gully Boy and 83 be followed by these two duds? Pooja Hegde doesn't even try. Radhe Shyam, Beast, Acharya, and now Cirkus-dear Pooja Hegde, you could do a lot better, or should I say you deserved better. In her first verbal dialogue, Jacqueline Fernandez yells, "Daddy!" Just one word, and you know the game is over. Even the re-recorded accents of Pran, Jeevan, and Prem Chopra would have sounded better than the original sound that Sanjay Mishra generated. Varun Sharma is there, but you have to remind yourself of that so often. Siddarth Jadhav, Murali Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, and Brajesh Hirjee have done decently despite badly written characters. Johny Lever is completely wasted. I mean, can you believe it? How can someone waste THE JOHNY LEVER, and that too in a comedy film?! The rest of the cast has nothing impressive either, so why waste a couple of lines?

Cirkus is a high-scale production with good support from the technical team. Current Laga is the only saving grace in the music album, and wouldn't you love Deepika's wild dance steps? The cinematography is neat, the background score keeps you busy, and the locations and sets are eye-pleasing, though some of them look fake and banal. The VFX work didn't provide details on the final output. Cirkus' dialogues might just go down in history books as one of the worst written dialogues for a Rohit Shetty film. "Main wafadaar hu, Maine aapka Kela khaya hai," "Itte-cock se hua," and "Municipality" will annoy you. How can Rohit expect us to hear these double-meaning jokes with our families in cinemas? Where are those clean family films by him? Every single laugh is forceful and inessential. What's wrong with Rohit that he got to this level? I never expected this. Yes, I know he's not making those high-repeat value films like "Golmaal: Fun Unlimited" and "Singham" nowadays, but he was doing fine with those decent entertainments that can be least watched at once. I agree, Bollywood has gone wrong in 2022 and has not made good comedies for over a decade, but nobody expected this kind of fall. Cirkus is a king-sized disheartenment. Who'd expected the last Bollywood release of the year to be so bad and tortuous? At least, not me. The pandemic has affected our lives, and so have filmmakers too. It is clearly visible from the products they have made post pandemic. I hope he roars back with Singham and Golmaal Again.

RATING - 3/10*

Cirkus review :

Just when you thought it can't get any worse for Bollywood in 2022, Rohit Shetty comes with his oddly spelt CIRKUS which would definitely rank amongst the worst Hindi movies of this year. Truly. Badly. Deeply. After the excruciating two and half hours inside the dark near empty Citylight theatre at Mahim, my head was reeling at the sheer absurdity of it all and eyes watering from the ultra bright gaudy colour palettes needlessly used in the movie.

Not that I have a problem with loud over the top comedies which till date, were Shetty's fortè. I have liked the Golmaal series (2006 -) and even those standalone All the Best (2009) and Bol Bachchan (2012) he churns out occasionally. But Cirkus is a problem. And the problem is a lacklustre outdated script which fails to engage and entertain you at any point. Trust me, everything about the movie is seen before endured that..

The Comedy of Errors adapted wonderfully by Gulzar as Angoor (1982) is the obvious inspiration here. Ranveer Singh and Varun Sharma step in to the late and great Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Varma's shoes but sadly, cant hold a candle to them. Jacqueline and Pooja Hegde are hopelessly wasted. Rohit Shetty regulars from Golmaal series make their mandatory appearances but still can't evoke any laughter. Yup, there is an exception in form of Marathi actor Siddharth Jadhav who is genuinely funny. Veteran comedian like Johnny Lever is restricted to three scenes only. Sanjay Mishra falls flat imitating the yesteryear villain Jeevan while Murali Sharma does a Kader Khan breaking the fourth wall continously and talking to the audience.

I can go on and on ranting about the film but don't wish to do so just for Rohit and his team. I sincerely believe the talented director has the capability to entertain his audience aplenty. He is truly the present day Manmohan Desai. One particular bad day at work is excused. Better luck next time dude...bring back Singham or Golmaal!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

When you see a movie made by Rohit Shetty, you expect good comedies, story and action... In this film there was none... It has a weak storyline... They tried hard to make you laugh but they failed.... This might be the worst Rohit Shetty movie...

Talking of Actings, Ranveer acting was average but this role did not suit him... Rakul was average too... Other senior casts like Johnny Lever was good but due to poor story line and dialogues it did not come out upto the mark....

The only good thing about the movie was the locations and beautiful sets.... This is not a movie you want to watch on christmas holidays...

Worst thing about the film is double role of Ranveer Singh & the best part was when the film ended. Pooja Hegde and Jacqueline Fernandez are wasted in the film and so are several veteran actors, all of whom try to take the film to a new height but fall due to the weak script. This movie was one of the worst I have ever seen. The plot was ridiculous and the acting was incredibly wooden and wooden. The special effects were laughably bad and the dialogue was cheesy and cliche. Overall, the movie is worse than Sajid Khan films & was a complete waste of time and money, and I cannot recommend it to anyone.

A bad film with no entertainment at all. Just bunch of jokers trying make people laugh with their archaic humour. Bad writing, poor dated jokes.

Not even one person from the huge ensemble cast makes you laugh or even smile.

The movie which feels like it's taking the audience for granted and assuming the audience will take whatever is serve to them Feel disheartened and upset of watching this movie buying a ticket of 600. So much so that the gourmet popcorn worth 500 felt more worth it than the 3 hr long movie.

No head tail to the movie Flat story Flat jokes Ott hammy performances Also Started to get annoyed lookin at ranveer on screen. Please skip it.

#Over-confidence ... well deserved flop else he would have continue same formula time to re-invent now Now, the only hope for Cirkus is the audience swamping the theaters during the festive period of Christmas and New Year. If isn't able to do that, it will mark the third flop in a row for Ranveer Singh and the second for Rohit shetty after Sunday. All said lets hope bollywood come back to vilage story like hungama hulchul dhol malamaal we are fed up with high class portrayal movie like SOTY etc please take time and deliver quality over quantity else all will flop again and again no matter promotiion.

All the characters, colours and chaos cannot make up for *lack of comedy.*

Remake of classic Cult Comedy Angoor 1982 Movie - Sanjeev Kumar

But a bad one..!!

An army of characters put together with a purpose to make us laugh, but is far from that. ..not funny.

Very Dull and nonsense movie with overActing of Ranveer Singh..! 👎

varun sharma is overRated bahot hi ghatia actor hai vo..!! Jcqline is a plastic doll she cannot act - Bimbbette..! Pooja is hving limited role..!

Army of comedians are there but none can make us smile - such poor script & direction..! Rohit shetty ne khud ne ye film nahi dekhi thi or kya..?? I mean how dumb he can be coming up with this movie...! 🤔

If you want to watch a film with absolute no plot or story, watch this.

This harks back to a bad 1980s Bollywood film that were cheap and nasty.

Twins separated at birth is a story done to death in Bollywood but there is no difference in the two characters.

Ranveer overacts to the point that it made me cringe. The supporting cast have very little to support.

Money has been wasted making this and I doubt they will recover their budget let alone make a profit. I think Bollywood need to go back to the drawing board and think of some original ideas that appeal to the much wiser and aware audiences.

Its just bad, save your money or give to the needy. This is a total mess 💯

I was kinda afraid after seeing so many negative reviews and seriously low ratings. I'm glad I don't care about any of that and watched the movie.

I really don't get people. Instead of watching a movie, relaxing, and having some fun, they cinically tear it apart for all its faults. It seems that every movie has to be a masterpiece or else, it's just garbage. Bah! What a cynical world we live in.

"Cirkus" is entertaining, funny and colourful. A comedy of errors, with twins separated at birth, made in Bollywood, via Wes Anderson meets Jacques Tati meets Amélie.

I'm not sure if I will ever watch it again, but I liked it.

I was going to give it 7/10 stars, but just to manipulate the ratings a little bit, here's a 8/10.

P. S: I just love watching Johnny Lever and Sanjay Mishra. They always bring a smile to me face.

I don't normally write reviews. But the monstrosity that this is ..got me here and here I am. Nothing. Absolutely nothing makes sense. The colours, the dialogues, the characters, the storyline, the humour...or lack of..was so bad...SO bad that my body was required to shut down as it couldn't process this flow of information anymore. I fell asleep twice and woke up to find myself still stuck in the theatre like a scary ride gone wrong. You saw the trailer...it had the best bits. Avoid. My money is gone but hopefully, through this review the rest of you can still escape. I will need some kind of mental rehabilitation to return to my normal self. And the CGI...oh ho ho ho..don't even get me started...

First of all, the cast was splendid, I mean what more could we ask for!? We had Johnny Lever, whom I wish got more screen time, but I didn't even know he was in the film until later on which added to the excitement of the film. Anyway, I loved every second of the film. I laughed so so hard watching it with my family, and I remember watching an interview with Rohit Shetty, who said that he wanted it to be a film that people watch with their family, so I was really grateful to him because it is a new family favorite! I love Rohit Sir's work and I am anticipating future films from him. I feel like many people have certain expectations for a cookie-cutter model of what a film should be and they should honestly just appreciate what the team is working hard to make instead of straight out insulting an entire film!! If comedy is not your thing, don't watch it, it's as simple as that! Do not insult Rohit Shetty, the actors, and all of the team that worked so hard to make this film!!! If you don't find it funny, just move on because there are a lot of people out there that loved this film. THIS is the definition of true comedy!!

Playful play that extend to the level of irk-ness but at the same time creates mild laugh-out sensation to the given audience. Rohit Shetty makes mediocre films as far as I am concerned at least that is my opinion. His movies are catalyst machine for time-pass like Circkus, like Sooryavanshi. Although I must admit the story was unique and captivating. Especially this idea of twin experiment that the doctor from orphanage conducted on two sets of identical twins by separating them for thirty years and see what results in doing that. The agenda of the experiment was simple, that it was conducted on the statement formula/basis of: blood is less thicker than bond. Ranveer Singh impressed with his looks, Pooja did good work along with all the cast especially the Big Names which are endless and I am glad for them to show their good work and entertaining us. And once again Jacqueline did a mind blowing job of camouflaging herself behind wannabe head and unfit accent and performance.

There is nothing good in the Screenplay / Writing / Dialogue even the sets look artificial. Dialogues are written by Farhad Samji so as expected it feels kiddish. This is the first worst movie directed by Rohit Shetty and for Ranveer Singh. Old Hindi movie songs are used in the Background which irritates and the same old jokes, poor presentation make it dull and boring. Ranveer is doing a double role so there is no difference in the characters, both wear the same type of clothes, and the same hairstyle, so there is nothing different, the connection between them is taken from Judwa movie which feels cringe. Better not to talk about Varun who also played a double role.

Good is Trio Sanjay Mishra, Siddhartha Jadhav, and Johnny Sir and Deepika's song, just because of them I am giving 1 star to the movie.

I will say save the Money by watching this movie in the theater and instead watch Angoor movie.

Lacked newness, freshness and a string which could gel this from start to end.

Personally disappointed!

I was expecting it to be a big bang, attempt to enthrall and thrill movie aficionados. But unfortunately, seems like Production team was complacent with the star cast and most importantly they thought Ranveer would do the wonder.but a big letdown.

Ranveer for me in this movie another example of overactive and overacting grinded with overconfidence that he will turn this into gold, but not the case.

For me the saving grace was the supporting cast.

Nothing mentioned about the both leading actress as it was below par performance compared to what both can deliver.

Omg, Slapstick comedey gone too far. Baseless rumor. Wasted talents of Jhonny Lever and Vrajesh Hirjee., Some irelavant reference of Golmaal and All the Best. Sanjay Mishra has done fantastic job as usual. That one additional point for him.

Johnny Sir really tried hard to lift up the character, but he seems to be Just Directors puppet. This character was just for the sake of being there.

Doctor played by Murli Sharama, was just roaming in whole movie and no part to play at crucial juncture.

Climax doesn't make any sense. All the running in movie, but at the climax doesn't live up to the drama that was created in whole movie.

Rest movie doesn't deserve theater. May watch on netflix only when I have nothing to watch.

A square and B square are the names of the twins, who are later christened as Roy (Ranveer Singh) and Joy (Varun Sharma) by the two different couples, who adopt them. Thus, unknowingly putting in place a recipe for disaster and confusion that is bound to play out when these four boys grow up and bump into each other. That's precisely the one-line story (if we can call it that) of this Rohit Shetty film that's supposed to be a comedy of errors but is abysmally low on that ingredient.

Set in the picturesque green hills of Ooty and carefully created colourful and unreal set pieces that look like a theme park, 'Cirkus' is based in the late 60s or early 70s era, as the film desperately tries to pay a tribute to the cinema of the time. Many classic Bollywood numbers pop up in the background at every given opportunity and the only thing louder than the yesteryear costumes of the actors, is their acting. It's an all-out slapstick comedy but the problem is not that, as Bollywood has seen several films in that genre that have taken the audience along with it for a joyride. It also includes some films from Rohit Shetty's stable.

Collectively, barely a scene or two manage to evoke the kind of laughter we are used to experiencing in a Rohit Shetty film. Sample this, our hero Roy is immune to high voltage shocks and his showstopper act at his 'Jubilee Cirkus' is to dramatically make two live wires kiss each other, with his bare hands. But everytime he does that his judwaa bhai experiences a massive electric shock and so does anyone who touches him. All is well with him once the act is over. If you can get past this, then you'd perhaps have a little less discomfort in sitting through the rest of the plot that involves caricatures, good actors wasted in stereotypical characters, unfunny dialogues, and situations that literally go nowhere. The screenplay offers nothing fresh in terms of comedy and punchlines and suffers from abject repetition.

Ranveer Singh tries to do his best in portraying both his characters, but sadly both the parts lack enough conviction. Deepika Padukone's cameo in the song 'Current Laga Re' is a highlight that comes as a true respite. Varun Sharma's comic timing is criminally wasted here and, in the end, it's upto the ever-so-dependable Johny Lever (as Polson bhai) to bring in some much-needed organic laughter. The ace comedian creates more rib-tickling moments in his few minutes of screentime than the entire cast put together. Pooja Hegde looks resplendent in her sombre role of Roy's wife Mala. Jacqueline Fernandez steps in to add the glam quotient as Roy's girlfriend and does just that. Sanjay Mishra once again takes one for the team in a role that isn't funny, but the actor makes up for the lack in the writing and the missing punchlines, which is a recurring problem of this unfunny mess.

'Cirkus' is a busy film filled with a battery of characters put together with a purpose to make us laugh, but is far from that. Entertaining the audience with slapstick comedy and drama is a tightrope that Rohit Shetty has successfully walked before but this time he seems to have tripped several times along the way.

Just writing a review for the sake of giving some reality check.

* Overly Saturated Colour Grade * Bad VFX and CG objects are clearly noticeable * Only a few moment are funny and I smiled (that's it !) * I know it's a comedy movie but still why so over acting? It felt cringe over the period of time.

* Even the whole theatre is like, "Hai...?".

* The dialogues of ranveer singh feels just cringe.

* How can Rohit Sharma say so confidently that he bring an Circus era this-and-that after make this!

(The movie itself market itself as how much fun they had behind the scenes. However that's not the case for me.)

This movie is what is called an RS entertainer. Of course it's nowhere close to Golmal or the Cop Series movies but still the movie is good and enjoyable. One can watch this with family on a holiday to have the good old Bollywood 80s, 90s movie experience. One of the best part of this movie is the colorful sets. Worth watching on your 4K TVs.

I see a lot many reviews are negative. I can understand them, the country is currently in the pan-India movie mood and anything short of SSR movie is not worth their time. But I don't agree with them. If all the movies are like that it would get boring pretty very fast which I see happening with pan-Indian and South movies of late.

Since now Pathaan has proven that good old Bollywood action drama comedy is what people are craving for, it may be a good time to revisit this one.

Bollywood have earned lot of money and now spending huge money on worse script. Now The word Worst is also angry with Bollywood movie. Please stop making fool to the mass viewers. We are not your playing thing don't play with our emotion otherwise one day Bollywood will be vanished from the world. Hit Director like Rohit Shetty is also making movie like this. He Didn't make Cirkus instead he brought all circus character in movie. Never expected from him. Even Thugs of hindustan, lal singh Chhaddha the worese movie like these are better than Cirkus. Worst is also Better than Cirkus. Rohit Shetty's worst movie ever.

I wonder why people were so harsh in criticizing the film. I see that -based on the usernames- it is mostly Indian people who gave the lowest scores. You should be proud. I saw some reviews who slammed the actors, actresses and director. What are your criteria? Does every film have to be an Oscar nominee in predefined standards?

I think this is one the best films I have ever seen. I am over forty and I have enjoyed every second of it. It felt good while watching. I laughed a lot. It was fun, highly visual and captivating. It was like a fairy tale but based on real events.

I am certainly suggesting this film to my kids. I'm sure you can spend hilarious family time with kids and of course adults as well.

Rohit Shetty is known to make successful movies with below par scripts, in fact certain films of his have been made with so little effort that if given a chance I would have rated them 0 on IMDB. Cirkus is not too different from any of his previous offerings, as far as quality of screenplay is concerned, but this one did not work at the box office and is being trashed by every single critic. I do agree that 'Cirkus' is not even close to being called a good film but the amount of hate coming its way is completely beyond my understanding. People are criticizing the movie for its lack of humour, dull screenplay, absence of logic and bad acting, but surprisingly had no complaints from the previous offerings of Rohit Shetty, even though all of them suffered from the same issues!

Searching for logic in a Rohit Shetty film is as pointless as Jon Snow in the final season of Game of Thrones; these films are watched just to have a rollicking time, where you forget all your worries for a couple of hours, but surprisingly Cirkus began on a rather subdued note, which was quite unusual for a comedy film. If it was done to reflect the slow moving life of the time the movie was set in, 1960's, then I guess the director should have taken some inspiration from Padosan (1968), because the pacing of that film would put to shame even the comedy films being made today.

Cirkus is not entirely humorless, there are moments that are genuinely funny and made me laugh quite a bit, but the majority of the film is quite dull and boring, something that you do not expect from a film that calls itself a comedy. The climax of a film is where the action hits the roof, as per it's genre, but unfortunately 'Cirkus' went completely flat towards the end, which was quite disappointing. In a comedy film with the lead character having a double role, you expect things to go crazy when the two brothers finally come face to face, but sadly Cirkus suffers from a power cut towards the end and crawls through the final few moments with an extremely uninspired and lackluster screenplay.

Cirkus has a huge ensemble of actors, with Siddharth Jadhav and Sanjay Mishra being the stand-out performers. The funniest scenes of the film are the ones that involve Sanjay Mishra and Siddharth Jadhav. Varun Sharma did not have much to do in the film, and quite frankly I was happy with the decision because Varun has no range as an actor, he always ends up playing the same character that he has been playing since Fukrey (2013). Ranveer Singh's character in the film is a complete contrast from his real life persona, but it was written so poorly that it failed to make any kind of impact. The lead actresses did not have much to do in the film apart from looking pretty, especially Jacqueline Fernandez, who looked extremely gorgeous.

The music of the film is quite forgettable. 'Current Laga' song is good but the rest of them are as dull as the screenplay of the film. Although this wasn't the first time a Rohit Shetty film had background visuals that looked like a painting, but in 'Cirkus' it was a bit overdone. The visual effects of the film were quite good though.

The message that 'Cirkus' tries to deliver is quite good, but the movie falters miserably in it's actual job, that is to make us laugh, rendering everything else quite meaningless.

This is the first time I am writing a review here. Yes, that's what watching this film has done to me.

I must admit that I didn't walk in with any expectations after watching the unfunny trailer and especially after knowing that they were remaking The comedy of errors (which has already been done to death in Bollywood so many times)

This could truly be touted as my most frustrating movie going experience ever. I mean what the hell was Mr Shetty thinking while making this film!? He really needs to fire Farhad Samjhi and focus on the plot of his films and enhance his storytelling techniques rather than using the same rehashed jokes and gags from his previous films.

All I would have to say really is that I'm the kind of person that watches everything that is out, and try to go to a movie theater at least thrice a month . But I have sworn off from ever buying a movie ticket for anything produced/directed by Mr Shetty.

OMG!

Rohit shetty's sense just has been spoiled !

Has been sick his all sensible narv!!

How is possible to make a such rabish, ridiculous movie!!

Did he watch this movie self?

Plz, Shetty , watch it!

Then u can understand what type of idiotic movie u made it ?

Trust me, just a senseless, waste of time and money!

And Ranbir Sing is a good actor. Trying to make a good place but why he did make this worthless, ridiculous cheap movie?

No, plz, dont watch it!

It will destroy your day and your time.

Rohit Shetty leave the film industry and try to read and earn knowledge about movie... And take ur brother with u... He makes like idiot as u....