Circus (2009 film)

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

Plot

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

• 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

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)

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
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

Critical response

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

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

Home media

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.