Que Circo!

This movie is not just a waste of producer's money but also the time of cinema goers. Rohit Shetty has produced abysmal content. It seems like they were thinking of ways to waste money, speaking of which they have shot the movie with so much fake background they didn't have the budget or the sense to at least take realistic baby shots instead of producing dolls. They have the guts to produce such a movie at a time when respect for Bollywood is already going down. It's a request to Rohit Shetty either to produce some good content and carry on his legacy or to stop producing at all, can't even start on the stupid message thos movie was conveying.

They were relying on some one line punches and 5 to 10 min of physical comedy. Why do they even cast Jacqueline in the movies is a big question, she couldn't even stand straight in one of the scenes. Ranveer Singh please don't waste your talent in doing such bad content.

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...

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 And the problem is a lacklustre outdated script which fails to engage and entertain you at any point.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.

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*

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...