Cirkus is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period comedy film[4][5] directed and produced by Rohit Shetty. The film is jointly produced by Rohit Shetty Productionz and T-Series.[6] The film stars Ranveer Singh[7] and Varun Sharma in dual roles alongside Pooja Hegde and Jacqueline Fernandez.[8][9][10][11] In the film, two sets of identical twins mixed up at birth encounter each other as adults.
Cirkus is a remake of the 1982 Hindi film Angoor which itself was based on William Shakespeare‘s play The Comedy of Errors.[12][13] Principal photography for the film began in November 2020 at Mumbai and also took place in Ooty.[14]
Cirkus was theatrically released on 23 December 2022.[15] Panned by critics for its story, outdated screenplay, performances, unrealism, soundtrack, low production values especially VFX/CGI shots and direction. The film underperformed at the box office and went on to become one of the biggest commercial failures of 2022.[16]