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{{Infobox television<br />
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| genre = [[Drama]]<br />
| creator = {{ubl|[[Aziz Mirza]]|[[Kundan Shah]]<ref>{{cite web |last=N |first=Patcy |date=7 October 2017 |title='Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa worked because of Shah Rukh Khan' |url=https://rediff.com/movies/report/kabhi-haan-kabhi-naa-worked-because-of-shah-rukh-khan/20151102.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref>}}<br />
| director = {{ubl|[[Aziz Mirza]]|}}<br />
| writer = [[V K Sharma]]<br />
| starring = [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]]<br />Sunil Shende<br />Rekha Sahay<br />[[Renuka Shahane]]<br />Sameer Khakhar<br />[[Ashutosh Gowariker]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| opentheme = <br />
| composer = Kuldeep Singh<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| num_seasons = 1<br />
| num_episodes = 19<br />
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]<br />
| runtime = 25 minutes<br />
| channel = [[DD National]]<br />
| first_aired = {{start date|1989||}}<br />
| last_aired = {{end date|1990||}} <br />
}}<br />
'''''Circus''''' is a 1989 [[India]]n television series directed by [[Aziz Mirza]] and [[Kundan Shah]], set in a [[circus]] troupe, starring [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Makarand Deshpande]], [[Pavan Malhotra]], [[Ashutosh Gowariker]], [[Neeraj Vora]], and Hyder Ali.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=28 March 2020 |title=Shah Rukh Khan's 1989 TV show 'Circus' to air on Doordarshan from Sunday |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/shah-rukh-khans-1989-tv-show-circus-to-air-on-doordarshan-from-sunday/article31190294.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=7 February 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Shekharan Rai<br />
* [[Sunil Shendey]] as Sahdevan Rai a.k.a. Babuji, Shekharan' Father<br />
* [[Sameer Khakhar]] as Chintamani<br />
* Rekha Sahay as Valsamma<br />
* Naeem Shah as Sultan<br />
* Amrut Patel as Professor Bowkar<br />
* [[Renuka Shahane]] as Maria<br />
* Satish Kaul as Aditya<br />
* Anita Sarin as Prabha<br />
* Dimple Hirji as Minaz<br />
* Naresh Suri as John Jonathan/Joe, Maria's Father<br />
* [[Haidar Ali (actor)|Haidar Ali]] as Subroto, Ringmaster<br />
* Somesh Agarwal as Gupta<br />
* [[Pavan Malhotra]] as Rasik<br />
* [[Ashutosh Gowariker]] as Vicky<br />
* [[Makrand Deshpande]] as Kanti<br />
* [[Neeraj Vora]] as Changu<br />
* Sharad Bhagtani as Mangu<br />
* Sidharth Basu as Circus Staff<br />
* Sunil Advani as Swami<br />
* [[Anil Kumar (actor)|Anil Kumar]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-02-07 |title=Tiatr artiste Anil Kumar loses battle with diabetes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/tiatr-artiste-anil-kumar-loses-battle-with-diabetes/articleshow/46150067.cms |access-date=2024-01-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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===Guest cast===<br />
* [[Rama Vij]] as Shyamli<br />
* Puja Bhatkal as Bulbul<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
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.<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 1<br />
| Title = Episode 1<br />
| Aux1 = Apollo Circus<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = V.K.Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 2<br />
| Title = Episode 2<br />
| Aux1 = Shekharan<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Makhan Singh<br />
| Aux2 = Binod Pradhan<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 3<br />
| Title = Episode 3<br />
| Aux1 = Shekharan & Babuji<br />
| DirectedBy = Kundan Shah<br />
| WrittenBy = V.K.Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 4<br />
| Title = Episode 4<br />
| Aux1 = Shekharan & Babuji<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Inayat Akhtar<br />
| Aux2 = Binod Pradhan<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 5<br />
| Title = Episode 5<br />
| Aux1 = Shekharan<br />
| DirectedBy = Kundan Shah<br />
| WrittenBy = Mohafiz Haider<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 6<br />
| Title = Episode 6<br />
| Aux1 = Aditya, Shyamli & Subroto<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Pramod Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Binod Pradhan<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 7<br />
| Title = Episode 7<br />
| Aux1 = Aditya, Shyamli, Subroto & Bulbul<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Inayat Akhtar<br />
| Aux2 = Binod Pradhan<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 8<br />
| Title = Episode 8<br />
| Aux1 = Changu, Mangu & Bowkar<br />
| DirectedBy = Kundan Shah<br />
| WrittenBy = Bharat Karia<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 9<br />
| Title = Episode 9<br />
| Aux1 = Prabha<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Hriday Lani<br />
| Aux2 = Virendra Saini<br />
| ShortSummary = 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.<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 10<br />
| Title = Episode 10<br />
| Aux1 = Minaz, Kanti & Rasik<br />
| DirectedBy = Pushkar Singh<br />
| WrittenBy = Mohafiz Haider<br />
| Aux2 = Ajay Tandon<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 11<br />
| Title = Episode 11<br />
| Aux1 = Joe & Maria<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Makhan Singh<br />
| Aux2 = Virendra Saini<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 12<br />
| Title = Episode 12<br />
| Aux1 = Maria & Shekharan<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Makhan Singh<br />
| Aux2 = Virendra Saini<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 13<br />
| Title = Episode 13<br />
| Aux1 = <br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Bharat Karia<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 14<br />
| Title = Episode 14<br />
| Aux1 = Kanti, Rasik & Minaz<br />
| DirectedBy = Manoj Lalwani<br />
| WrittenBy = Sushil Doshi<br />
| Aux2 = Ajay Tandon<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 15<br />
| Title = Episode 15<br />
| Aux1 = Vicky<br />
| DirectedBy = Kundan Shah<br />
| WrittenBy = Pramod Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 16<br />
| Title = Episode 16<br />
| Aux1 = Kalandar<br />
| DirectedBy = Pushkar Singh & Manoj Lalwani<br />
| WrittenBy = Pramod Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Ajay Tandon<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 17<br />
| Title = Episode 17<br />
| Aux1 = Shyamli, Subroto & Bulbul<br />
| DirectedBy = Kundan Shah<br />
| WrittenBy = Inayat Akhtar<br />
| Aux2 = Ajay Tandon<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 18<br />
| Title = Episode 18<br />
| Aux1 = Shekharan & Babuji<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = Mukesh Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber = 19<br />
| Title = Episode 19<br />
| Aux1 = Shekharan<br />
| DirectedBy = Aziz Mirza<br />
| WrittenBy = V.K.Sharma<br />
| Aux2 = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| ShortSummary = <br />
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}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0370114}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian drama television series]]<br />
[[Category:1989 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:1990 Indian television series endings]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows set in circuses]]<br />
[[Category:DD National original programming]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Indian television series]]<br />
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