''Circus'' is a 1989

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n television series directed by

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and

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, set in a

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troupe, starring

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, and Hyder Ali.

Cast

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as Shekharan Rai * Sunil Shendey as Sahdevan Rai a.k.a. Babuji, Shekharan' Father *

Sameer Khakhar Sameer Khakhar (9 August 1952 – 15 March 2023) was an Indian film and television actor in Bollywood. Some of Sameer Khakhar's notable work was in TV shows "Nukkad", "Circus" and "Shrimaan Shrimati", and films such as " Pushpak", "Parinda" and ...

as Chintamani * Rekha Sahay as Valsamma * Naeem Shah as Sultan * Amrut Patel as Professor Bowkar *

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as Maria * Satish Kaul as Aditya * Anita Sarin as Prabha * Dimple Hirji as Minaz * Naresh Suri as John Jonathan/Joe, Maria's Father * Haidar Ali as Subroto, Ringmaster * Somesh Agarwal as Gupta *

as Rasik *

as Vicky * Makrand Deshpande as Kanti *

as Changu * Sharad Bhagtani as Mangu * Sidharth Basu as Circus Staff * Sunil Advani as Swami *

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Guest cast

Rama Vij Rama Vij is an Indian actress who works in Punjabi language, Punjabi and Hindi language, Hindi movies and TV serials. Career Vij is a well known name in Cinema of Punjab, Pollywood (Punjabi Cinema in India) and Bollywood. Her debut movie was " ...

as Shyamli * Puja Bhatkal as Bulbul

Episodes

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.

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* Indian drama television series 1989 Indian television series debuts 1990 Indian television series endings Television shows set in circuses DD National original programming 1980s Indian television series {{India-tv-prog-stub