Dekh Indian Circus' takes International film festivals by storm

• Posted by Sindhuri G August 28, 2012 - Filed in Entertainment - 2,123 views

  After much critical acclaim and gaining popularity, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, post films like Kahaani, Talaash, Gangs of Wasseypur has another surprise in store for his fans which is another film Dekh Indian Circus. Nawazuddin is paired opposite Tanishtha Chatterjee, as lead in the film which is presented by Imtiaz Ali. Directed by National Award winning Filmmaker Mangesh Hadawale and produced by Mahavir Jain, Anil Lad & Chirag Shah of Dekh Indian Circus has already won the Best Film at the Prestigious Busan Film Festival in South Korea last year.
  
  The film was also recently screened at the 12th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), where Nawazuudiin and Tanishtha also won the Best Actor awards, it is a simple story of a poor mother taking her kids to see the circus, and of the misadventures they encounter along the way. The film also takes digs at the society and makes sharp political commentary on the millions of people still left behind in India's modern era of technologically driven progress. The film's most pointed barbs are aimed squarely at the corrupt politicians who gain power through voter manipulation and naked bribery. Set mostly in the rural desert area of Rajasthan, where struggling mother Kajro (Tannishtha Chatterjee) and her mute road worker husband Jethu (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) work to scrape together money to send their son Ghumroo (Virendra Singh Rathod) and younger daughter Panni (Suhani Oza) to school.
  
  The Western-influenced score of the film has been composed by Wayne Sharpe, while the rest of the music is by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.