Cirkus is set to go into production next month and will be shot in Mumbai, Ooty and Goa. The film, produced by Rohit Shetty, is set to release in the winter of 2021.
Shakespeare’s play has already been adapted in Bollywood by Gulzar as Angoor (1982), starring Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma, and the Bimal Roy-produced Do Dooni Chaar (1968), starring Kishore Kumar and Asit Sen.
A clip from Do Dooni Char