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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jul 12: The success meet of the Tulu movie 'Circus', directed by Roopesh Shetty, was held at Shoolin Palace on Wednesday, July 12.
The movie was released on June 23 in theaters.
'Circus' is Roopesh Shetty's second directorial venture, following his success as the winner of Bigg Boss Kannada OTT Season 1 and Bigg Boss Kannada Season 9. Previously, Roopesh Shetty directed the blockbuster Tulu movie 'Girgit'.
'Circus' made history by releasing in 114 theaters across 14 countries, breaking the previous record on June 29. The movie is nearing its 25th day in theaters.
Roopesh Shetty also expressed his gratitude to Big Cinemas Balakrishna Shetty for giving equal importance to Tulu movies as they do to Kannada films.
The movie had a total of 51 premiere shows worldwide, receiving positive responses throughout. The premiere screenings took place in Indian cities like Pune, Bengaluru, Manipal, as well as global theaters in Dubai, UAE, Australia, USA, Canada, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Qatar, and Bahrain. The movie is set to be released in Nigeria on July 16th and in Sydney, Australia on July 30th.
The film is produced by Shoolin Films, Manjunath Attavar, and Mugrody Films. Apart from directing, Roopesh Shetty also plays the lead role, alongside Rachana Rai, Aravind Bolar, Bhojaraj Vamanjoor, Naveen D Padil, Sai Krishna, Umesh Mijar, Prasanna Shetty Bailur, Sandeep Shetty, and Kannada film actor Yash Shetty.
Loy Valentine Saldanha has composed the music, and Prasanna Shetty Bailur, known for his work in 'Girgit,' has written the dialogues. Naveen Shetty is the choreographer, Niranjan Das has captured the movie, and Rahul Vashishta is the editor.
Roopesh Shetty also revealed that his next film will be a Kannada movie.
The dubbing, mixing, and mastering of the movie were handled by Daijiworld Audio Visual Pvt Ltd.
Actor Roopesh Shetty, actress Rachana Rai, actor Bojraj Vamanjoor, Sandeep Shetty, music director Loy Valentine Saldanha, dialogue writer Prasanna Shetty Bailur, actress Panchami Vamanjoor, producer Manjunath Attavar, distributor Sachin Uppinangady, editor Rahul Vashista, and others were present at the event.