The Circus Tent

Synopsis

Across a dirt road, the circus truck comes to a village. The tent goes up. Schoolboys run to the tent. Village women come and watch an acrobat roll a hoop across a tightrope. A lion leaps from the edge of one stool - across darkness - on to another stool. A gap-toothed old woman gazes at a goat on a tight rope; her eyes are wide with curiosity. For three days the circus makes small ripples in the life of this village. Municipal permits are required. At a toddy shop, a soldier befriends the circus strongman; a pump attendant sits on a rock each day watching a village girl bathe and dry her hair. The dwarf brings back to the circus a watermelon larger than his head. In the film's three days, we, the viewers, learn the geography of the village: the banyan treewith leaves like transparent film, the shining water, the light on the sand at sunset. When the circus leaves the village, it leaves us. The narrative says: The circus comes and leaves; life goes on.

Main Cast

Jalaja

Age : N/A | Popularity : 31%

Nedumudi Venu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 54%

V K Sreeraman

Age : 72 | Popularity : 18%

Gopi

Circus Manager

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Sridharan Chambadu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Murikkoli Krishnan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Shankara Pillai

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Neralattu Rama Poduval

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Govindan Aravindan
Camera	Director of Photography	Shaji N. Karun
Writing	Writer	Govindan Aravindan
	Lyricist	Kavalam Narayana Panicker
Sound	Music	M. G. Radhakrishnan
	Playback Singer	Kavalam Sreekumar Usha Ravi M. G. Radhakrishnan
Art	Art Direction	C.P. Padmakumar
Production	Producer	K Raveendran Nair
Department	Role	Name

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