A poor family’s simple dream is to go to the circus. Though it may be seem a simple story on the surface, Indian Circus stirs gentle emotions?and much more. Kajaro is an ordinary housewife in a poor but happy family. Her husband, hearing impaired Jethu, is a day-to-day laborer. They have a 7 year old son, Ghumroo, and five-year-old daughter, Panni. One day Jethu receives money from a political candidate running for office, but soon sees it taken away when he is misunderstood to be supporting a rival candidate. In the end, Kajaro struggles to come up with some money herself, as she’s on her way to watch the circus with her children. Director Magesh Hadawale refers to two kinds of tickets. One is the ticket?the vote?that candidates beg for from citizens. The other is the circus entrance ticket that Kajaro’s family wants so desperately. The two tickets represent the great gap between the simple dreams of ordinary people and the corruption of politicians. [Watch Indian Circus] is at once a family drama and a bitter satire. (KIM Ji-seok)