A show of bubbles in Olympian Circus | Photo Credit: Periassamy M
The Olympian Circus has less than 30 minutes to go to the evening show, but the artists are rested in the backstage on their tents. Melody is walking on her hip with her child, while her friends and co-star Malmaganbi Bass with making themselves faces on Little One. In the next door tent, Lisham Khedem and his gymnast team are lounament on plastic chairs. The artists are all from Manipur, and are part of the 60 -member circus company which was formed a year ago. But they know their parts as the clock tomorrow and will turn into entertainers, as soon as the bell is closed, they are trained.
The team consists of Karbaaz, Baazigar and Pacher from Manipur and Mexico. , Photo Credit: Periassamy M
It is the first for the Olympian Circus in Coimbatore, and the company has picked the top top at the Sasathri Ground after a successful run in Pune and Bengaluru. “We have tried to live over time by presenting new concepts,” manager V Devraj explains. He says that his acts are set for Pappi music, adding a modern lead to the traditional circus stage with strobe lights and a disco ball. Most of the artists are from Manipur, and joining them is a team of young artists from Mexico.
Manoj Kumar, who enacts the ‘Globe Ride’ Act in the ongoing Olympian Circus in Coimbatore. The 45 -year -old has been demonstrating the Act for 25 years with various circus companies. , Photo Credit: Periassamy M
While the essence of the traditional circus still performs gender, many tasks feel new. The platform also, devoid of confusion of ropes, cables and mesh, which defines a circus, appear modern, with a disco ball spilling stars around a disco ball. There is no live band with trembling crash cymbals, in which the entry of star artists with a Utkarsh has been announced; No pranks with painted face and silly antics. But the Olympian circus manages to entertain in its own way.
Young and old people enjoy the show. Photo Credit: Periassamy M
The show closes with the nerve-veraging ring of death. A circus staple, it makes way for a line-up that is a mixture of old and new. Think that stuntmen are swallowing knives, laying women with Hula Hops, and smiling gymnasts arrange themselves into a pyramid. There is a show of a favorite bubble between the youth and the old in which an artist sends giant bubbles into the air with multiple equipment.
While the essence of the traditional circus still performs gender, many tasks feel new. , Photo Credit: Periassamy M
The children dressed as Masha and shook her bear a little; Their enthusiasm does not know the limits when the bumblers strut the yellow robot from the transformer chain. A rather complicated spring dance is as follows, which can only be described as a huge spring, which writes its way throughout the stage, like a huge silver worm.
The set of the show is the energy of the young team, many of them are eager to impress with skills which they have recently mastered. Photo Credit: Periassamy M
The set of the show is the energy of the young team, many of them are eager to impress with skills that they have recently mastered. For example, Lisham, used to practice gymnastics in his village in his village in his village in Imphal West district of Manipur. “I then got online from some similar -ideology friends, who were also in gymnastics,” says 28 -year -old. Soon, he formed a team, and spent all his free time training. When the opportunity to join the circus was called, they hugged it with open arms. Men are filled with fluid and confidence, and thrill us with their performance that is coordinated for T.
The show closes with the nerve-veraging ring of death. , Photo Credit: Periassamy M
What is a circus without a pill stunt globe? In the Olympian, Manoj Kumar from Calicut is Star Biker, who zip in a metal mesh area in the top speed. By bike, a 45 -year -old is a simple bloc that also helps in running the show backstage. But once he donates his helmet, he is someone else. “I train my brain to focus on nothing but the sound of the engine,” they say. This is important, because it tells him that he is maintaining the necessary speed. “I take the bike at a maximum speed of 60 kmph,” they explain, saying that it has been 25 years when they have started riding inside a closed shell.
“I have broken my hands and legs many times,” he chuckles. The risky stunt is not for everyone. “I trained under Amar, which used to be in the army. He used to do stunts with jeeps,” he says. Manoj has worked with 22 circus companies and performed in every state in India. Even today, when he enters the shell, he feels the shock. Manoj says: “But I send a quick prayer, and modify the engine until I listen to anything else, but its voice. I can’t give fear.”
The Olympian Circus is in Sathri Grounds, RS Puram till 25 May. The shows take place at 4.30 pm and at 7.30 pm on the week, and on weekends, there is an additional one at 1.30 pm. Start with ticket, ₹ 200, On bookmeesHow.
Published – May 19, 2025 10:52 am IST
