Shiva (1990 film)

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For the 1989 Telugu original, see Siva (1989 Telugu film).

Shiva
File:Shiva film.jpg
Promotional Poster
Directed byRam Gopal Varma
Produced byAkkineni Venkat, Yarlagadda Surendra
Written byIqbal Durrani
Screenplay byRam Gopal Varma
Story byRam Gopal Varma
StarringNagarjuna
Amala
Raghuvaran
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographyS. Gopal Reddy
Edited bySatthi babu
Production
company
Annapurna Studios
S. S. Creations
Release date
  • 7 December 1990 (1990-12-07)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Shiva is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It was a remake of Varma's debut Telugu film, Siva (1989). The film has Nagarjuna (in his Hindi debut) and Amala . The film became a blockbuster.[1][2] The success led to Ram Gopal Varma directing a prequel in 2006. [3]

Plot[edit]

The film opens to a classroom in a (fictional) VAS college of Arts & Sciences. After the classes, upon the directions of a college student JD, a bunch of goons led by Ganesh savagely assaults a group of students right outside the college gate. It's later made clear that JD was settling some campus scores and that the incident resulted in at least one student leaving the college, deepening the fear for JD in the campus.

It turns out that JD is the (unopposed) president of the college students' union and the leader of a notorious campus gang, powerful enough to prevent the college Principal from taking disciplinary actions against their unsavory conduct, which includes eve-teasing and insulting professors. JD's connections, through Ganesh, reaches a gangster named Bhavani Chaudhury, whose criminal network lends muscle to a local politician Tilak Dhari.

Shiva is a new student at college. He joins a small group of friends, including Prakash and Asha. Shiva's confident gait and tough attitude leads to JD locking horns with him. An inevitable fight ensues, in which Shiva and friends beat up JD's gang, in broad daylight within the campus. Emboldened by the incident, Shiva's friends plan to fight the students' union elections. Shiva proposes the nerdy friend Naresh to stand for the president-ship. He also rebuffs Ganesh's initial warning to stay out of politics.

When Ganesh attempts to use force, Shiva beats him back too. The matter comes before Bhavani. Bhavani is mildly annoyed, but he studies Shiva as a potential replacement for JD. At his behest, Naresh is assaulted and rendered unable to run. At this point, Shiva accepts the nomination and decides to run.

Meanwhile, Bhavani has other troubles. He refuses to side with a worker's union leader Krishna Rao. Krishna Rao takes his plight to Shiva; Shiva agrees to help in return for muscle, and Rao provides this by calling upon the workers. Around this time, Asha expresses a romantic interest in Shiva. The friendship progresses, and they eventually marry.

The stage is now set. Bhavani launches a set of sniper attacks on those close to Shiva. Shiva retaliates in kind and takes out many of Bhavani's leaders. Tilak Dhari notices that Shiva is launching a fitting response to Bhavani and decides to stop supporting Bhavani. Angered, humiliated and defeated, Bhavani strikes Shiva's home and finds Asha. When he learns that Ganesh has already been presented in court and an arrest warrant has been issued for him, Bhavani kills Asha and leaves.

A final fight ensues in which eventually, Shiva manages to kill Bhavani, ridding the city of one of its most terrifying anti-social elements, while personally coming to terms with the fact that he has lost almost everything in the bargain.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Shiva
Film score by
Ilaiyaraaja
Released1990
GenreSoundtrack
Length18:32
LabelVenus Cassettes
ProducerIlaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja chronology
Thoorpu Sindhooram
(1990) 		Shiva
(1990) 		Bobbili Raja
(1990)

Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Lyrics were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. All songs are blockbuster hits. Music was released on Venus Cassettes.

Song Singer
"Botany Chhodenge" Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan, S. Janaki
"Mere Qadar Jani" Suresh Wadkar, S. Janaki
"Anando Bramho" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Kiss Me, Hello" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle

Trivia[edit]

The college campus depicted in the film was shot at Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Metro Plus Vijayawada : A saga in the making?". The Hindu. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ↑ patenik2 (21 September 2005). "SHIVA -1989 BOLLYWOOD - Review - Movie Review - Ratings - Great Indian Movies - Shiva - MouthShut.com - MouthShut.com". mouthshut.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

External links[edit]

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