Shiva (1990 film)
| Shiva | |
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 Promotional Poster | |
| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Written by | Iqbal Durrani |
| Screenplay by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Story by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by | Akkineni Venkat, Yarlagadda Surendra |
| Starring | Nagarjuna Amala Raghuvaran |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | Satthi babu |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production companies | Annapurna Studios S. S. Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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 in lead roles. The film became a blockbuster.[1][2] The success led to Ram Gopal Varma directing a prequel in 2006. [3]
Plot
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 (JD Chakravarthy), 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 (Raghuvaran), whose criminal network lends muscle to a local politician Tilak Dhari (Paresh Rawal).
Shiva (Nagarjuna) is a new student at college. He joins a small group of friends including Prakash (Raj Zutshi) and Asha (Amala). 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 (Jagan) to stand for 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 (Ajit Vachani). 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
- Nagarjuna as Shiva
- Amala as Asha
- Raghuvaran as Bhavani
- J.D Chakravarthy as Jagdish Dave (JD)
- Tanikella Bharani as Nanaji
- Paresh Rawal as Tilak Dhari
- Iftekhar as Principal
- Chandrashekhar as Lecturer
- Girija Shankar as Inspector Tejesh
- Raj Zutshi as Prakash
- Ajit Vachani as Krishna Rao
- Goga Kapoor as Kanta Prasad
- Brij Gopal as Ganesh
- Dilip Dhawan as Shiva's Brother
- Chinna as Chotu
- Ramjagan as Naresh
- Brahmaji as Kanta Prasad's Driver
- Uttej as Yadagiri
- Rohini Hattangadi as Prakash's Mother
- Beena Banerjee as Shiva's Sister-In-Law
- Baby Sushma as Keerthi
Soundtrack
| Shiva | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 18:32 | |||
| Label | Venus Cassettes | |||
| Producer | Illayaraja | |||
| Illayaraja chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Illayaraja. Lyrics written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. All songs are blockbuster hits. Music released on Venus Cassettes.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Botany Chodenge" | Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan, S. Janaki | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Anando Bramho" | SP Balu, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Mere Qadar Jani" | Suresh Wadkar,S. Janaki | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Kiss Me Hello" | SP Balu,Kavita Krishnamurthy | 4:30 |
| Total length: | 18:32 | ||
Trivia
The college campus depicted in the film was shot at Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad.[3]
References
- ^ "Metro Plus Vijayawada : A saga in the making?". The Hindu. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ patenik2 (21 September 2005). "SHIVA -1989 BOLLYWOOD - Review - Movie Review - Ratings - Great Indian Movies - Shiva - MouthShut.com - MouthShut.com". mouthshut.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2012.