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Shiva
Shiva
Film score by Ilaiyaraaja
Released	1990
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	18:32
Label	Venus Cassettes
Producer	Ilaiyaraaja
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Shiva
Shiva
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Ram Gopal Varma; Iqbal Durrani (dialogues)
Based on	Siva (Telugu) by Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	Akkineni Venkat; Yarlagadda Surendra
Starring	Nagarjuna; Amala; Raghuvaran; J. D. Chakravarthy
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	Shankar
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; companies	Annapurna Studios; S. S. Creations
Release date	7 December 1990;
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Shiva is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama 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 with Raghuvaran and J. D. Chakravarthy as the antagonists. All four actors reprise their roles from the original Telugu film. The film became a blockbuster.^[1]^[2] The success led to Ram Gopal Varma directing a prequel in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

The film opens in 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 on 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, reach 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 led 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 presidency. 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 the 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 him. 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 Tilakdhari for betrayal 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 Akhouri
Raghuvaran as Bhavani Chaudhary
J. D. Chakravarthy as Jagdish Dave "J.D."
Paresh Rawal as Tilakdhari Azaad
Tanikella Bharani as Nanaji
Iftekhar as Principal
Chandrashekhar as Lecturer
Girija Shankar as Inspector Tejesh Akhouri
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
Puri Jagannadh in a cameo
Baby Sushma as Keerthi

Production

The college campus depicted in the film was shot at State Agricultural University in Hyderabad.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Lyrics were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Song	Singer
"Marte Hai"	Suresh Wadkar, Asha Bhosle
"Meri Qadar Jani"	Suresh Wadkar, S. Janaki
"Jagde Jagde Ja"	Udit Narayan, S. Janaki
"Anando Bramha Govindo Mahaar"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy