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{{About||the 1989 Telugu original|Siva (1989 Telugu film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Shiva
| image = Shiva film.jpg
| caption = Promotional Poster
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| producer = Akkineni Venkat, Yarlagadda Surendra
| writer = [[Iqbal Durrani]]
| screenplay = Ram Gopal Varma
| story = Ram Gopal Varma
| starring = [[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]]<br />[[Amala (actress)|Amala]]<br />[[Raghuvaran]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]]
| editing = Satthi babu
| studio = [[Annapurna Studios]]<br /> S. S. Creations
| released = {{Film date|1990|12|7|df=y}}
| runtime = 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 Telugu film)|Siva]]'' (1989). The film has [[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]] (in his Hindi debut) and [[Amala (actress)|Amala]] . The film became a blockbuster.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-saga-in-the-making/article820926.ece |title=Metro Plus Vijayawada : A saga in the making? |work=The Hindu |date=2010-10-16 |access-date=2012-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Shiva-1989-Bollywood-review-uqustpnot|title=SHIVA -1989 BOLLYWOOD - Review - Movie Review - Ratings - Great Indian Movies - Shiva - MouthShut.com - MouthShut.com|author=patenik2|date=21 September 2005|work=mouthshut.com}}</ref> The success led to Ram Gopal Varma directing a [[Shiva (2006 film)|prequel]] in 2006.
<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |title=Directorate of Film Festival |publisher=Iffi.nic.in |access-date=2012-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420093021/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==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, 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==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]] as [[Shiva]]
*[[Amala (actress)|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 (actor)|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 (actor)|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
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Shiva
| type = film
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 18:32
| label = [[Venus Records & Tapes|Venus Cassettes]]
| producer = Ilaiyaraaja
| prev_title = Thoorpu Sindhooram
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = [[Bobbili Raja]]
| next_year = 1990
}}

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

{|class="wikitable"
! 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==

The college campus depicted in the film was shot at [[Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0248428|Shiva}}
* [http://www.madeinhyderabad.com/2014/10/shiva-25-years-documentary-shiva.html Documentary on Shiva]

{{Ram Gopal Varma}}

[[Category:1990 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma]]
[[Category:Films set in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian political thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:1990 action thriller films]]
[[Category:1990s political thriller films]]

Shiva (1990 film) - Revision history

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