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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Shiva | | name = Shiva | ||
| image = | | image = Shiva 2006 poster.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]] | | director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]] | ||
| producer = Ram Gopal Varma | | producer = Ram Gopal Varma | ||
| writer = [[Sajid-Farhad]] | | writer = [[Sajid-Farhad]] | ||
| starring = [[Mohit Ahlawat (actor)|Mohit Ahlawat]]<br/ >[[Nisha Kothari]]<br/ >[[Dilip Prabhawalkar]]<br/ >[[Upendra Limaye]]<br/ >[[Nagesh Bhonsle]]<br/ >[[Suchitra Pillai]]<br/ >[[Shereveer Vakil]] | | starring = [[Mohit Ahlawat (actor)|Mohit Ahlawat]]<br />[[Nisha Kothari]]<br />[[Dilip Prabhawalkar]]<br />[[Upendra Limaye]]<br />[[Nagesh Bhonsle]]<br />[[Suchitra Pillai]]<br />[[Shereveer Vakil]] | ||
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] | | music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] | ||
| cinematography = [[Amal Neerad]] | | cinematography = [[Amal Neerad]] | ||
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| distributor = | | distributor = | ||
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|9|15}} | | released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|9|15}} | ||
| runtime = | | runtime = 119 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Hindi | | language = Hindi | ||
| budget = | | budget = 6 crore | ||
| gross = | | gross = 3.43 crore | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Shiva''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] produced and directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. The film was a prequel to the original 1990, ''[[Shiva (1990 film)|Shiva]]'', which is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film [[Shiva (1989 Telugu film)|of the same name]]. The film was screened at [[New York Asian Film Festival]]. | '''''Shiva''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] produced and directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. The film was a prequel to the original 1990, ''[[Shiva (1990 film)|Shiva]]'', which is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film [[Shiva (1989 Telugu film)|of the same name]]. The film was screened at the [[New York Asian Film Festival]]. The film was dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Shiva 2006''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/movies/shiva2006_moviereview.php |title=Reviews : Movie Reviews |website=[[Telugucinema.com]] |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061119104004/http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/movies/shiva2006_moviereview.php |archive-date=19 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The film begins with the brutal murder of a Mumbai man named John by a group of gangsters led by ruthless kingpin Bappu Ganesh | The film begins with the brutal murder of a Mumbai man named John by a group of gangsters led by ruthless kingpin Bappu Ganesh. As time goes on, Bappu becomes more and more powerful, until he manages to seize power from the government of [[Maharashtra]] and make himself chief minister of the state to seize all of Maharashtra's money. Shiva Swarassi is a poor slum-dweller who, after watching his parents being brutally murdered by Bappu's men, decides that it's time to get rid of Bappu. He gets the people of [[Dharavi]] Slum in Mumbai together and forms a rebellion against him. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
* [[Mohit Ahlawat (actor)|Mohit Ahlawat]] | * [[Mohit Ahlawat (actor)|Mohit Ahlawat]] as [[Sub-Inspector|SI]] Shiva Kumar | ||
* [[Nisha Kothari]] | * [[Nisha Kothari]] as Sandhya Joshi | ||
* [[Upendra Limaye]] | * [[Upendra Limaye]] as Bappu Ganesh | ||
* [[Shereveer Vakil]] | * [[Shereveer Vakil]] as John | ||
* [[Ninad Kamat]] | * [[Ninad Kamat]] as Bollywood | ||
* [[Dilip Prabhawalkar]] | * [[Dilip Prabhawalkar]] as [[Home Minister (India)|Home Minister]] Manohar Shirke | ||
* [[Nagesh Bhonsle]] | * [[Nagesh Bhonsle]] as [[Police Inspector|Inspector]] Sudhir Kamat | ||
* [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] | * [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as Inspector Sawant | ||
* [[Raju Mavani]] | * [[Raju Mavani]] as Inspector Tavde | ||
* Pankaj Jha | * Pankaj Jha as Inspector Salim Inamdar | ||
* [[Ranvir Shorey]] | * [[Ranvir Shorey]] as Daksh Kumar | ||
* [[Suchitra Pillai]] | * [[Suchitra Pillai]] as Manasi | ||
* Dinesh Lamba | * Dinesh Lamba as Hawaldar Atmaran Bhende | ||
* Sanjeev Wilson | * Sanjeev Wilson as Inspector Sarvar Sheikh | ||
* Ganesh Mayekar | * Ganesh Mayekar as Chutney | ||
* Raam | * Raam as Mukadam | ||
* Vinod Jayawant | * Vinod Jayawant as Bharti | ||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
{{Infobox album | |||
| name = Shiva | |||
| type = [[Soundtrack album]] | |||
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] | |||
| cover = | |||
| alt = | |||
| released = 4 August 2006 | |||
| recorded = | |||
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| studio = | |||
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | |||
| length = | |||
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] | |||
| producer = | |||
| prev_title = | |||
| prev_year = | |||
| next_title = | |||
| next_year = | |||
}} | |||
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Saara Yeh Aalam" is based on "Ananda Ragam" from the Tamil film ''[[Panneer Pushpangal]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/music-review-cheeni-kum/|title=Music Review: Cheeni Kum|last=Rangan|first=Baradwaj|date=15 May 2007|work=Baradwaj Rangan|access-date=18 May 2018|author-link=Baradwaj Rangan}}</ref> | The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Saara Yeh Aalam" is based on "Ananda Ragam" from the Tamil film ''[[Panneer Pushpangal]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/music-review-cheeni-kum/|title=Music Review: Cheeni Kum|last=Rangan|first=Baradwaj|date=15 May 2007|work=Baradwaj Rangan|access-date=18 May 2018|author-link=Baradwaj Rangan}}</ref> | ||
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|"Oru Naal Maalaiyil" | |"Oru Naal Maalaiyil" | ||
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]] | |[[Shreya Ghoshal]] | ||
| | | Palani Bharathi | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|"Yezhunthu Vaa" | |"Yezhunthu Vaa" | ||
|[[Vijay Prakash]] | |[[Vijay Prakash]] | ||
| [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|"Solvatharku Oru Solillaiya" | |"Solvatharku Oru Solillaiya" | ||
|[[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]] | |[[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]] | ||
| Palani Bharathi | |||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|"Laettaga Varuvanga Loottiyum" | |"Laettaga Varuvanga Loottiyum" | ||
|[[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]] | |[[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]] | ||
| [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|"En Nenjil Raagam Enge Enge" | |"En Nenjil Raagam Enge Enge" | ||
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Vijay Prakash]] | |[[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Vijay Prakash]] | ||
| rowspan=2|[[Mu. Metha]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
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== Reception == | == Reception == | ||
Sukanya | [[Sukanya Verma]] of [[Rediff.com]] rated the film one out of five, writing, "In the original, Raghuvaran exuded menacing energy with his smouldering eyes. In this Shiva, nasty is defined as a scowling ogre. That explains a series of repugnant performances from the bunch of incompetent villains. They evoke sniggers instead of awe."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/19shiva.htm|title=This Shiva is a joke|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|date=19 September 2006|website=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[IndiaFM]] gave the film one out of five, writing, "On the whole, SHIVA is a poor show, with nothing except gruesome violence on display."<ref>{{cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |date=15 September 2006 |title=Shiva Movie Review |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/shiva-2/critic-review/shiva-2-movie-review/ |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> Jaspreet Pandohar of [[BBC.com]] wrote, " Everything from the dull good versus evil storyline, to the terrible casting of lead actors reeks of a bad decision. But the biggest culprit is the film's theme. An honest cop fighting unscrupulous elements holds little novelty today, even if an accomplished storyteller like Varma directs it. Compared with his previous works, Shiva comes across as a pale photocopy."<ref>{{cite news |last=Pandohar |first=Jaspreet |date=6 September 2006 |title=Shiva (2006) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/09/18/shiva_2006_review.shtml |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shiva}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiva}} | ||
[[Category:2006 films]] | [[Category:2006 films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2006 Hindi-language films]] | ||
[[Category:Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma]] | [[Category:Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma]] | ||
[[Category:Indian sequel films]] | [[Category:Indian sequel films]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]] | [[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]] | ||
[[Category:Films set in slums]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:30, 3 March 2026
| Shiva | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Written by | Sajid-Farhad |
| Starring | Mohit Ahlawat Nisha Kothari Dilip Prabhawalkar Upendra Limaye Nagesh Bhonsle Suchitra Pillai Shereveer Vakil |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Amal Neerad |
| Edited by | Rameshwar S. Bhagat |
Production company | RGV Film Company |
Release date |
|
Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 6 crore |
| Box office | 3.43 crore |
Shiva is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film was a prequel to the original 1990, Shiva, which is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film of the same name. The film was screened at the New York Asian Film Festival. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Shiva 2006.[1]
Plot[edit | edit source]
The film begins with the brutal murder of a Mumbai man named John by a group of gangsters led by ruthless kingpin Bappu Ganesh. As time goes on, Bappu becomes more and more powerful, until he manages to seize power from the government of Maharashtra and make himself chief minister of the state to seize all of Maharashtra's money. Shiva Swarassi is a poor slum-dweller who, after watching his parents being brutally murdered by Bappu's men, decides that it's time to get rid of Bappu. He gets the people of Dharavi Slum in Mumbai together and forms a rebellion against him.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Mohit Ahlawat as SI Shiva Kumar
- Nisha Kothari as Sandhya Joshi
- Upendra Limaye as Bappu Ganesh
- Shereveer Vakil as John
- Ninad Kamat as Bollywood
- Dilip Prabhawalkar as Home Minister Manohar Shirke
- Nagesh Bhonsle as Inspector Sudhir Kamat
- Zakir Hussain as Inspector Sawant
- Raju Mavani as Inspector Tavde
- Pankaj Jha as Inspector Salim Inamdar
- Ranvir Shorey as Daksh Kumar
- Suchitra Pillai as Manasi
- Dinesh Lamba as Hawaldar Atmaran Bhende
- Sanjeev Wilson as Inspector Sarvar Sheikh
- Ganesh Mayekar as Chutney
- Raam as Mukadam
- Vinod Jayawant as Bharti
Music[edit | edit source]
| Shiva | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 4 August 2006 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | T-Series |
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Saara Yeh Aalam" is based on "Ananda Ragam" from the Tamil film Panneer Pushpangal (1981).[2]
Hindi Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| No | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dheemi Dheemi" | Shreya Ghoshal | Gulzar |
| 2 | "Josh Mein" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 3 | "Kaise Kahein" | Sadhana Sargam, Roopkumar Rathod | |
| 4 | "Police Police" | Shweta Pandit, Ninad Kamat | |
| 5 | "Saara Yeh Alam Noorani Hai" | Shreya Ghoshal, Roopkumar Rathod | |
| 6 | "Shapath" | Ilaiyaraaja |
Telugu Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| No | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Manasa Adagava" | Shreya Ghoshal | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
| 2 | "Pourusham Swasaga" | Vijay Prakash | |
| 3 | "Adaganidhe Cheppedhi" | Sunitha, Vijay Prakash | |
| 4 | "Police Police" | Shweta Pandit, Ninad Kamat | |
| 5 | "Ye Oohalonu" | Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal | |
| 6 | "Enno Tyagala" | Ilaiyaraaja |
Tamil Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| No | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Oru Naal Maalaiyil" | Shreya Ghoshal | Palani Bharathi |
| 2 | "Yezhunthu Vaa" | Vijay Prakash | Muthulingam |
| 3 | "Solvatharku Oru Solillaiya" | Tippu, Manjari | Palani Bharathi |
| 4 | "Laettaga Varuvanga Loottiyum" | Tippu, Manjari | Muthulingam |
| 5 | "En Nenjil Raagam Enge Enge" | Shreya Ghoshal, Vijay Prakash | Mu. Metha |
| 6 | "Enge Naam Desam Poguthu" | Ilaiyaraaja |
Reception[edit | edit source]
Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film one out of five, writing, "In the original, Raghuvaran exuded menacing energy with his smouldering eyes. In this Shiva, nasty is defined as a scowling ogre. That explains a series of repugnant performances from the bunch of incompetent villains. They evoke sniggers instead of awe."[3] Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film one out of five, writing, "On the whole, SHIVA is a poor show, with nothing except gruesome violence on display."[4] Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC.com wrote, " Everything from the dull good versus evil storyline, to the terrible casting of lead actors reeks of a bad decision. But the biggest culprit is the film's theme. An honest cop fighting unscrupulous elements holds little novelty today, even if an accomplished storyteller like Varma directs it. Compared with his previous works, Shiva comes across as a pale photocopy."[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Reviews : Movie Reviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ↑ Rangan, Baradwaj (15 May 2007). "Music Review: Cheeni Kum". Baradwaj Rangan. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ↑ Verma, Sukanya (19 September 2006). "This Shiva is a joke". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ↑ Adarsh, Taran (15 September 2006). "Shiva Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ↑ Pandohar, Jaspreet (6 September 2006). "Shiva (2006)". BBC Online. Retrieved 25 January 2025.