1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Soundtrack

4. Trivia

5. References

6. External links

Shiva is a 1990 Indian 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 and Amala in lead roles. The film became a blockbuster.^[1][2] The success led to Ram Gopal Varma directing a prequel in 2006.

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 Krishna Reddy 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.

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 his wife is killed by the Bhavani gang, in the bargain.

Cast

• Nagarjuna as Shiva
• Amala as Asha
• Raghuvaran as Bhavani
• J.D Chakravarthy as JD (Jagdish Dave)
• Tanikella Bharani as Nanaji
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Malik
• 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
• Brahmaji
• Rohini Hattangadi as Prakash's Mother
• Beena Banerjee as Shiva's Sister-In-Law
• Baby Sushma as Keerthi

Soundtrack

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

Trivia

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

References

External links

• {{IMDb title|0248428|Shiva}}
• Documentary on Shiva

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