Shiva

1990
2h 42m

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Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.

Director
- Ram Gopal Varma
Writers
- Iqbal Durrani
- Ram Gopal Varma
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Director
- Ram Gopal Varma
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- Iqbal Durrani
- Ram Gopal Varma
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Nagarjuna Akkineni

Shiva
(as Nagarjuna)

Amala Akkineni

Asha
(as Amala)

Raj Zutshi

Prakash
(as Zutshi)

Raghuvaran

Bhavani

Paresh Rawal

Tilakdhari

Brij Gopal

Ganesh
(as Brijgopal)

J.D. Chakravarthi

J.D.
(as Chakravarthy)

Tanikella Bharani

Nanaji
(as Bharani)

Ajit Vachani

Krishnakant

Girija Shankar

Inspector Tejesh
(as Girija Shankar)

Chinna

Chotu

Ram Jagan

Naresh
(as Jagan)

Rohini Hattangadi

Prakash's Mother

Goga Kapoor

Kanta Prasad

Iftekhar

Principal
(as Iftikar)

Chandrashekhar Vaidya

Lecturer
(as Chandrasekar)

Dilip Dhawan

Shiva's Brother

Beena Banerjee

Shiva's Sister-in-law

Director
- Ram Gopal Varma
Writers
- Iqbal Durrani
- Ram Gopal Varma
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Knockout punch!!

Shiva review:

After Jalal Agha's Goonj (1989), it was Ram Gopal Varma's Shiva which highlighted the violent student politics of that time. This was RGV's debut in Bollywood and the director hit a six off the first ball...or should I say delivered a knockout sock!!

This was probably the first time when the punches delivered by Nagarjuna appeared real instead of the usual fake sounding "dhishoom bhishoom". Nag was Shiva, a hot headed student, who gets on the wrong side of the local gangster Bhavani (Raghuvaran, brilliant) after he stands for college elections against his candidate JD (Chakravarthy of Satya).

RGV's execution is rooted in reality and I loved the way he handled the action scenes. The cycle chain sequence became extremely popular and became a style statement of sorts for rowdies. "Botany chodenge matinee dekhenge" composed by Ilaiya Raja caught up in college campuses across India.

Shiva released at Metro Cinema, Mumbai in its first week after which it went on to celebrate silver jubilee at Minerva in matinee shows. The 4 track stereophonic sound at Minerva was said to give a spectacular viewing experience to the audience specially during the 'maara maari' sequences. Crash boom bang!! Shiva was real. Shiva was unique. Shiva was mind blowing. Kudos RGV!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

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Trivia
(2001) There was a shelved movie Picture Perfect Productions "Shiva". Starring Chandrachur Singh, Deepti Bhatnagar, Rambha, Produced by Deepti Bhatnagar and Randeep Arya, Directed by Sunil Bohra. Chandrachur was to play a super hero.

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It's raining when Shiva and his friends beat up Bhavani's men at night and a bougainvillea plant with bloomed flowers is seen in the background. In reality Bougainvillea flowers bloom between months of November and May and typically monsoon season in south of India is between months of June and September.