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.
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. 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.
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Music
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Saara Yeh Aalam" is based on "Ananda Ragam" from the Tamil film Panneer Pushpangal (1981).
Hindi Soundtrack NoSongSinger(s)Lyricist(s)1"Dheemi Dheemi"Shreya GhoshalGulzar2"Josh Mein"K. J. Yesudas3"Kaise Kahein"Sadhana Sargam, Roopkumar Rathod4"Police Police"Shweta Pandit, Ninad Kamat5"Saara Yeh Alam Noorani Hai"Shreya Ghoshal, Roopkumar Rathod6"Shapath"Ilaiyaraaja
Telugu Soundtrack No Song Singer(s) Lyricist(s)1"Manasa Adagava"Shreya GhoshalSirivennela Seetharama Sastry2"Pourusham Swasaga"Vijay Prakash3"Adaganidhe Cheppedhi"Sunitha, Vijay Prakash4"Police Police"Shweta Pandit, Ninad Kamat5"Ye Oohalonu"Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal6"Enno Tyagala"Ilaiyaraaja
Tamil Soundtrack NoSongSinger(s)Lyricist(s)1"Oru Naal Maalaiyil"Shreya Ghoshal Palani Bharathi2"Yezhunthu Vaa"Vijay Prakash Muthulingam3"Solvatharku Oru Solillaiya"Tippu, Manjari Palani Bharathi4"Laettaga Varuvanga Loottiyum"Tippu, Manjari Muthulingam5"En Nenjil Raagam Enge Enge"Shreya Ghoshal, Vijay PrakashMu. Metha6"Enge Naam Desam Poguthu"Ilaiyaraaja
Reception 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." 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." 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."
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