Shiva (2006 film)

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Shiva
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Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Written by Sajid-Farhad
Produced byRam Gopal Varma
Starring Mohit Ahlawat
Nisha Kothari
Dilip Prabhawalkar
Upendra Limaye
Nagesh Bhonsle
Suchitra Pillai
Shereveer Vakil
Cinematography Amal Neerad
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
RGV Film Company
Release date
  • 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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]

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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.

Cast

Music

Shiva
Soundtrack album by
Ilaiyaraaja
Released8 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

NoSongSinger(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

NoSongSinger(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

NoSongSinger(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

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]

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References

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  2. ↑ Rangan, Baradwaj (15 May 2007). "Music Review: Cheeni Kum". Baradwaj Rangan. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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