Siva (1989 Tamil film)

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Siva
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Poster
Directed by Ameerjan
Written by Vedham Pudhithu Kannan (dialogues)
Screenplay by Ananthu
Story byRakesh Kumar
Produced byRajam Balachander
Pushpa Kandaswamy
Starring Rajinikanth
Raghuvaran
Sowcar Janaki
Shobana
CinematographyC. S. Ravibabu
Edited byS. S. Nazir
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Release date
  • 5 May 1989 (1989-05-05)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Siva is a 1989 Tamil-language action film directed by Ameerjan. The film stars Rajinikanth, Raghuvaran, Sowcar Janaki and Shobana. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film Khoon Pasina . [1] The film was released on 5 May 1989 and became a box-office bomb.

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Plot

The film begins with Siva (Rajinikanth) and John (Raghuvaran) as kids, they are close friends like their fathers, in spite of their religious differences, one being Hindu and other Christian. A villain kills their families except for Siva, John, and John's mother, but John does not know that Siva and his mother were alive and vice versa. 20 years later, Siva falls in love with Parvathy (Shobana) and marries her. John is a hired goon who will do only good deeds. John is hired by the same villain to kill Siva and during the fight both get injured and finally they come to know that they are childhood friends. Eventually, both of them unite and fight the bad guy who killed their family.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. [2] [3] The song "Iruvizhiyin" is set in Hamsadhvani raga. [4]

SongSingersLyricsLength
"Ada Maappillai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Saibaba Pulamaipithan 06:15
"Adi Kannaathaal"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:36
"Adi Vaanmathi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 04:29
"Iruvizhiyin"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra04:25
"Velli Kizhamai" Ilaiyaraaja, K. S. Chithra Vaali 04:32

Release and reception

Siva was released on 5 May 1989, [5] and became a box-office bomb. [6] P. S. S. of Kalki gave the film a negative review citing how would it be if a film was made in a frenzy to show off Rajini style in a fight? just like Shiva. [7] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Tiger Siva, released on 19 January 1990. [8]

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