''Shiva'' is a 2006 Indian

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-language

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produced and directed by

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu films.** * * Varma has dir ...

. The film was a prequel to the original 1990, ''

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

'', which is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film of the same name. The film was screened at the

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. 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

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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

* Mohit Ahlawat as SI Shiva Kumar * Nisha Kothari as Sandhya Joshi *

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as Bappu Ganesh * Shereveer Vakil as John * Ninad Kamat as Bollywood * Dilip Prabhawalkar as

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Manohar Shirke * Nagesh Bhonsle as

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Sudhir Kamat * Zakir Hussain as Inspector Sawant * Raju Mavani as Inspector Tavde * Pankaj Jha as Inspector Salim Inamdar * Ranvir Shorey as Daksh Kumar * Suchitra Pillai as Manasi * Dinesh Lamba as Hawaldar Atmaran Bhende * Sanjeev Wilson as Inspector Sarvar Sheikh * Ganesh Mayekar as Chutney * Raam as Mukadam * Vinod Jayawant as Bharti

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

Telugu Soundtrack

Tamil Soundtrack

Reception

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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."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiva 2006 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma Indian sequel films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films set in slums