''Siva Shankar'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language

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starring

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and

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. The film is directed by Kapuganti Rajendra, who previously worked under

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and Soundarya's last film in Telugu. ''Shiva Shankar'' is inspired by the 2002 Hollywood film '' Road to Perdition''. The film is presented by Mohan Babu's son

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. This is the posthumous film for

in Telugu, released after her death.

Cast

as Siva Shankar / Sivaji *

as Padma *Natanya Singh * Raja Murad as Sobhanadri *

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as Hemadri *

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* Ponnambalam *

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as Raheem (a car driver) *

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as a hotel owner * L. B. Sriram * Venu Madhav * AVS *

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* Ananth * Chitti Babu *

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* Master Abhinav *Master Vamsi

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The audio launch was held at

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on 31 July 2004. Several film celebrities attended the event. The song "Endhirayyo" was based on Raja's own Tamil song "Maanguyile" from ''Karagattakaran''.

Reception

Jeevi of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five and wrote that "The plus points of the film are performance of Mohan Babu and music by Ilayaraja. The main drawback of the film is old-fashioned narration and taking". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Direction by Kapuganti Rajendra is not up to the mark but music by Ilayaraja is melodious and the background score is worth mentioning". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' stated that "Shrill drama, violent costumes and blaring choreography – everything the posters promise you, and nothing you don’t see coming".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0929626 2004 action drama films 2004 films Indian action drama films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 2000s Telugu-language films