Shiva (2006 film)

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 New York Asian Film Festival. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Shiva 2006.[1] Later it was dubbed in Tamil as Udhayam 2006. The movie was a failure at box office.

Shiva
Directed byRam Gopal Varma
Written bySajid-Farhad
Produced byRam Gopal Varma
StarringMohit Ahlawat
Nisha Kothari
Dilip Prabhawalkar
Upendra Limaye
Nagesh Bhonsle
Suchitra Pillai
Shereveer Vakil
CinematographyAmal Neerad
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
RGV Film Company
Release date
  • 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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 (Upendra Limaye). 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 (Mohit Ahlawat) 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
Released8 August 2006
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelT-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

No Song Singer(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

No SongSinger(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

No Song Singer(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 rated the film 1 out of 5 stars.[3]

References

  1. "Reviews : Movie Reviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. Rangan, Baradwaj (15 May 2007). "Music Review: Cheeni Kum". Baradwaj Rangan. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. Verma, Sukanya (19 September 2006). "This Shiva is a joke". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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