# 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 the New York Asian Film Festival. 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 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

* Mohit Ahlawat as SI Shiva Kumar
* Nisha Kothari as Sandhya Joshi
* Upendra Limaye as Bappu Ganesh
* Shereveer Vakil as John
* Ninad Kamat as Bollywood
* Dilip Prabhawalkar as Home Minister Manohar Shirke
* Nagesh Bhonsle as Inspector 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

| No | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) |
| 1 | "Dheemi Dheemi" | Shreya Ghoshal | Gulzar |
| 2 | "Josh Mein" | K. J. Yesudas | Gulzar |
| 3 | "Kaise Kahein" | Sadhana Sargam, Roopkumar Rathod | Gulzar |
| 4 | "Police Police" | Shweta Pandit, Ninad Kamat | Gulzar |
| 5 | "Saara Yeh Alam Noorani Hai" | Shreya Ghoshal, Roopkumar Rathod | Gulzar |
| 6 | "Shapath" | Ilaiyaraaja | Gulzar |

### Telugu Soundtrack

| No | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) |
| 1 | "Manasa Adagava" | Shreya Ghoshal | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
| 2 | "Pourusham Swasaga" | Vijay Prakash | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
| 3 | "Adaganidhe Cheppedhi" | Sunitha, Vijay Prakash | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
| 4 | "Police Police" | Shweta Pandit, Ninad Kamat | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
| 5 | "Ye Oohalonu" | Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
| 6 | "Enno Tyagala" | Ilaiyaraaja | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |

### 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 | Mu. Metha |

## 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." 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."