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Shiva is a 2006 Hindi film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film of the same name, which was the debut film of Varma as a director. Despite the success of the original film in Telugu and Varma's 1990 remake in Hindi, the 2006 version did not do well at the box-office.

Plot[link]

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) who terrorizes the slums of Mumbai striking fear into the heart of slum-dwellers. As time goes on, Babbu becomes more and more powerful, until he manages to seize power from the Government of Maharashtra and make himself Chief Minister of the state. As Chief Minister, Babbu is able to seize all of Maharashtra's money and launder it stripping the people of their wealth. Shiva Swarassi (Mohit Alawat) 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 Bappu promising that he will avenge his deceased parents and kill Bappu.

Since the forming of this alliance, a series of murders take place upon Bappu's top Counterparts.

Music[link]

The film's musical score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, who also scored the original film. He recycled a couple of his old tunes and the background score was well appreciated.

Cast[link]

• Mohit Ahlawat .... Sub-Inpsector Shiva Kumar
• Nisha Kothari .... Sandhya Joshi
• Upendra Limaye .... Bappu Ganesh
• Shereveer Vakil .... John
• Ninad Kamat .... Bollywood
• Dilip Prabhawalkar .... Home Minister Manohar Shirke
• Nagesh Bhonsle .... Inspector Sudhir Kamat
• Zakir Hussain .... Inspector Sawant
• Raju Mavani .... Inspector Tavde
• Pankaj Jha .... Inspector Salim Inamdar
• Ranvir Shorey .... Daksh Kumar
• Suchitra Pillai .... Manasi
• Dinesh Lamba .... Hawaldar Atmaran Bhende
• Sanjeev Wilson .... Inspector Sarvar Sheikh
• Ganesh Mayekar .... Chutney
• Raam .... Mukadam
• Vinod Jayawant .... Bharti

External links[link]

• Shiva at the Internet Movie Database