Shiva (1990)

Siva (Telugu: శివ) is a 1989 Telugu action film based on student politics in Mafia backdrop, written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma in his debut. The film was produced by Akkineni Venkat, starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni, and Raghuvaran in lead roles, with soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India on January 19, 1990 at the Empire Theater in Kolkata. Upon release, the film received very positive reviews and remained a cult classic blockbuster.

The film has garnered state Nandi Awards for Best direction, Best First Film of a director and Best dialogue writer. The film has also garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. The film is listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time. The film's original soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, which remained a chartbuster.
The film was also dubbed into Tamil as Udhayam. The college campus depicted was shot at Keys High School, in Secunderabad. In 1990, The film was completely remade in Hindi as Shiva, with few changes in the climax of the film. The Hindi version became an instant hit at the box office. The Telugu version is now available in a 2014 digitally restored and remastered format for home video, marking the film's Silver Jubilee.

This film was path breaker for Tollywood at that time. This was the Indian film shot using Steady cam. This was the first telugu film and second Indian film to be documented. The documentary too got huge response. Here is the link of that documentary. https://www.

Synopsis

The film opens with a bunch of gangsters, led by Ganesh, waiting outside the (fictional) VAS college of Arts & Sciences. A college student JD (JD Chakravarthy) gestures to the goons and they proceed to savagely assault another student and his friends.

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