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Shiva is a film of genre Drama directed by Ram Gopal Varma with Akkineni Nagarjuna
Shiva (1990)
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Add to a movie listShiva is a 1990 Bollywood action film, based on student politics in a Mafia backdrop, written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a remake of Varma's debut Telugu film, Siva (1989), which was premiered at the Kolkata International Film Festival of India, held in January 1990. The film has Nagarjuna, Amala in the lead roles. With wide positive reviews, the film became a blockbuster.
The film's original soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, which remained a chartbuster. The college campus depicted in the film was shot at Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad. Dialogues of this movie became an instant hit and therefore audio cassette of dialogues were released it was written by Iqbal Durrani Ram Gopal Varma later went on to release a prequel of the film in 2006.
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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.Actors
Akkineni Nagarjuna
(Shiva)
Amala Paul
(Asha)
Amala Akkineni
(Asha)
Raghuvaran
(Bhavani)
J. D. Chakravarthy
(JD (Jagdish Dave))
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, 2h22Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
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Rating79%
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.
Satya (1998)
, 2h51Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors J. D. Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Sushant Singh, Manoj Bajpayee, Paresh Rawal, Shefali Shah
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Mumbai is in the midst of a turf war between two gangs, collectively referred to as the Mumbai underworld when Satya (J.D Chakravarthy), a man without a past, comes to the city looking for employment. While waiting tables at the local dance bar, he gets involved in a scuffle with Jagga (Jeeva), bag man for dreaded don Guru Narayan (Raju Mavani). Jagga takes his revenge by getting Satya arrested on false charges of pimping. In jail, Satya clashes with yet another member of Mumbai's mafia, underworld don Bhiku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpai), who is in prison pending trial for the murder of a prominent film producer. Mhatre, pleased with Satya's bravado, extends a hand of friendship and arranges for his release as well as accommodation. With Mhatre's help, Satya avenges himself by gunning down Jagga in the very same dance bar and joins Mhatre's gang.
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, 2h15Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
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Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi
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Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
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Kshana Kshanam (1991)
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films
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Rating80%
The film is the story of a middle class girl (Sridevi) and a thief (Daggubati Venkatesh) brought together under strange circumstances. The film revolves around the pair chased by an eccentric bank robber, (Paresh Rawal) and the police (Rami Reddy).
Antam (1992)
, 2h10Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Action
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Urmila Matondkar, Danny Denzongpa, Salim Ghouse, Silk Smitha, Akash Chandra Khurana
Rating60%
An orphan Raghav turns into a ruthless contract killer upon growing up. However he falls for an ornithologist Bhavna and hides his true identity to her. But soon Bhavna comes to know of his real identity when her brother who is a cop is assigned to solve a murder case which is committed by Raghav. Will she forgive Raghav or will she leave him?
Daud (1997)
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, Manoj Bajpayee, Vineeth, Neeraj Vora
Rating58%
The affable Nandu (Sanjay Dutt), a small-time crook who is hired to deliver a mysterious package to a notorious criminal named Pinky (Paresh Rawal). Feeling that he's being cheated on his delivery fee, Nandu holds out for more money, and soon finds himself on the run from both the angry gangsters and the police, who have launched a massive manhunt. Nandu and Bhavani (Urmila Matondkar), the lovely cabaret dancer who's tagging along for the ride, assume the package contains gold; both are unpleasantly surprised when it turns out to be something deadlier: a nuclear bomb.
Antam (1992)
, 2h10Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Urmila Matondkar, Danny Denzongpa, Salim Ghouse, Silk Smitha, Akash Chandra Khurana
Rating59%
An orphan Raghav turns into a ruthless contract killer upon growing up. However he falls for an ornithologist Bhavna and hides his true identity to her. But soon Bhavna comes to know of his real identity when her brother who is a cop is assigned to solve a murder case which is committed by Raghav. Will she forgive Raghav or will she leave him?
Rann (2010)
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about television
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Sudeep, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Bahl, Rajat Kapoor
Rating68%
Vijay Harshwardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan), the ethical CEO of struggling television channel India 24/7, is losing the ratings battle with a rival channel headed by Amrish Kakkar (Mohnish Behl). Malik's son Jai (Sudeep) makes a deal with a wealthy and corrupt politician, Mohan Pandey (Paresh Rawal), to frame the Prime Minister (K K Raina) for being complicit in a terror attack. Pandey can then take over the position and Jai will have enough money to start his own channel. Jai's brother-in-law (Rajat Kapoor) supports Mohan Pandey because he wants to become the biggest industrialist in the country and Pandey could help him by framing such policies. Jai shoots a short video featuring his friend Khanna and a close friend of the PM. This meeting is staged and the PM's friend, under duress, says that the PM was involved in plotting a bomb blast so as to create fear and panic among the people so that he could get a bill passed. Jai convinces his father that the story is true and believing it to be so, Malik airs it on his network. The scandal rocks the nation and elections are held in which Mohan Pandey wins. He becomes the PM. However, one of Malik's reporters, Purab (Ritesh Deshmukh), discovers the plot. He initially approaches Amrish Kakkar with a request to air his findings on the news. Amrish, though, cuts a deal with Mohan Pandey and does not air the CD. Purab then tells his boss of his findings on the day his son is getting engaged. Malik goes on air one final time and confesses the wrongdoings of his son, son-in-law and exposes Mohan Pandey. Unable to bear the guilt, Jai commits suicide. Mohan Pandey denies his role in the scandal. Malik steps down as the CEO of the news channel and hands over the baton to the reporter who exposed the truth.