Siva (1989 Tamil film)

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Siva
Siva Rajini.jpg
Poster
Directed byAmeerjan
Written byVedham Puthithu Kannan (dialogues)
Screenplay byAnanthu
Story byRakesh Kumar
Produced byRajam Balachander
Pushpa Kandaswamy
StarringRajinikanth
Raghuvaran
Sowcar Janaki
Shobana
CinematographyC. S. Ravibabu
Edited byS. S. Nazir
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Distributed byKavithalayaa Productions
Release date
  • 5 May 1989 (1989-05-05)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Siva is a 1989 Tamil-language action film directed by Ameerjan. The film stars Rajinikanth, Raghuvaran, Sowcar Janaki and Shobana.[1] The film is a remake of the 1977 film Khoon Pasina.[2] Rajinikanth played Raghuvaran's role in the Telugu version Tiger (1979), which starred N.T. Rama Rao.

Plot[]

The film begins with Siva (Rajinikanth) and John (Raghuvaran) as kids, they are close friends like their fathers, in spite of their religious differences, one being Hindu and other Christian. A villain kills their families except for Siva, John, and John's mother, but John does not know that Siva and his mother were alive and vice versa. 20 years later, Siva falls in love with Parvathy (Shobana) and marries her. John is a hired goon who will do only good deeds. John is hired by the same villain to kill Siva and during the fight both get injured and finally they come to know that they are childhood friends. Eventually, both of them unite and fight the bad guy who killed their family.

Cast[]

Soundtrack[]

The music composed by Ilayaraja.[3] The song "Iruvizhiyin" is set in Hamsadhvani raga.[4]

No. Song Raga Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Ada Maappillai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Saibaba Pulamaipithan 06:15
2 "Adi Kannaathaal" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 04:36
3 "Adi Vaanmathi" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 04:29
4 "Iruvizhiyin" Hamsadhvani S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 04:25
5 "Velli Kizhama" Ilaiyaraaja, K. S. Chithra Vaali 04:32

Release[]

Siva was released on 5 May 1989 and was a box office failure.[5] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Tiger Siva, released on 19 January 1990.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). Kalkionline.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2012). Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-81-8475-796-5.
  3. ^ "Siva Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ "ராகயாத்திரை 13: 'தேர் கொண்டு சென்றவன் யாரென்று சொல்லடி'". Hindutamil.in (in Tamil). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Rajinikanth's 10 Biggest FLOPS". Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Tiger Siva". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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