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Siva
Poster
Directed by	Ameerjan
Written by	Vedham Pudhithu Kannan (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Ananthu
Story by	Rakesh Kumar
Produced by	Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy
Starring	Rajinikanth Raghuvaran Sowcar Janaki Shobana
Cinematography	C. S. Ravibabu
Edited by	S. S. Nazir
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Kavithalayaa Productions
Release date	5 May 1989 (1989-05-05)
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Siva is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Ameerjan. The film stars Rajinikanth, Raghuvaran, Sowcar Janaki and Shobana. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film Khoon Pasina. The film was released on 5 May 1989 and became a box office failure.

Plot

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The film begins with Siva and John as kids, they are close friends like their fathers. 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 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

• Rajinikanth as Siva (Tiger)
• Raghuvaran as John
• Shobana as Parvathy
• Sowcar Janaki as John's mother
• Radha Ravi
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• Janagaraj
• Charle
• Madhuri
• Disco Shanti
• Delhi Ganesh
• Ganeshkar
• Thyagu
• Ilavarasan
• Poornam Viswanathan
• Vijayakumar in a Guest appearance

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Iruvizhiyin" is set in Hamsadhvani raga.

Release and reception

Siva was released on 5 May 1989, and became a box-office bomb. P. S. S. of Kalki gave the film a negative review citing how would it be if a film was made in a frenzy to show off Rajini style in a fight? just like Shiva. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Tiger Siva, released on 19 January 1990.

References

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7. பி. எஸ். எஸ். (28 May 1989). "சிவா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 17. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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External links

• Siva at IMDb 

• 1989 films
• 1980s buddy films
• 1980s Indian films
• 1980s masala films
• 1980s Tamil-language films
• 1989 action films
• Films directed by Ameerjan
• Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
• Films with screenplays by Ananthu (screenwriter)
• Indian action films
• Indian buddy films
• Indian films about revenge
• Tamil remakes of Hindi films
• Tamil-language Indian films