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A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 78.6 / 100
1989·Action / Crime / Drama·2h 41m

SHIVA

Siva is a new student in the community college. He is welcomed by a group of collegians, including the lovely Asha, to whom Shiva is instantly attracted. Shiva notices that there is violence within the college, perpetrated by people who are not even students. When he decides to find out their motives, he is met with violence, and threats. Now Shiva must decide to stand up for his college, or just carry on studying, finish college, and move on and get to on job.

Above the Line
Ram Gopal Varma·DirectorRam Gopal Varma·ScreenplayRam Gopal Varma·StoryS. Gopala Reddy·Director of PhotographyIlaiyaraaja·Original Music ComposerShankar Suri·Editor
Cast
Nagarjuna Akkineni·SivaAmala Akkineni·AshaRaghuvaran·BhavaniJ. D. Chakravarthi·J. Durga Rao (J. D.)Tanikella Bharani·NanajiChinna·ChinnaSubhalekha Sudhakar·MalliKota Srinivasa Rao·MachirajuMurali Mohan·SharathGollapudi Maruti Rao·Viswanadham
Full Crew
(23 credits)
Directing· 4
Ram Gopal Varma·DirectorUttej·Assistant DirectorTeja·Assistant DirectorPasupuleti Krishna Vamsi·Assistant Director
Writing· 6
Ram Gopal Varma·StoryRam Gopal Varma·ScreenplayTanikella Bharani·DialogueIqbal Durrani·DialogueSirivennela Seetharama Sastry·LyricistVeturi Sundararama Murthy·Lyricist
Camera· 2
S. Gopala Reddy·Director of PhotographyRasool Ellore·Assistant Camera
Editing· 1
Shankar Suri·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Ilaiyaraaja·Original Music ComposerAS Laxmi Narayanan·Sound EditorDeepan Chatterjee·Sound Engineer
Art & Design· 1
Thotta Tharani·Art Direction
Production· 2
Akkineni Venkata Rathnam·Executive ProducerSurendra Yarlagadda·Producer
Other Departments· 4
Prabhu Deva·Associate ChoreographerRamulu·StuntsS.A. Azim·Special EffectsM.A. Hafeez·Special Effects
By the Numbers
78.6
OF 100
Master Score
8.0
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Shiva's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Intense, Powerful, Gritty
Composition
Split
Era
1990s
Visual Style
Graphic Design

“The poster features a large, light-skinned fist clenching a dark metal chain that hangs vertically against a solid black background. Below the fist, a large, st”

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Key Elements
FistMetal Chain
Atmosphere
Dark, Gritty
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Abstract
Design Score
8/10
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