Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.
Nagarjuna Akkineni
Shiva
Amala Akkineni
Asha
Raghuvaran
Bhavani
Paresh Rawal
Tilak Dhari
J. D. Chakravarthi
JD (Jagdish Dave)
Tanikella Bharani
Nanaji
Rohini Hattangadi
Prakash's Mother
Goga Kapoor
Kanta Prasad
Iftekhar
College Principal
Chandrashekhar Vaidya
Lecturer (as Chandrasekar)
Shiva is a drama, action, crime film released in 1990 exploring themes of social injustice, college student. Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, it stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala Akkineni, Raghuvaran. Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.
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