Shiva is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

The film has Nagarjuna (in his Hindi debut) and Amala in lead roles with Raghuvaran and J. D. Chakravarthy as the antagonists.

JD's connections, through Ganesh, reach a gangster named Bhavani Chaudhury, whose criminal network lends muscle to a local politician, Tilak Dhari.

An inevitable fight ensues, in which Shiva and friends beat up JD's gang in broad daylight within the campus.

Tilak Dhari notices that Shiva is launching a fitting response to Bhavani and decides to stop supporting him.

When he learns that Ganesh has already been presented in court and an arrest warrant has been issued for him, Bhavani kills Asha and Tilakdhari for betrayal and leaves.

A final fight ensues in which eventually Shiva manages to kill Bhavani, ridding the city of one of its most terrifying anti-social elements, while personally coming to terms with the fact that he has lost almost everything in the bargain.