The action and romantic movie Shiva was released on December 7, 1990 under the banner of Annapurna Studios. The movie was directed by Ram Gopal Varma and produced by A Venkat. The lead roles in the movie were played by Nagarjuna Akkineni, Dilip Dhawan, Amala and Brij Gopal while Paresh Rawal, Raghuvaran, Iftekhar, Beena and Raj Zutshi were also there in the film. The music of the film was directed by Ilayaraja while the songs were sung by Amit Kumar, Ninad Kamat,  Roop Kumar Rathod , Sadhana Sargam and Yesudas.

Shiva was a hit action movie of its time and was liked by many people. The movie explored the lives of students in the college and how they are tortured by some people who belong to criminal gangs. The story of the movie revolves around a student named Shiva ( Nagarjuna Akkineni ) who is a simple and a new student to the community college. On the first day of the college, he makes new friends as he is welcomed by many new students in the college.

Shiva also comes across the beautiful Asha ( Amala ) and both become close friends soon. Soon their friendship turns into love and both get attracted to each other more. Shiva notices that there is violence within the college by people who are not even students. He decides to find out the actual motive of those people and then he meet with violence and threats. It was very difficult for him to carry on his studies as he was also tortured by those people. Shiva also met opposition with his elder brother at home.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Anando Brahma
2.    Botany Klas Undi
3.    Kiss Me Hello Wrong Number
4.    Sarasalu Chalu
5.    Yenniyallo Malliyallo