and was sent to prison on false charges. In prison, Shiva saves Mustaan, who was also imprisoned on false charges by Shetty and Aadikeshava and gains his trust, in order to wipe down the trio. Shiva and Julie sneak into Shetty's warehouse and gathers the evidence against Shetty for illegal activities. At Turf Club, Shetty and Aadikeshava meets Mastaan, who reveals his intentions to kill them. Julie meets the trio and reveals Shiva's true identity and reveals that Shiva has taken Rajendra's place as the jockey and wins the race, where he reveals his father's innocence. The trio challenges Shiva to save Julie from getting killed. Shiva arrives at the venue and a final combat ensues where Shiva and Julie kill the trio, thus avenging their families's death. Cast Shiva Rajkumar as Shiva Ragini Dwivedi as Julie Rangayana Raghu as Panduranga Shetty aka Shetty P. Ravishankar as Aadhikeshava Gurudutt as Mastaan Ravi Kale as Rajendra Shobaraj Suchendra Prasad as David D'Souza Stunt Siddu Mandeep Roy as Shindhe Suchithra Padmaja Rao as Julie's mother Mico Nagaraj Danny Kuttappa Ramesh Bhat John Kokken as Shetty's son Karthik Jayaram as Ajay, Aadikeshava's son Mallesh Gowda Saurav Lokesh as Police Trainee K. S. Ravindranath Karthik Patre Nagaraj Kishore Harish Rayappa Bullet Prakash Suman Ranganathan as item number "Appu Appu" Soundtrack After audio release in different colonies in Bangalore the Kannada film 'Shiva' audio release in a grand way was held at Chitradurga in the presence of huge attendance. At the Old Primary school ground for the 'Shiva' audio release Upendra, Dhuniya Vijay jointly released the promo of the film. Actors Yagna Shetty, Vijay Raghavendra, Pankaj, Neethu, Ajith danced for the song numbers. Gurukiran music director of the film treated the audience with songs. Duniya Vijay danced for the song of Hodi Maga Hodi Maga.... Singer cum actor Ravishanker was part of the cultural treat of three hours audio release function. For the audio release the estimated expenditure is Rs. 2 million plus says KP Srikanth. MLA SK Basavarajan released the audio, Madhara Channa Swamiji was present with Shivarajakumar, Upendra, S Narayan, Ragini, Om Prakash Rao and others were on the dais at audio release time. Reception Critical response A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "justice to his role. Sathya Hegde’s cinematography is amazing, especially in the songs. Music by Gurukiran has some