Shiva Sainya

Shiva Sainya is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language political action drama film directed by Shivamani and produced by Y. S. Ramesh. The film features Shiva Rajkumar in the lead role. H. G. Somashekar Rao, Arundathi Nag, Venki and Nivedita Jain appear in supporting roles. The plot follows a group of youths who are disgusted with corruption in the government that they helped form. They proceed to lead a movement and topple it, before forming their own political party and rising to power in an attempt to provide honest governance, led by Shiva, played by Shiva Rajkumar. The film is based on the life of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.

The film's score and soundtrack was scored by Ilaiyaraaja and the cinematography was by Krishna Kumar.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Chikkamagaloora Chikkamallige" became popular.