Trishul (1978 film)
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Film poster
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| Directed by | Yash Chopra |
| Produced by | Gulshan Rai |
| Written by | Salim-Javed |
| Starring |
Sanjeev Kumar Waheeda Rehman Amitabh Bachchan Shashi Kapoor Raakhee Hema Malini Poonam Dhillon Sachin Prem Chopra |
| Music by | Khayyam |
| Cinematography | Kay Gee |
| Edited by | B. Mangeshkar |
| Distributed by |
Yash Raj Films Trimurti Films |
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Release date
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5 May 1978 |
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Running time
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168 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹0.88 crore (equivalent to ₹17 crore or US$2.6 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹2.4 crore (equivalent to ₹46 crore or US$7.2 million in 2016) |
Trishul (Hindi: त्रिशूल, English: Trident) is an Indian drama film directed by Yash Chopra and produced by Gulshan Rai in 1978. It is written by Salim-Javed, with music by Khayyam and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. The movie was a "Super Hit" at the box office and one of the top grossers of 1978, along with Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Don.
The movie had previously inspired the Kamal Hassan starrer, Kadal Meengal and the Malayalam movie Meen starring Madhu and Jayan. The movie is remade in tamil as Mr. Bharath and in Telugu also as Mr. Bharath starring Shoban Babu.
The film focuses on the three intertwined stories of Amitabh, Sanjeev, and Shashi.
Raj Kumar Gupta (Sanjeev Kumar) gives up his first love Shanti (Waheeda Rehman) to marry a wealthy heiress Kamini (Gita Siddharth) who is the daughter of Seth Dindayal. Shanti comes by to wish him success on his marriage with the news that she is carrying his child and moving away. She gives birth to a boy and names him Vijay. She raises him to adulthood. After she dies, Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) comes to Delhi to take revenge by destroying his father's business and family connections. Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor) and Kusum (Poonam Dhillon) are Vijay's half-siblings who are caught in the crossfire of Vijay's revenge. Vijay also crosses paths with Geeta (Raakhee), the devoted secretary of Gupta and another company's general manager Sheetal (Hema Malini) who is also the daughter of the owner of the company. When Geeta is fired Vijay hires her. He tries to create differences between Shekhar and Sheetal. Vijay also takes all the good deals which resulted in losses for Raj. He even encourages Kusum to marry Ravi (Sachin) against her father's wishes which enrages Shekhar and he ends up fighting with Vijay. But Geeta comes and tells the truth. Shekhar and Kusum leave Raj. Raj in anger tells Balwant (Prem Chopra) to kill Vijay. Later Vijay comes down and tells him that he is Raj's son and leaves. Raj tries to stop Balwant but he had already left and kidnapped Ravi in order to get to Vijay. Vijay, with the assistance of Shekhar and Raj, rescues Ravi. Balwant aims at Vijay but Raj comes in between and thus Raj is shot in the process by Balwant. Before dying Raj asks for forgiveness. Vijay forgives him and unites with the family. In addition, Vijay changes the name of his company from Shanti Constructions to Shanti-Raj Constructions.
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