Trishul (film)

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Trishul
File:Trishul 1978 film poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Yash Chopra
Produced by Gulshan Rai
Written by Salim-Javed
Starring Sanjeev Kumar
Amitabh Bachchan
Shashi Kapoor
Hema Malini
Raakhee
Waheeda Rehman
Prem Chopra
Poonam Dhillon
Music by Khayyam
Cinematography Kay Gee
Edited by B. Mangeshkar
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Trimurti Films
Release dates
4 May 1978
Running time
168 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

Trishul (Hindi: त्रिशूल, English: Trident) is an Indian action 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.[1]

It was remade in Tamil by Rajnikanth as Mr. Bharath with Satyaraj donning Sanjeev Kumar's role. The movie had previously inspired the Kamal Hassan starrer, Kadal Meengal and the Malayalam movie Meen starring Madhu and Jayan.

The film focuses on the three intertwined stories of Amitabh, Sanjeev, and Shashi.

Plot

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.

Cast

Credits

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for this movie is credited for bringing the three legends of Indian film music K. J. Yesudas, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar together in a single song "Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki Cheez Hai".

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aapki Mehki Huyi Zulf Ko" K. J. Yesudas, Lata Mangeshkar
2 "Gapoochi Gapoochi Gam Gam" Nitin Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
3 "Ja Ri Bahena Ja" K. J. Yesudas, Kishore Kumar, Pamela Chopra
4 "Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki Cheez Hai" K. J. Yesudas, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
5 "Tu Mere Saath Rahega Munne" Lata Mangeshkar
6 "Jo Ho Yaar Apna" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
7 "Janeman Tum Kamaal Karti Ho" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

Awards and Nominations

In popular culture

The movie was heavily referenced in Anurag Kashyap's 2012 crime film Gangs of Wasseypur.[3] A Sinhala Film with an almost similar story line was made with title "Hello Shyama" by Director and ace cameraman of all time, M.S.Anandan, Starring Gamini Fonseka in the role Of Sanjeev and Shyama Anandan, daughter of M S Anandan' in the role played by Amitabh Bachchan.

References

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