Trishul (1978)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)
Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 May 1978 (India)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Musical | Family

Plot:

All is well with the world for Shanti, a self-respecting middle-class secretary, when she falls in love with Raj...

Plot Keywords:

Construction Company | Hardship | Death | Stepbrother | Business Rivalry

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Vijay Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar	...	Raj Kumar Gupta / R.K. Gupta
Shashi Kapoor	...	Shekhar Gupta
Hema Malini	...	Sheetal Varma
Rakhee Gulzar	...	Geeta
Waheeda Rehman	...	Shanti
Prem Chopra	...	Balwant Rai
Poonam Dhillon	...	Babli / Kusum Gupta
Sachin	...	Ravi
Manmohan Krishna	...	Seth Din Dayal
Iftekhar	...	Mr. P.L. Varma
Yunus Parvez	...	Bhandari
M.B. Shetty	...	Madhav Singh (as Shetty)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Manik Irani
Gita Siddharth	...	Kamini Gupta

Also Known As:

Trident (International: English title)

Runtime:

167 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Urdu

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Lodhi Gardens, Delhi, India

Company:

Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

'Dilip Kumar' was originally offered the role of R.K Gupta but turned it down.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the wedding ceremony of Sanjeev Kumar with the daughter of his boss, he is shown sitting on the left of the bride first and in the next shot, he is shown sitting on the right of her.

Quotes:

Vijay Kumar: And you Mr R K Gupta, you are my illegitimate father! Perhaps my mother has had nothing but insults and pain but from my mother, that Shanti, I return all your wealth to you. Today, you have a lot of wealth and everything but I have never ever seen a poor man like you. Good bye, Mr R K Gupta.

Movie Connections:

Features Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Classic Amitabh

I have been a fan of Bollywood cinema since a very young age and I am very ashamed to admit that until a couple of weeks ago I had not seen Yash Chopra's masterpiece Trishul. After hearing so many people rave about it I gave it a go and very glad I did. For those who don't know already the story involves Amitabh taking revenge on his father(Sanjeev Kumar) who abandoned him and his mother. His father is a businessman so Amitabh sets up a rival business and sets out to destroy him. I think Trishul is a wonderful tale of how people are motivated by different things, Amitabh's father is motivated by money and power whilst Amitabh is motivated by revenge.

To support Amitabh and Sanjeev Kumar there is a wide array of great actors, for instance Shashi Kapoor,Rakhee and Waheeda Rehman(in a special appearance as Amitabh's mother). The wide array of actors for me were basically props in a movie what is essentially a battle between Sanjeev Kumar and Amitabh. Both Amitabh and Sanjeev Kumar both resort to dirty tricks to discredit the other. Amitabh and Sanjeev Kumar were excellent but I felt they were even better in Sholay together. I only watched this movie a couple of weeks and is quickly becoming one of my top five Yash Chopra's movies along with Lamhe,Dewaar,Silsila and Chandni. Highly recommended to all fans of classic Bollywood.