Trishul
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
Editing by	B. Mangeshkar
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films Trimurti Films
Release date(s)	4 May 1978
Running time	168 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Trishul (Devanagari: त्रिशूल) is an Indian Hindi 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 "blockbuster" hit at the box office and one of the top grossers of 1978, along with Muqaddar Ka Sikander and Don.^[1]

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

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

Synopsis [edit]

Vijay (Amitabh Bachhan) is the illegitimate son of a construction baron Raj Kumar Gupta (Sanjeev Kumar) and his first love Shanti (Waheeda Rehman), whom he gives up to marry a wealthy heiress. 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 son Vijay and raises him into adulthood. After she dies, Vijay 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 Sanjeev Kumar 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. But Raj was shot in the process by Balwant (Balwant aims at Vijay but Raj comes in between. Before dying Raj asks for forgiveness. Vijay forgives him and unites with the family.

Cast [edit]

• Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Kumar
• Sanjeev Kumar as Raj Kumar Gupta / R.K. Gupta
• Shashi Kapoor as Shekhar Gupta
• Raakhee as Geeta
• Hema Malini as Sheetal Varma
• Poonam Dhillon as Babli / Kusum Gupta
• Sachin as Ravi
• Waheeda Rehman as Shanti
• Prem Chopra as Balwant Rai
• Iftekhar as Verma
• Gita Siddharth as Kamini Gupta
• M. B. Shetty as Madhav Singh

Credits [edit]

• Director – Yash Chopra
• Producer – Gulshan Rai
• Production company – Trimurti Films
• Writer – Salim-Javed
• Art director – Desh Mukherjee
• Chief assistant director – Ramesh Talwar
• Editor – B. Mangeshkar
• Lyrics – Sahir Ludhianvi
• Singers – K. J. Yesudas, Kishor Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh & Pamela Chopra

Soundtrack [edit]

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".

Awards and Nominations [edit]

• 1979 Filmfare Awards - Nominated^[2]

• Best Movie
• Best Director - Yash Chopra
• Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan
• Best Supporting Actor - Sanjeev Kumar
• Best Story - Salim-Javed

In popular culture [edit]

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 Amithab Bachchan.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Trishul at the Internet Movie Database

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