''Trishul'' () is a 1978 Indian

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-language

masala film Masala films of Indian cinema mix multiple genres into one work. Masala films emerged in the 1970s and are still created as of the 2020s. Typically these films freely mix action, comedy, romance, and drama or melodrama. They also tend to be ...

, directed by

Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian people, Indian film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chop ...

, written by

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and produced by

Gulshan Rai Gulshan Madhosh Rai (2 March 1924 – 11 October 2004) was an Indian film producer and distributor. He produced successful films in the 1970s and 1980s directed by Vijay Anand, Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai and thereafter directed by his son Raji ...

. It features music by

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, with lyrics by

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. The film focuses on the intertwined stories of three main characters, portrayed by

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and Amitabh Bachchan. ''Trishul'' was the second-top-grossing Indian film of 1978, after ''

Muqaddar Ka Sikandar ''Muqaddar Ka Sikandar'' () is a 1978 Indian drama film produced and directed by Prakash Mehra, and written by Kader Khan, Vijay Kaul and Laxmikant Sharma. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, in his fifth of nine films with Prakash Mehra to date, along w ...

,'' which also starred Amitabh Bachchan and

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. The movie has been remade in

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as ''

Mr. Bharath ''Mr. Bharath'' is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by S. P. Muthuraman. The film stars Rajinikanth, Sathyaraj and Ambika. A remake of the Hindi film '' Trishul'', it revolves around a son's revenge against his father for cheat ...

'' and in

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as ''Mr. Bharath''.

Plot

Raj Kumar Gupta (

) gives up his first love Shanti (

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) to marry a wealthy heiress Kamini (

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), who is the daughter of Seth Dindayal. Shanti comes by to wish him success on his marriage with the news that she is taking his child and moving away. She gives birth to a boy and names him Vijay Kumar (

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). She raises him to adulthood. After she dies, Vijay comes to

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to take revenge by running his father's business and family connections. Shekhar (

) and Kusum (

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) are Vijay's half-siblings who are caught in the crossfire of Vijay's revenge. Vijay also crosses paths with Geeta (

), the devoted secretary of Gupta and another company's general manager Sheetal (

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) 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 that they are brothers. Shekhar and Kusum leave Raj. Raj in anger tells Balwant (

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) to kill Vijay! Later Vijay comes 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

as Shekhar Kumar Gupta *

as Raj Kumar " R.K." Gupta *

as Vijay Kumar *

as Geeta *

as Sheetal Verma *

as Kusum Gupta "Babli" * Sachin as Ravi *

as Shanti (Special Appearance) *

as Balwant Rai *

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as P. L. Verma *

as Kamini Gupta *

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as Seth Dindayal *

Yunus Parvez Yunus Parvez (1931/1932 – 11 February 2007) was an Indian actor who played supporting roles in over 200 films from the late 1960s to the 2000s. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Garm Hava'' (1974), ''Deewaar'' (1975), '' Trishul' ...

as Bhandari *

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as Gangu *

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as Madhav Singh * Manik Irani as Gangu's Henchman *

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as Creditor

Credits

*Director –

*Producer –

*Production company – Trimurti Films *Writer –

*Art director – Desh Mukherjee *Chief assistant director – Ramesh Talwar *Editor – B. Mangeshkar *Lyrics –

*Singers –

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, K. J. Yesudas,

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Pamela Chopra Pamela Chopra (born 1938) is an Indian playback singer. She is the wife of veteran Bollywood film director Yash Chopra. She has also written and produced several films. Early life Chopra was born as Pamela Singh, the daughter of Mohinder Singh ...

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed by

Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam ( fa, عمر خیّام), was a polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, ...

and lyrics were penned by

. The soundtrack for this movie is credited for bringing the three legends of Indian film music

& K. J. Yesudas together in a single song, "Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki Cheez Hai".

Reception

Box office

In India, the film grossed (), with net earnings of . It was declared a "Super Hit" at the box office, becoming the second-top-grossing Indian film of 1978, below ''

'' and above ''

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''. Overseas in the

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, the film released in May 1980, with 529 prints. It sold tickets at the Soviet box office, grossing an estimated million Rbls (, or ), bringing the film's worldwide gross to approximately (). Adjusted for inflation, its Indian gross is equivalent to () and its Soviet gross is equivalent to (), for a total inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of (). In terms of footfalls, the film sold an estimated million tickets in India, and tickets in the Soviet Union, for an estimated total of tickets sold worldwide.

Awards and nominations

26th Filmfare Awards The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in 1979. ''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' and ''Muqaddar Ka Sikandar'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by ''Satyam Shivam Sundaram'' and ''Trishul'' with 6 nominations each, and ''Don'' with 5 ...

Nominations *

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–

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–

* Best Actor –

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–

* Best Supporting Actor –

* Best Story –

Legacy

Ziya Us Salam of ''

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'' in his review of ''

Yeh Hai Jalwa ''Yeh Hai Jalwa'' () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It stars an ensemble cast, including Salman Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Amisha Patel, Sanjay Dutt and Shammi Kapoor, with Kader Khan, Rati Agnihotri, A ...

'' (2002) called it "a spoof of Trishul".

Popular culture

The movie was heavily referenced in

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's 2012

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''. A

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with a similar story line was made with the title ''Hello Shyama'' by Director 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

External links

* {{Salim–Javed 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s masala films 1978 films Films directed by Yash Chopra Films scored by Khayyam Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed Hindi films remade in other languages Indian films about revenge Trimurti Films Urdu films remade in other languages 1970s Urdu-language films Urdu-language Indian films