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| Directed by | Yash Chopra |
| Produced by | Gulshan Rai |
| Written by | Salim-Javed |
| Starring | Sanjeev Kumar Amitabh Bachchan Shashi Kapoor Hema Malini Raakhee Gulzar 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 film focuses on the three intertwined stories of Amitabh, Sanjeev, and Shashi.
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Vijay (Amitabh Bachhan) is the illegitimate son of a construction baron (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. Shashi Kapoor and Poonam Dhillon play his half-siblings who are caught in the crossfire of Vijay's revenge.
Vijay also crosses paths with Rakhee, the devoted secretary of Sanjeev Kumar and rival company president Hema Malini.
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