Trishul | |
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Directed by | Yash Chopra |
Written by | Salim–Javed |
Produced by | Gulshan Rai |
Starring | Shashi Kapoor Sanjeev Kumar Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Raakhee Poonam Dhillon Sachin |
Cinematography | Kay Gee |
Edited by | B. Mangeshkar |
Music by | Mohammed Zahur Khayyam |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films Trimurti Films |
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Running time | 168 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi[1] |
Budget | est.₹8.8 million[2] |
Box office | est.₹110 million[2] |
Trishul (transl. Trident) is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, directed by Yash Chopra, written by Salim–Javed and produced by Gulshan Rai. It features music by Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. The film features an ensemble cast of Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Raakhee Gulzar, Poonam Dhillon, and Sachin, with Waheeda Rehman in a special appearance.
Kapoor, Bachchan, Raakhee and Rehman had earlier starred together in Chopra's previous release, Kabhi Kabhie, two years prior.
Trishul was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1978, after Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, which also starred Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee. The movie has been remade in Tamil as Mr. Bharath and in Telugu as Mr. Bharath.
Rishi Kapoor was offered the role of Ravi, which was eventually played by Sachin. Kapoor declined the offer, triggering animosity between him and Salim-Javed.[3]
JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu.