42 Years of Trishul (05/05/1978)
2 min readMay 5, 2020
42 Years of Trishul (05/05/1978)
Trishul is a 1978 drama film, written by Salim Javed, directed by Yash Chopra, and produced by Gulshan Rai. It features music by Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. The film was a “Super Hit” at the box office, and one of the top grossers of 1978, along with Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Don.
The film inspired the Tamil Kamal Hassan starrer, Kadal Meengal, and the Malayalam film Meen starring Madhu and Jayan. The movie has been remade in Tamil as Mr. Bharath and in Telugu as Mr. Bharath starring Shoban Babu.
The film focuses on the three intertwined stories of Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, and Shashi Kapoor. The other cast include Raakhee, Hema Malini Poonam Dhillon and Sachin.
