This multistarrer film Trishul has completed 42 years. This film was released on 5th May 1978. In this film Amitabh Bachchan plays the angry young man. Trishul had the famous star cast besides Amitabh Bachchan, the film had Sanjeev Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini, Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Sachin Pilgaonkar and Poonam Dhillon.
Welcome you once again to yet another interesting episode on Amitabh Bachchan’s film and this time its Trishul. Trishul was directed by Yash Chopra, produced by Gulshan Rai and is written by Salim Javed. In the film Trishul, the son (Amitabh Bachchan) sets out to take revenge on his father (Sanjeev Kumar) for ditching his mother, gets her pregnant, and marries a rich wealthy heiress. Due to which the mother and son have to face a lot of humiliation and hardships.
Trishul was a family drama in which Sanjeev Kumar has played the role of Amitabh Bachchan’s father and his acting is brilliant as Raj Kumar Gupta. After the first reel and trial of the film by Yash Chopra , Gulshan Rai and Salim Javed were disappointed. They were not too confident of the film and Gulshan Rai had requested Salim Javed to save this film. He was told that the best way was to not release the film. They were upset to hear this. Yash Chopra explained that it was meant to be a joke and in good humor and that it was Salim Javed’s habit of making fun of situations.
The script was re-written and few more scenes were added like Amitabh Bachchan coming with the ambulance scene which is much appreciated and liked by the audience. The film was finally released and this film turned out to be a super hit. This film was the 2nd superhit by Yash Chopra, Salim Javed and had the same lead actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor who were earlier in the film Deewaar.
So friends this was about Amitabh Bachchan’s film Trishul.