Watched the film – after a long time again – with a mature brain @ Zee Classic! Pre-requisite (to understand the review ) – You have watched the film.This film was released in 1978. So how many Indian citizens understood that:Males should not sleep around before wedlock. (How Sanjeev Kr. suffered at ripe old age when son Amitabh (born outta wedlock) ruins his life – every moment of it)Females should not sleep before wedlock. (How Waheeda Reheman gave birth to a fatherless child and filled vengeance into him since early childhood…refer song. Main tujhe doodh na bakshungi, tujhe meri kasam! )The above 2 points should basically be the 'Take Home' for the commoners – citizens of India.Unfortunately – the film failed to convey its message effectively. All that happened was that movie tickets were sold for black …and several cassettes were sold since the songs of this film were super hits. Which meant more 'power' to the film Industry – the reason why today they have the money to spend 30 crores on a single Item song & dance (I need not elaborate on the quality of the dance steps & the attire worn…not worn)- This point is especially for those people who say things like "God gives money to the rich people only" – correction – God does not give – You give to buy misery!So what was probably the 'Take Home' for the then youths (now grand fathers) was the swim-suit clad slim body of Poonam Dillon. (Gaapuchix2 gum gum song) Inference:: We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning!

Yash Chopra and Amitabh was a great pair in 70s after the superhit DEEWAAR(1975) and KABHIE KABHIE(1976)TRISHUL released in 1978 when Amitabh had 4 hits in a row, others being MUQADDAR KA SIKANDAR, DON and KASME VAADEThe film is a superb movie by Yash Chopra + AmitabhIt has a very different story about fight for legitimacy by an illegitimate child which was remade several times in films by Yash Chopra himself in his bad days with trash like VIJAY(1988) and PARAMPARA(1993) and later by David Dhawan in a worst YEH HAI JALWA(2002)The film starts with Sanjeev and Waheeda's romance followed by Sanjeev marrying his boss's daughter. Amitabh is introduced lighting a dynamite and walking over with such a swagger and style that only Bachchan could do. We are introduced to Shashi Kapoor in a light flirting scene with a girl in airport and then starts the best part when Amitabh clashes with Sanjeev Kumar Their scenes are the highlight of the film and here the clash is not much through fights but through business tenders.etc We do have fight scenes of Amitabh/Shetty and some more with some other goons but too limitedThe film keeps you on tenterhooks only disrupted when the romance angle of other stars(Shashi/Hema and Sachin/Poonam) start and the songsJust like DEEWAAR there are no songs on Amitabh/Rakhee which also continued in KAALA PATTHAR(1979) yes there is a small interlude in the song MOHABBAT BADE KAAM KI The film is brilliant and though it gets lengthy at times but yet it is one of the best films by YRF Direction by Yash Chopra is superb, He does a great job handling the drama Music by Khayyam is superb too, Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki is the best one and all songs are superb, Here too Kishore is a voice for Shashi and not Amitabh just like DEEWAAR Dialogues are power packedAmitabh excels in his tailormade role, every expression, dialogue leaves such a huge impact. Yash Chopra and Amitabh were a great team and always gave their best together Sanjeev Kumar too is superb in his chameleon kinda character He suits the role and his chemistry with Amitabh is superb though he was hardly in his 30s he suits the 50+ character well Shashi is relegated to the background mostly though he does have some moments, He does a great job Though he doesn't get much importance compared to DEEWAAR and KABHIE KABHIE Amongst rest Rakhee does a great job, in 1978 she paired with Bachchan in other blockbusters too like MQS and KASME VAADE Here too she does a great job Hema Malini is good too and looks nice, Poonam Dhillon is okay Sachin is awkward Prem Chopra does a good job as the bad guy Waheeda leaves a mark in a cameo

Trishul is the story of Amitabh Batchchan who was born out of wedlock, his mother passed away and he goes to Bombay in search of his father Sanjeev Kumar. On arrival his father has changed into a very successful businessman. He, however, also found out that he has got a half brother. But nothing interests him, since he goes to Bombay to take revenge from his father because he though his father made his mother died and there he started his misery in destroying Mr. RK Gupta (Sanjeev Kumar). But at the end it was a twist in story. Where father got to like son. And son got to like father. The movie also starring in Shashi Kapoor, Prem Chopra & Rakhi Gulsar etc. They helped to add more spice to the food.

I don't speak or understand Hindi (though I'm contemplating teaching myself), so I was glad to know that the the DVD came with English subtitles. However, when I watched the DVD, I realized that the translation was so sloppy. The subtitles do not read complete sentences. Further more, there is a huge period in the movie, where there are no subtitles at all!!! I thought that I'd have to call up one of my cousins to listen and translate the movie for me.I had not seen such sloppy translation since I watched an old video of Marlene Dietirch's "The Blue Angel/Der Blaue Engel". Only in that case I was learning German, so I was not so annoyed.However, the movie shows how versatile Sanjeev Kumar was as an actor. First you see him playing a jolly, romantic, caring man. He even wanted to help Shanti after learning about her preganancy. Then when he gets older, we see him playing a temperamental jerk, and the contrast is shown so well. The movie showed that he was good at playing both good people and villains. I thought the ending was beautiful. Although Raj dies, we realize that he is still a good person, who decided to take a bullet for Vijay and die so that he will not ruin the developing relation between Vijay and his half-siblings. It was sweet at the end, when Vijay renames his company Shanti Raj Constructions...sign that he eventually forgave Raj.