Trident) is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, directed by Yash Chopra, written by Salim–Javed and produced by Gulshan Rai.
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.
Trishul was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1978, after Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, which also starred Bachchan and Raakhee.
25 years later, in 1978, Shanti passes away and the adult Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) arrives in Delhi to seek revenge by ruining his father's business and family connections.
At the same time, Gupta and Kamini's son, Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor) returns from abroad to take his place in his father's company.
When Vijay learns about this, he exposes Bhandari as the real culprit to Gupta and Shekhar only to clear Geeta's name and hires her to work at his own company.
Vijay even encourages Kusum to marry her lover, Ravi (Sachin Pilgaonkar), against her father's wishes.
The soundtrack for this movie is credited for bringing the three legends of Indian film music – Kishore Kumar, Mangeshkar and Yesudas – together in a single song, "Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki Cheez Hai".
[5] It was declared a 'super hit' at the box office, becoming the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1978, below Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and above Don,[5] both also starring Bachchan.
26th Filmfare Awards: Nominations Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu in his review of Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002) called it "a spoof of Trishul".