Tridev

Tridev
Tridev
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rajiv Rai
Written by	Arshad Parvez; Rajiv Rai; K.K. Singh
Produced by	Gulshan Rai
Starring	Sunny Deol; Jackie Shroff; Naseeruddin Shah; Madhuri Dixit; Sangeeta Bijlani; Sonam; Anupam Kher; Amrish Puri
Cinematography	Romesh Bhalla
Edited by	Naresh Malhotra
Music by	Kalyanji-Anandji, Viju Shah
Distributed by	Trimurti Films Pvt.Ltd
Release date	7 July 1989;
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹17 crore (equivalent to ₹154 crore or US$20 million in 2020)

Tridev (transl. Trinity) is a 1989 Indian action thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai.^[2]^[3]^[4] It stars Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Sangeeta Bijlani and Sonam .^[5] The film was critically and commercially successful at the box office and was third highest grossing film of 1989 behind Maine Pyar Kiya and Ram Lakhan and won three Filmfare Awards at the 35th Filmfare Awards in 1990. The film was remade in Telugu as Nakshatra Poratam, with Suman, Bhanuchander, and Arun Pandian .

Plot[]

Powerful crime lord Bhujang has an honest politician assassinated on behalf of his arms supplier. Inspector Karan, the son of a respected judge is hired for the case. Divya, his fiancè and the daughter of Commissioner Arvind, has a brother Ravi, the hot-headed black sheep of the family. Bhujang kills Karan's father and Ramesh. Arvind knows Karan's honesty, but transfers him to a village due to pressure. At the new post, Karan meets Jai Singh whose father was killed by dacoit Bhairav, who is in fact Bhujang.

Bhujang invites Ravi to join his gang. As Arvind plans to bring Karan back, Bhujang sends goons and Ravi to kill him. They trap Karan, but he escapes with a knife's help which Ravi gave him. Ravi later meets Natasha, Ramesh's sister who is collecting proofs of Bhujang's crimes. Renuka, an actress who Jai met earlier, hires him as a bodyguard. She's the daughter of a corrupt politician, who works with Bhujang and plans her marriage to his son. Jai meets and recognizes Bhujang as his father's murderer.

Karan and Ravi vow to destroy Bhujang's plans. When he plans to rob a global bank, Ravi informs Karan. Jai takes Renuka to the bank to expose her father's misdeeds too. Foiling the robbery, Karan kills Bhujang's son. He captures Natasha, Renuka, Divya, Arvind and policemen and frames Karan, Ravi and Jai. The three fight and kill Bhujang, after freeing Divya, Natasha, Renuka, Arvind and the policemen. Karan-Divya, Ravi-Natasha and Jai-Renuka finally unite and rejoice.

Cast[]

Naseeruddin Shah as Jai Singh
Sunny Deol as Inspector Karan Saxena
Jackie Shroff as Ravi Mathur
Madhuri Dixit as Divya Mathur
Sonam as Renuka
Sangeeta Bijlani as Natasha Tejani
Amrish Puri as Bhairav Singh / Bhujang
Anupam Kher as Commissioner Mathur
Raza Murad as Mantriji
Dalip Tahil as Don
Sharat Saxena as Inspector Suraj Singh
Tej Sapru as Bhujang's Son Goga
Dan Dhanoa as Bhujang's Son Ranga
Rajesh Vivek as Raghav
Anjana Mumtaz as Sudha Mathur
Yunus Parvez as Film Director
Subbiraj as Judge Saxena
Satyajeet as Inspector Tripathi
Shekhar Suman as Shrikant Verma
Vijayendra Ghatge as Ramesh Tejani
Ajit Vachhani as Don's Lawyer
Sulabha Deshpande as Jai Singh’s Mausi, special appearance cameo role
Gavin Packard as Mr Dunhill
Chandrashekhar as Minister Laxmandas
Javed Khan Amrohi as Ramu

Accolades[]

At the 35th Filmfare Awards, Tridev won two awards from six nominations.

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
Filmfare Awards	Best Female Playback Singer	Sapna Mukherjee	Won
	Best Sound Recording	B. V. Chaturvedi	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Amrish Puri	Nominated
	Best Male Playback Singer	Amit Kumar
	Best Music Director	Kalyanji-Anandji, Viju Shah
	Best Female Playback Singer	Alisha Chinai

Music[]

The music was given by Kalyanji–Anandji, arrangements by Viju Shah and the lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The songs of this album like "Main Teri Mohabbat Main", "Tirchi Topiwale", "Gali Gali Main Phirta Hai", "Gajar Ne Kiya Hai Ishara" and "Rat Bhar Jaam Se" were very popular. "Oye Oye" samples 'Rhythm is Gonna Get You' by Miami Sound Machine and the Tridev theme is directly copied from "One More Chance" by Pet Shop Boys. The song "Oye Oye" was used twice in movies Double Dhamaal and Azhar, the song "Gail Gali Main Phirta Hai" is used in Hindi dubbed version of Kannada-language movie K.G.F: Chapter 1.^[6]^[7]

All lyrics are written by Anand Bakshi.

No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Tridev (Prologue)"	Naseeruddin Shah
2.	"Main Teri Mohabbat Main"	Mohammad Aziz & Sadhana Sargam
3.	"Tirchi Topiwale"	Amit Kumar & Sapna Mukherjee
4.	"Gali Gali Mein Phirta Hai"	Manhar Udhas, Alka Yagnik
5.	"Gajar Ne Kiya Hai Ishara (Oye Oye)"	Sadhana Sargam, Alka Yagnik & Sapna Mukherjee
6.	"Main Teri Mohabbat Main (Part 2)"	Sadhana Sargam
7.	"Raat Bhar Jaam Se"	Alisha Chinai
8.	"Tirchi Topiwale (Part 2)"	Amit Kumar & Sapna Mukherjee
9.	"Oye Oye"	Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan & Jolly Mukherjee

References[]

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131005030821/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=195&catName=MTk4OQ==
^ "Rajiv Rai keen to direct again - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Rajiv Rai relocates to Mumbai after 14 years of his run-in with the mafia - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Bollywood celebs who were threatened by the underworld - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Tridev turns 30: How Rajiv Rai's 1989 film revitalised the Bollywood multistarrer". Firstpost. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ Bollywood: Mouni Roy to recreate Tridev Song for Yash film KGF
^ Watch out for Mouni Roy's hot moves on Jackie Shroff's '80s song in KGF: Chapter 1

External links[]

Tridev at IMDb

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20131005030821/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=195&catName=MTk4OQ==

[2] "Rajiv Rai keen to direct again - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[3] "Rajiv Rai relocates to Mumbai after 14 years of his run-in with the mafia - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[4] "Bollywood celebs who were threatened by the underworld - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[Firstpost_2019-5] "Tridev turns 30: How Rajiv Rai's 1989 film revitalised the Bollywood multistarrer". Firstpost. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[6] Bollywood: Mouni Roy to recreate Tridev Song for Yash film KGF

[7] Watch out for Mouni Roy's hot moves on Jackie Shroff's '80s song in KGF: Chapter 1

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