Amitabh Bachchan's 'Trishul' is the only film where Sanjeev Kumar played a father to Big B

Trishul, directed by Yash Chopra and produced by Gulshan Rai, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Raakhee Gulzar, and Hema Malini in le roles. plot of film revolves around a business tycoon named Raj Kumar who gives up on his first love tp marry a rich heiress. Years later, Raj and Shanti's son Vijay, who is born out of wedlock, seeks revenge from Raj for injustice that his mor faced. Re some interesting trivia about this Amitabh Bachchan movie.

Amitabh Bachchan's Trishul: Interesting Trivia

only film where Sanjeev Kumar played far to Big B

Trishul is only movie where actor Sanjeev Kumar has played a paternal role to Amitabh Bachchan. He also played far to Sashi Kapoor in film, who is several months older than Sanjeev in real life. Actor Gita Sidharth, who played Kumar's daughter-in-law in Sholay played his wife in this film. 

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Amitabh Bachchan's minations for Filmfare Best Actor

Amitabh Bachchan received two minations for Filmfare Best Actor. He received a d for Trishul and for Don. He n won award for his role from Don 1978. 

Mithun was approached for a role in Trishul

Mithun Chakraborty often visited a famous tailor and saw Salim Khan re. When Salim ticed him, he asked Mithun Da to try a career in films. He n revealed to Salim that he h recently gruated from FTII, Pune, and was looking for work. Salim Khan gave him Yash Chopra's dress and told him to audition for a role opposite Poonam Dhillon in film. However, Chopra has alrey finalised Sachin for role. 

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story behind script

Yash Chopra simply gave title Trishul to writers Salim and Javed and asked m to come up with a script. When y were done writing, Chopra realised that film's story h thing to do with title. writers n explained to him that it is called Trishul because film revolves around three primary characters. 

Yash Chopra convinced Poonam Dhillon's family to sign her for film

director wanted to cast a fresh face for film and h just found out that Poonam Dhillon won a pant and was on a magazine's cover. He n went over to her house to convince her parents who were against it. Dhillon, at that point, h idea who Yash Chopra was and was t planning to start a career in films. Trishul marks Poonam Dhillon's Bollywood debut. 

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