Trimurti

About the film

Trimurti (transl. Trinity) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action drama film starring Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Anjali Jathar and Priya Tendulkar. Trimurti was the maiden production venture of Subhash Ghai’s Mukta Arts. It was the last completed film for director Mukul S. Anand, who died while filming Dus in 1997. It earned a record opening weekend of around ₹3.07 crore (equivalent to ₹18 crore or US$1.9 million in 2023) net, and becoming the "first film to record a ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹6.0 crore or US$620,000 in 2023) net opening day."

Plot

In 1977, the notorious Khokha Singh (Mohan Agashe) entraps dedicated police inspector Satyadevi Singh (Priya Tendulkar). She has three children Shakti (Jackie Shroff), Anand (Anil Kapoor) and Romi (Shah Rukh Khan), the last of whom was born while she was in jail. They are her Trimurti, who she hopes will assist her in avenging her humiliation. What she doesn't know is that Anand and Shakti had a fight when they were kids. Anand has left the house, started working for Peter (One of the Khokha's blackmarket businessman) and is presumed dead.

After 18 years, in 1995, Shakti and Romi live together and think their mother is dead. Their uncle tells them she is hoping that the brothers will once again become their mother's Trimurti. Shakti works for the military. Romi is in love with a girl named Radha, who belongs to an economically higher-class. They love each other so much that they decide to end their lives when they cannot get married. After pleading with his brother and almost consuming poison, Romi takes Shakti to Radha's house to ask for her hand, but Shakti is humiliated.

Romi runs away from home and becomes successful. He starts working for Khokha without knowing the issues between them. Romi meets Sikander, a rich man working in the black market; he feels sympathy for Romi because he is a romantic at heart. He helps Romi become rich.

Production

The film began production in early 1994 with a release set for December 1994 and originally the three main lead roles were set to be played by Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt and Shahrukh Khan. Sanjay Dutt had shot some scenes for the film before being sentenced to a prison term. To avoid any delays, producer Subhash Ghai decided to recast his role with Anil Kapoor. The film was eventually completed for release in December 1995.

Music

The film score was composed by Koti while the songs were composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, all lyrics written by Anand Bakshi.

Box office

Trimurti grossed ₹14.24 crore (US$1.5 million) in India and $375,000 (₹1.32 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of ₹15.56 crore (US$1.6 million), against its ₹11 crore (US$1.2 million) budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of ₹5.09 crore (US$530,000), and grossed ₹8.36 crore (US$880,000) in its first week.

It opened on Friday, 22 December 1995, across 310 screens, and took a record opening of ₹1.06 crore (US$110,000) net, becoming the first film to record ₹1 crore (US$100,000) net on opening day. It grossed ₹3.07 crore (US$320,000) in its opening weekend, and had a first week of ₹5.04 crore (US$530,000) and earned a total of ₹8.57 crore (US$900,000) net. It was declared a "Flop" by Box Office India. According to India Today, the film "sold at an awesome Rs 2 crore per territory. It disappeared by day three, incurring losses of over Rs 6 crore."

It earned $375,000 (₹1.32 crore) outside India.

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