Tridev

This article is about the film. For the Hindu trinity, see Trimurti. For the raja, see Tridev Roy.

Tridev
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajiv Rai
Written byArshad Parvez
Rajiv Rai
K.K. Singh
Produced byGulshan Rai
StarringNaseeruddin Shah
Sunny Deol
Jackie Shroff
Madhuri Dixit
Sangeeta Bijlani
Sonam Rai
Anupam Kher
Amrish Puri
CinematographyRomesh Bhalla
Edited byNaresh Malhotra
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
Viju Shah
Distributed byTrimurti Films Pvt.Ltd
Release date
  • 7 July 1989 (1989-07-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹17 crore (equivalent to ₹182 crore or US$22 million in 2023)[1]

Tridev (transl. Trinity) is a 1989 Indian action thriller film directed and co-written by Rajiv Rai.[2][3][4] It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Sangeeta Bijlani, Sonam, Anupam Kher and Amrish Puri.[5]

The film was critically and commercially blockbuster at the box office and was third highest-grossing Hindi 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 Talwar, Bhanuchander Prasad and Arun Pandian.

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  4. ^ "Bollywood celebs who were threatened by the underworld - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Tridev turns 30: How Rajiv Rai's 1989 film revitalised the Bollywood multistarrer". Firstpost. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.