# Trimurti (त्रिमूर्ति) (1995 film)
**Trimurti** (त्रिमूर्ति) is a 1995 Hindi-language action drama directed by Mukul Anand and produced by [Subhash Ghai](https://www.edgepedia.org/subhash-ghai)'s Mukta Arts, starring [Jackie Shroff](https://www.edgepedia.org/jackie-shroff), Anil Kapoor, and [Shah Rukh Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/shah-rukh-khan) as three estranged brothers whom their imprisoned mother hopes will reunite to avenge her framing by a gangster.[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2900) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trimurti_1995) Released on 22 December 1995, it was one of the most expensive and most extensively marketed Hindi productions of that year, and it set an opening-day record before finishing as a box office flop.[3](https://indiancine.ma/documents/DSP/Encyclopedia%20of%20Indian%20Cinema.pdf) • [4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 22 December 1995, Hindi, genre listed as masala (action drama)[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) |
| Director / producer | Mukul Anand; produced by Subhash Ghai under Mukta Arts[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2900) |
| Leads | Jackie Shroff as Shakti Singh, Anil Kapoor as Anand Singh/Sikander, Shah Rukh Khan as Romi Singh/Bholey[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114726/fullcredits/) |
| Opening record | First film to record a 10 million (1 crore) nett opening day in India: ₹10,600,000 on 310 screens[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) |
| Box office | Total nett gross ₹85,750,000 against a budget of ₹110,000,000; verdict: flop[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) |
| Music | Laxmikant–Pyarelal; lyrics by Anand Bakshi[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2900) • [6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/trimurti/cast/) |
| Historical note | The last completed film of director Mukul S. Anand, who died in 1997 while filming *Dus*[7](https://www.netflixmovies.com/trimurti-1995) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The story centers on Satyadevi Singh ([Priya Tendulkar](https://www.edgepedia.org/priya-tendulkar)), an honest police inspector entrapped by the gangster Khokha Singh ([Mohan Agashe](https://www.edgepedia.org/mohan-agashe)) and sentenced to twenty years in prison for the murder of police officers.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) Already the mother of two boys, Shakti and Anand, she gives birth in jail to a third son, Romi, completing her "Trimurti" (trinity).[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) She sends the newborn to her elder sons with instructions to raise him on her teachings, and asks her brother Bhanu Pratap Singh ([Saeed Jaffrey](https://www.edgepedia.org/saeed-jaffrey)) to tell the children she is dead.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900)
The two older brothers interpret their mother's principles in conflicting ways, quarrel, and Anand leaves home and is presumed dead.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) • [8](https://www.ultraindia.com/details/trimurti/) Eighteen years later Shakti and Romi live together believing their mother dead, while Anand works under another identity for a businessman connected to Khokha Singh.[8](https://www.ultraindia.com/details/trimurti/) • [9](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/trimurti-movie-108727) The brothers are briefly reunited, then part again in bitterness; when Satyadevi is released, Khokha Singh assigns her own son Romi to assassinate her.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) Rotten Tomatoes summarizes the arc as brothers who "band together for a time, separate, then reunite for revenge on the man who killed their father and jailed their mother."[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trimurti_1995)
## Cast and crew
The three leads were established stars: Jackie Shroff as Shakti, Anil Kapoor as Anand (who lives under the alias Sikander), and Shah Rukh Khan as Romi (also called Bholey).[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114726/fullcredits/) Priya Tendulkar played Satyadevi, Mohan Agashe the villain Khokha Singh, Gautami played Jyoti, Anjali Jathar Radha Choudhury, Tinnu Anand Himmat Singh, and Himani Shivpuri Janki.[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2900) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114726/fullcredits/)
Behind the camera, the screenplay was by [Karan Razdan](https://www.edgepedia.org/karan-razdan) with dialogue by Anees Bazmee, cinematography by Ashok Mehta, and music by the composing duo [Laxmikant–Pyarelal](https://www.edgepedia.org/laxmikant-pyarelal), with playback singers including [Udit Narayan](https://www.edgepedia.org/udit-narayan), Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Ila Arun.[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2900) • [6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/trimurti/cast/) Songs on the soundtrack include "Bol Bol Bol", "Mata Mata", "Mujhe Pyaar Karo", and "Sadiyan Saal".[9](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/trimurti-movie-108727)
## Production
**A troubled shoot.** The film began production in early 1994 with Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, and Shah Rukh Khan as its three leads; Dutt shot scenes before being sentenced to a prison term, and producer Subhash Ghai recast the role with [Anil Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/anil-kapoor) to avoid delays.[7](https://www.netflixmovies.com/trimurti-1995) A contemporary review recorded that Dutt's arrest threw the planned shooting schedules into disarray, that coordinating the schedules of three leading men proved difficult, and that the film went over budget, with some costly special effects left out.[10](https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/c/uof1Hy-1RE0) The *Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema* nonetheless lists it among the most expensive and most extensively marketed Hindi productions of 1995.[3](https://indiancine.ma/documents/DSP/Encyclopedia%20of%20Indian%20Cinema.pdf)
*Trimurti* became the last completed film of Mukul S. Anand, who died in 1997 while filming *Dus*.[7](https://www.netflixmovies.com/trimurti-1995)
## Box office
The film opened to a record first day of ₹10,600,000 nett, the first Hindi film to cross the 10 million (1 crore) mark on a single day, on 310 screens.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) The opening weekend brought ₹30,700,000 and the first week ₹5,04,00,000, but the total nett gross settled at ₹85,750,000 against a budget of ₹11,00,00,000, and Box Office India records the verdict as a flop.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) India gross reached ₹14,24,00,000, with overseas gross of $375,000 and worldwide gross of ₹155,618,750.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) Bollywood Hungama's figures agree on the opening day, weekend, first week, and ₹85.8 million (₹8.58 crore) India nett, while listing worldwide gross of ₹131.5 million (₹13.15 crore).[11](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/trimurti/box-office/) Despite the flop verdict, the film ranked first among 1995 releases for top first-day India business.[12](https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?lang=en&year=1995)
Reported runtimes differ by source: Box Office India lists 175 minutes, Rotten Tomatoes and Ultra list 3 hours 7 minutes, and NetflixMovies lists 187 minutes.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trimurti_1995) • [7](https://www.netflixmovies.com/trimurti-1995)
## Reception
A contemporary review judged that the combination of Subhash Ghai's storytelling and Mukul Anand's technical polish "could have emerged as a great film" but turned out to be only a good one, citing the disrupted schedule and the trimmed climax action.[10](https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/c/uof1Hy-1RE0) It remains a reference point as a high-profile, heavily marketed 1990s ensemble film that underperformed despite its record opening.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900)
## References
1. [Trimurti Cast & Crew, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2900)
2. [Trimurti (1995), Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trimurti_1995)
3. [Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (entry on Trimurti), indiancine.ma](https://indiancine.ma/documents/DSP/Encyclopedia%20of%20Indian%20Cinema.pdf)
4. [Trimurti Movie Story & Box Office, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=2900)
5. [Trimurti (1995) Full Cast & Crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114726/fullcredits/)
6. [Trimurti Cast List, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/trimurti/cast/)
7. [Trimurti (1995), NetflixMovies.com (facts and trivia)](https://www.netflixmovies.com/trimurti-1995)
8. [Trimurti Synopsis, Ultra India](https://www.ultraindia.com/details/trimurti/)
9. [Trimurti Movie (1995), Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/trimurti-movie-108727)
10. [Film Review: TRIMURTI, rec.arts.movies.local.indian (January 1996)](https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/c/uof1Hy-1RE0)
11. [Trimurti Box Office Collection, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/trimurti/box-office/)
12. [Releases 1995, Box Office India](https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?lang=en&year=1995)
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