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Trident (1978)
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Original name: त्रिशूल
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Vijay Kumar is the illegitimate son of a construction baron, Raj Kumar Gupta and his first love, Shanti, whom he gives up in order to marry a wealthy heiress. Raj does not know of this son, who grows up and after his mother's death comes to Delhi to take revenge on the Gupta family by destroying the family's business and connections with each other.
Style:
tense, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
true love, indians, revenge, rebel, betrayal, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, couples, love affair, vengeance, rivalry, family business, single parent, on the run, estrangement, dishonesty, fight, kidnapping, death, jealousy, anger, hardship, bribery, half brother ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, asia, new delhi
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 177 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Duration: 162 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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