Tridev

I have extremely fond memories of this classic. Out of Naseer Udin Shah, Sunny Deol and Jackie Shroff it was Sunny Deol that stood out as the angry cop Karan Saxena. Amrish Puri was superb as Bhujang in one of my favourite roles of his. There was also so many other characters, including Anupum Kher as the devoted Pollice commissioner. The music is so good it deserves a special mention. My personal Favourite is Oye Oye.

The director Rajiv Rai went on to make other great movie including the superb follow up Vishwatamma, Mohra and the suspense thriller Gupt. Unfortunately he has hit a rough patch with this recent releases Pyar Ishq and Mohabbat and Asambhav flopping. Rajiv Rai has a reputation for repeating his cast, Sunny Deol came in Tridev and its follow up whilst Naseer Uddin Shah starred in Tridev, Vishwatamma and Mohra.Character actors like Tej Sapru have appeared in almost all of his movies. Tremendous fun.

Sunny , jackey and nasir all works better and acting wise we know these are unbeatable actors specially Sunny and jackey superstars at that moment generation.

Tridev , as my title suggests, is a typical masala flick of the 80s - top heroes with lady loves, great songs and dances, action, dialogues...it's a 3 hour entertainer. But perhaps nowadays nobody will have the patience to go through it all.

Story is about 3 frustrated young men fed up of the inefficient law system in the country and set out to bring justice on their own.

The good - Dialogues, catchy songs,action sequences, plot of the movie The bad - Weak background score (quite silly at times), jobless ladies.

It you are a fan of Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff or Naseeruddin Shah, then watch this.

Tridev is a gloriously chaotic 80s explosion that slaps you with fistfights, foot-tapping anthems, and villains so cartoonishly evil they deserve their own spin-off!

Naseeruddin Shah, in a rare popcorn flick detour, hams it up as the exiled cop Karan, delivering punchy one-liners with arthouse flair, while Sunny Deol's brooding bandit Jai roars through demolition-derby action like a human wrecking ball. Jackie Shroff's slick Ravi adds the cool factor, but let's be real - the ladies (Madhuri, Sonam, Sangeeta) are criminally sidelined as damsels in distress, dazzling in dances but starving for script meat. Amrish Puri's Bhujang? Pure menace gold, chewing scenery like it's paan.

Rajiv Rai's direction amps the masala to eleven, with Viju Shah's score (hello, "Oye Oye" mania!) turning every scene into a party. Sure, the plot's a predictable revenge rollercoaster riddled with logic black holes - framed heroes unite, bad guys explode - but who cares when the energy's this infectious?

A guilty pleasure that outshines today's CGI snoozefests, Tridev proves three angry dudes can topple an empire.

Watch it for the nostalgia high; skip if you demand subtlety. 8/10 for sheer audacious fun!

Rajiv Rai's 'Tridev' is very much the typical multistarrer flick on the 80s. With its over the top action sequences, songs appearing out of nowhere, heroines who are there for eye-candy, repetitive coincidences etcetera. Let's start with the good side. The catchy soundtrack is quite good, my favourite song being 'Gali Gali Mein Firta Hai'. The 'heroines' are quite pretty. While there is Sonam and Madhuri Dixit, they can easily be overlooked when a sizzling Sangeeta Bijlani appears on screen (however, she is an awful dancer). Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff and Naseeruddin Shah are cast as the action heroes and it is Shah who steals the show with his over the top performance by providing some excellent comic relief. The late Amrish Puri is a delight to watch when he plays the over the top villain. 'Tridev' is quite entertaining in parts. It's not as boring as for example, Feroz Khan's 'Janbaaz'. I fast forwarded most of the dishum dishum action sequences and maybe it's not such a bad movie to play on your DVD player while you're cooking or ironing your clothes. Campy.