When Amitabh Bachchan's 'Trishul' producer asked him, 'Will you give me dates? Otherwise, I’m trashing the film'

Amitabh Bachchan's film 'Trishul' was reshot before it was released in theatres. However, there are two stories that tell why the film was shot again. The first one was narrated in Diptakriti Chaudhari's book 'Written by Salim-Javed,' which mentioned Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan duped producer Gulshan Rai into letting them shoot extra scenes for the film.

On the other hand, the second story is that the producer himself asked for it, as the movie was not up to the mark.Now, the producer's son, Rajiv Rai, shared that the second story is the correct version of what happened.Rajiv Rai reveals the real reason why Amitabh Bachchan's Trishul was reshotIn an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Rajiv stated that his father had the gift of identifying which movie would be a hit after listening to just a few lines of the narration. He revealed that his dad had already worked with Salim-Javed, director Yash Chopra, and Amitabh Bachchan on 'Deewaar.'Rajiv added that after watching the first cut of the film 'Trishul,' Gulshan Rai sensed that it needed to be reshot. He added that one can ask anybody what exactly happened at that time. Rajiv recalled his father asking Amitabh Bachchan, "Will you give me dates? Otherwise, I’m trashing the film." To which Big B agreed.He clarified that almost half of the film was reshot, but not all of it. Rajiv revealed that there was no issue with the script, but during the execution, the focus turned towards Sachin Pilgaonkar instead of Sr.

Bachchan. He said, "Sachin is very lucky; he’s a very good actor, and he did a great job, but scenes that Amitabh Bachchan should have had went somewhere else."Rajiv further stated that when his father observed that thing, he realised that the movie will not work, "especially after 'Deewaar.'" He said, "My father used to tell me, ‘Films are not made; they're remade’.”But what was the first story narrated in the book?As per the above-mentioned book, the scriptwriters, along with director Yash Chopra, schemed together and demanded to shoot for a few more days.

According to the book, when producer Gulshan Rai called Salim Khan, asking if the movie could be salvaged, the latter replied, saying, "One way is not to release it at all." The producer called up Yash Chopra, and the director convinced him that the two writers are quite invested in the film.

They all met at a hotel and decided that reshoots are the only way. As per the book, Salim Khan recalled, "We decided to give him the news in installments in the same way he used to pay us in installments."The film was released on May 5, 1978. The film turned out to be a hit at the box office.