Kalyani lives in a small tenement with three sons, Vijay, Nandu, and Bhola, all of whom are unemployed, slackers and trouble-makers. One day Nandu gets into serious trouble with Shantilal, who summons the police, and has him arrested. Kalyani goes to the Police Station to plead with the In-Charge Officer to release Nandu, to no avail. She then goes to Shantilal to try to persuade him to withdraw the charges, also to no avail.
Acting
Kanchan Mattu's weary matriarch carries the whole film.
Production
Claustrophobic tenement sets amplify suffocating family tension.
Director
Rajendra Bhatia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Trimurti flopped on release but gained cult status for its unusually bleak portrait of urban poverty, rare in 1970s commercial cinema.
The title's ironic Hindu trinity reference — three sons who destroy rather than preserve — was considered subversive by contemporary critics.
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