Trikal directed by Shyam Benegal ; produced by Freni M. Variava & Lalit M. Bijlani. past, present, future videorecording
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FilmLanguage: Hindi Summary language: English Publication details: New Delhi Eagle Home Entertainment 1985Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 136 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Online resources: 
Multimedia
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Copyright notice on disc: Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
Originally released theatrically in 1985.
Trikal is a 1985 Indian movie written and directed by Shyam Benegal, set in Goa during the twilight of Portuguese rule, It marked the return of Leela Naidu in her first film appearance since 1969. Set in the Portuguese Goa in 1961 shortly before the colony's liberation by the Indian army and shown in the form of flashbacks, Anna Souza-Suarez (Sushma Prakash) is unwillingly engaged to a young man named Erasmo (Lucky Ali) when her grandfather Ernesto suddenly dies. The engagement is put on hold indefinitely as Anna's grief stricken grandmother, Dona Maria (Leela Naidu), the matriarch of the family attempts to hold seances to contact Ernesto with the help of her maid Milagrinia (Neena Gupta), acting as a medium. However, the seances bring forth the apparitions of various people the family has wronged in the past. Shortly after a visitation by a spirit of an Indian rebel beheaded by Dona Maria's grandfather in a case of mistaken identity. Leon (Dalip Tahil), Anna's lover, a fugitive is hidden in the cellar of the family home. Anna soon discovers the fact she is pregnant by Leon and unsuccessfully tries to hide the fact she had an affair from Erasmo. Ruiz, who had attempted to pursue Anna in the past, begins a secret relationship with Milagrinia who becomes pregnant as well. Anna elopes with Leon to Europe leaving only a letter behind. Milagrinia also gets married to an older man in an attempt to make sure the child isn't born out of wedlock. After twenty four years, Ruiz comes back to the ancestral home which is now in ruins from years of neglect and ponders the reasons that brought him back to the home.
Leela Naidu, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Dalip Tahil, Neena Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Soni Razdan.
Brief : Set in 1961 Goa just before the Indian Army liberated it from the Portuguese rule. This is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the family.
In Hindi with English subtitles.
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