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{{short description|1985 film by Shyam Benegal}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Trikal
| image = Trikal (Past, Present, Future), 1985.jpg
| caption = Trikal (Past, Present, Future)
| director = [[Shyam Benegal]]
| producer = [[Freni M Variava]]
| writer = [[Shyam Benegal]] (Story & Screenplay)<br />[[Shama Zaidi]] (Dialogue)
| starring = [[Leela Naidu]]<br>[[Anita Kanwar]]<br>[[Neena Gupta]]<br>[[Soni Razdan]]<br>[[Dalip Tahil]]<br>[[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br>[[Lucky Ali]]
| music = [[Vanraj Bhatia]]
| cinematography = [[Ashok Mehta]]
| editing = Bhanudas Divakar
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1985|08|30|df=yes}}
| runtime = 137 min
| language = [[Hindi]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| budget =
}}
'''Trikal''' (Past, Present and Future) is a 1985 [[India]]n 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.
The film was selected for the Indian Panorama at Filmotsav 1986, and for the Indian Film Retrospective, Lisbon 1986. It was later invited to the London Film Festival 1986.<ref>[http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm66a.htm Shyam Benegal Awards]</ref>
==Plot summary==
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 is unwillingly engaged to a young man named Erasmo when her grandfather Ernesto suddenly dies. The engagement is put on hold indefinitely as Anna's grief stricken grandmother, Dona Maria, the matriarch of the family attempts to hold seances to contact Ernesto with the help of her maid Milagrinia, 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, 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 marries an older man in an attempt to make sure the child isn't born out of wedlock. After twenty-four years, Ruiz returns to his ancestral home which is now in ruins from years of neglect and ponders his reasons for returning.
The movie ends with Naseeruddin Shah's monologue which actually questions the action of characters within the movie including his. He wonders what brought him back after so many years. Everything fades under layers of time and all that remains is sweet memory.
==Cast==
* [[Leela Naidu]] as Dona Maria Souza-Soares
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Ruiz Pereira
**Nikhil Bhagat as Young Ruiz Pereira
*[[Anita Kanwar]] as Sylvia
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Milagrenia
* [[Soni Razdan]] as Aurora: Sylvia's elder daughter
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as Leon Gonsalves
* [[K. K. Raina]] as Senor Lucio
* [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959)|Kunal Kapoor]] as Kapitan Ribeiro/ Governor
* Keith Stevenson as Dr. Simon Pereira
* [[Lucky Ali]] as Erasmo
* [[Salim Ghouse]] as main priest at Church
* [[Ila Arun]] as Cook
* [[Jayant Kripalani]] as Francis
* [[Akash Khurana]] as Renato
* [[Sabira Merchant]] as Dona Amelia
* Sushma Prakash as Anna: younger daughter of Sylvia
* [[Remo Fernandes]] as Singer
* [[Alisha Chinai]] as Singer
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Vijay Singh Rane/Khushtoba Rane
* Dhruv Ghanekar as young son of Sylvia
* Joy Ghanekar as youngest son of Sylvia
==Awards==
* 1986: [[National Film Award for Best Direction]]: [[Shyam Benegal]]
* 1986: [[National Film Award for Best Costume Design]]: Saba Zaidi
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0090202}}
{{Shyam Benegal}}
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shyam Benegal]]
[[Category:Films set in Goa]]
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]
[[Category:Films set in 1961]]
[[Category:Films shot in Goa]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vanraj Bhatia]]
[[Category:Films that won the Best Costume Design National Film Award]]