Amitabh Bachchan has given Hindi cinema one of the best films in his career so far. 'coolie' made in 1983 was also one of those films. Today it has been 36 years since the film was released. You must be aware that this film had brought Amitabh to the brink of death. Soumya Bandopadhyay, in his book 'Amitabh Bachchan', has mentioned the incident during Coolie. 'Coolie' was released on 2 December 1983. The film wrote a new chapter of success and with this Puneet Issar became a national villain. But Amitabh Bachchan had to spend 59 days in the hospital after Puneet became a national villain. The situation was that the doctors treating Amitabh Bachchan had also given up. Actually, when Puneet struck while shooting on the set of Coolie, no one knew that Amitabh Bachchan would have to pay the price for filming a scene. Everyone, including Amitabh, felt this injury minor because not a single drop of blood had come out. Amitabh Bachchan was going through a serious and sensitive phase since the injury during the shooting of Coolie. The matter was not just left until the intestines burst. He was also gripped by pneumonia and jaundice.
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There were many machines all over the body and the country was praying for the safety of its superstar. He was hurt on one Saturday and admitted to Breach Candy Hospital on the second Saturday, having had two operations in these eight days in between. Seeing Amitabh's condition, Rajiv Gandhi left the US trip midway and returned at midnight on August 4 and went to meet Amitabh directly from the airport. Not only this, but Indira Gandhi also came to meet Amitabh after postponing her first foreign trip. On 2 August 1982, reading this incident in the newspapers, Amitabh Bachchan's father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was ill, at that time there was no person in the house to inform him about the incident. Apart from a little time for food and sleep, Bachchan Ji had recited Ramcharitmanas for his son till 24 September. On September 24, Amitabh was finally discharged from Breach Candy Hospital.
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On the way home, Big B had realized how much people loved him. The streets of Mumbai were strewn with their posters. People performed pooja havans for their safety. An uncontrollable crowd of people awaited them at home. On reaching home, he shook hands and thanked his well-wishers. This actual scene was used as the last scene of the film Coolie. You would be surprised to know that the film was about to end with Amitabh's death in the opening script written by Prayag Raj and Kader Khan, but due to his injury, the makers felt that the audience had recently escaped death on screen. People can't like to see dying Therefore, the script of the film was changed on this occasion.
