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Coolie
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Coolie (Hindi: कुली, ’Porter’) is a 1983 Indian Bollywood action comedy film, directed by Manmohan Desai and written by Kader Khan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Iqbal, a railway coolie, with supporting roles played by Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Kader Khan, Waheeda Rehman, Suresh Oberoi and Puneet Issar.

The film made over Rs. 10 million per territory, a rare achievement for the time.

The film is notorious for a fight scene with co-star Puneet Issar, during which Amitabh Bachchan was near-fatally injured due to a mistimed jump.
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A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan (Kader Khan), has fallen in love with a girl named Salma (Waheeda Rahman) and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is imprisoned for 10 years, but when he is discharged, he sees that Salma is married to a good man named Aslam Khan (Satyendra Kapoor). Zafar Khan, wants to convince Salma ... etc.

Films That Made Amitabh Bachchan a Legend - Page 2
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There was a real fiasco happening around Coolie. Amitabh Bachchan had managed to coax Puneet Issar into employing his bulked up muscles to punch him real hard. Well, the attempted bravado to record a real-as-hell fight backfired as Amitabh spent months in a hospital recuperating. Amazingly, the accident’s headlines made international news. The film was an angry-youngman story with the highlight being Amitabh taking on dozens of goons. Interestingly, Amitabh reportedly got liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis infected blood transfused to him during his treatment.

Rajesh Khanna passes away at 69
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In an era long before this age of instant connect of mobile phones and internet, Rajesh Khanna was the man who sparked a frenzy never seen before and never since, not even by the likes of Amitabh Bachchan.

His very name spelt magic in the 1970s. He sparked hysteria, particularly amongst his legions of women fans, who would line the road for a glimpse, chant his name, cover his car with lipstick marks and even write him letters in blood. They got married to his photograph, cut their finger, let the blood flow and applied ’sindoor’.

Truly, “O mere di ke chain”!

Kaka, as he was popularly known, was one of the highest paid actors of his time, his record of consecutive solo super hits still unbroken. Who can forget the years between 1970-1979 when he starred in mega hits like “Safar”, “Kati Patang”, “Sachaa Jhutha”, “Aan Milo Sajna”, “Anand”, “Amar Prem” and “Mere Jeevan Saathi”. Ever the urbane, suave romantic who wooed like few others.

Glory and fame galore came his way with the two 1969 films - “Aradhana” and “Do Raaste” - where he teamed up with two of his best co-stars, Sharmila Tagore and Mumtaz, respectively. Both the films were super hits. Hindi film’s first superstar was born.

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