
Amitabh Bachchan in Coolie
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Amitabh Bachchan suffered a near-fatal injury while filming Coolie
He was declared clinically dead for a few minutes
He recovered and completed filming Coolie in a few months
T 2503 - August 2, 1982 .. . pic.twitter.com/f2tYGi4JxE
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 1, 2017
Only true Legends are born twice. Happy Birthday @SrBachchan
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) August 2, 2017
Love you. pic.twitter.com/HfSJapSaA6
There was no sign of life for several days and then on August 2, 1982, the doctors treating Mr Bachchan injected adrenaline straight into his heart. His actress wife Jaya Bachchan, who was present with him at that time, saw one of his toes move and said: "Look, he's alive" and that's how August 2 became Mr Bachchan's "second birthday."
Mr Bachchan remained in the hospital for several months and resumed the shoot of Coolie in February 1983 and the film released to fabulous response that year in November. In fact, director Manmohan Desai rewrote the ending, in which Iqbal Aslam Khan (Mr Bachchan's onscreen character) recovered from a fatal injury just like his actor had in real life.
As of now, Amitabh Bachchan is filming Thugs Of Hindostan (a Yash Raj Films project) and 102 Not Out, co-starring Rishi Kapoor.