Megastar Amitabh Bachchan thanked his fans for wishing him love on August 2, his “second birthday” — the same date 42 years ago when he returned home after recovering from a life-threatening accident on the sets of his film, Coolie.
The near-fatal accident happened during the shoot of the 1983 Manmohan Desai directorial. During a fight scene with actor Puneet Issar, Bachchan was meant to fall on the table, but instead ended up hitting its edge, which caused an abdominal wound that sent him to the hospital. The actor was declared dead for a few minutes, before undergoing several surgeries while on ventilator. The superstar was critical for a couple of months, and finally returned home on August 2, which led to a nation-wide celebration of his ‘second birthday’.
“My love and greetings for all your blessings for the 2nd of August .. I am unable to reply to them individually .. so accept this as my response .. blessed 🙏 ❤️ I shall make an effort though time permitting,” the screen icon posted on X.
Film handle Bollywoodirect shared old footage of Amitabh Bachchan having an “emotional reunion” with his family, months after the near-fatal accident.
“I am grateful, most of all, to all you people, who have prayed for me, my life. Be it in a temple, a mosque, or a church. I don’t know so many of you, yet you prayed for me and I am grateful for that. The least I can do now is live up to your expectations. I will try, I will try very hard. Thank you,” he said in the throwback interview to Doordarshan.
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2nd birthday of #AmitabhBachchan: 42 years ago, on August 2, 1982, Amitabh Bachchan returned home after recovering from the ‘Coolie’ accident.@SrBachchan @juniorbachchan pic.twitter.com/0SyWPWtd48
— Bollywoodirect (@Bollywoodirect) August 2, 2024
In a previous interview with Stardust, Amitabh Bachchan had recounted in parts what had happened and what he felt post the accident. “See, I never knew that I was going to die. I knew that there was something very wrong with me but I never knew that I was going to die. And the entire period when I was seemingly gone, when I was struggling for life, I was in a state of coma. I was unconscious. That was a difficult period for my family. It was easy for me because I was oblivious. The difficult period for me started after I got okay. When you’re told what you’ve been through. And it’s not enough that you’ve been told,” he added.
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