Amitabh
Bachchan's
near-fatal
accident
on
the
sets
of
Coolie
is
known
to
all.
On
July
26,
1982,
the
megastar
was
badly
injured
while
filming
a
fight
scene
with
co-star
Puneet
Issar.
Amitabh
was
immediately
rushed
to
a
Mumbai
hospital
where
he
went
into
a
coma-like
situation.
The
actor,
by
his
own
admission,
was
even
declared
'clinically
dead'
for
a
few
minutes
before
being
put
on
the
ventilator.
After
multiple
surgeries
and
by
the
grace
of
his
fans'
prayers,
he
finally
moved
a
muscle
on
August
2,
1982,
and
the
entire
nation
breathed
a
sigh
of
relief.
Puneet
Issar
aka
Duryodhan
of
Mahabharat
recently
went
down
memory
lane
during
an
episode
of
a
singing
reality
show
and
revealed
that
he
lost
seven
to
eight
films
after
the
infamous
accident,
and
how
the
Bollywood
icon
had
greeted
him
with
kindness
and
warmth
despite
the
incident.
Puneeth
said,
"My
encounter
with
Mr
Amitabh
Bachchan
was
rather
unfortunate.
I
remember
while
shooting
for
Coolie,
we
had
to
perform
this
particular
action
sequence.
The
timing
during
the
final
take
did
not
match
and
I
accidentally
injured
Mr.
Bachchan.
But
he
was
so
kind.
He
knew
I
was
worried
and
he
greeted
me
with
so
much
warmth
when
I
went
to
see
him
at
the
hospital.
He
put
his
arm
around
my
shoulder
and
walked
me
till
the
gate
to
show
everyone
that
there
was
no
bad
blood
between
us.
My
wife
even
donated
blood
to
him.”
He
went
on
to
add,
"I
lost
about
seven
to
eight
films
after
this
incident
until
Mahabharat
came
my
way.
Initially,
I
was
called
in
for
the
role
of
Bhim
but
I
was
keen
to
portray
Duryodhan.
I
recited
Duryodhan's
dialogue
and
bagged
the
role.
The
rest
is
history."