Amitabh Bachchan was the victim of a fatal accident on the sets of Manmohan Desai’s film ‘Coolie’. He was shooting an action sequence with Puneet Issar.
After this incident, Amitabh Bachchan’s condition became very bad, and he had to be hospitalized for a few days. In a recent interview, Puneet said that at that time, he had received death threats, and he was accused of being paid to kill Amitabh Bachchan.
Puneet Issar also told that after the incident on the sets of ‘Coolie’, he was fired from many projects. After this, the actor started working as a martial arts trainer to make his living.
Was money given to kill Amitabh Bachchan?
During a conversation on Siddharth Kannan’s YouTube channel, Puneet Issar said, “Someone said that I have been paid to kill Bachchan sahab. Some opposition stars have paid the money. People were publishing false things at that time. Someone even wrote that Puneet Issar claims that he can run faster than a train, so people kept saying whatever came to their mind.”
People used to call and threaten to kill me
Puneet Issar said that he had received many threatening phone calls. He said, “People used to call at home and say that they will not spare you, they will kill you. I did not do anything intentionally. It just happened, it was just an accident.” When he was asked if he was removed from other projects at that time, Puneet Issar said, “People started distancing themselves from me. They said that this has hurt someone, the star of our film might feel bad.”
Was thrown out of many films
Puneet said that he was thrown out of 7-8 films and had no work, but he had to make a living. He recalled that from 1982 to 1988, until he got the role of Duryodhan in Mahabharata, he used to do small films, take speech classes and train people in martial arts.
The incident happened during the shoot in 1982
Let us tell you that in the year 1982, Amitabh Bachchan was seriously injured on the sets of ‘Coolie’, after which he was admitted to the hospital for several months. After this accident in Bangalore, his condition deteriorated a lot, due to which he was shifted to Mumbai. There came a time when he was declared clinically dead, but fortunately, he recovered and was discharged from the hospital after a few months.