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Coolie is a 1983 Indian action comedy film, directed by Manmohan Desai and written by Kader Khan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Iqbal Aslam Khan, a railway coolie, who was separated from his mother Salma (Waheeda Rehman) due to Zafar's (Kadar Khan) obsession with her causes the destruction of her family and her mental breakdown. Years later, fate unites her sons, Iqbal and Sunny (Rishi Kapoor) and they set out to save Salma from Zafar's captivity. It also starred Rati Agnihotri, Shoma Anand, Suresh Oberoi and Puneet Issar.
The film was released on 2nd December 1983 and became the highest-grossing film of the year.[2] It did ₹180 million (US$17.76 million) in gross revenue. It made over ₹10 million (US$986,397.58) per territory, a rare achievement for the time and was a huge blockbuster.
The film is also infamous for a fight scene with co-star Puneet Issar, during which Bachchan had a near-fatal injury due to a miscalculated jump. In the final cut of the film, the fight scene during which he got injured was frozen and a message appears marking the scene as the one in which he was injured. The original script showed Bachchan dying after Kader Khan shot him. But later on, after the injury-and-recovery episode, Desai thought that this would have a negative impact on the movie as well as a bad feeling in the audience, decided to change the ending. The modified ending has the hero recover after his operation.[3][4]
Directed by Manmohan Desai
Written by Kader Khan
Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai
K.K. Shukla
Produced by Ketan Desai
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Rishi Kapoor
Rati Agnihotri
Shoma Anand
Kader Khan
Waheeda Rehman
Puneet Issar
Satyendra Kapoor
Nilu Phule
Cinematography Peter Pereira
Edited by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed by Aasia Films Pvt. Ltd.
M.K.D. Films Combine
Release date
2 December 1983
Running time 168 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹est.35 million[1]
Box office ₹210 million[1]
CAST:
Amitabh Bachchan as Iqbal Khan / Lambuji
Rishi Kapoor as Sunny Khan / Tinguji
Rati Agnihotri as Julie D' Costa
Shoma Anand as Deepa Iyengar
Kader Khan as Zafar Khan
Waheeda Rehman as Salma Khan
Puneet Issar as Bob
Satyendra Kapoor as Aslam Khan (Iqbal's Father)
Suresh Oberoi as Vicky Puri
Om Shivpuri as Om Puri
Nilu Phule as Nathu
Mukri as Deepa's Father
Tun Tun as Mother of 7 babies
Goga Kapoor as Goga
Amrish Puri as John D' Costa (Julie's father)
Ballu Eagle as Allah Rakha
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