Amitabh Bachchan is, grateful to his fans and well-wishers, for their prayers that brought him back to life after he got injured while shooting for Coolie which was released on 1983. Fans across the globe are marking the day by wishing the 75-year-old actor ‘Happy Rebirth Day’.
Amitabh Bachchan reached out to everyone by social media handle and thanked everyone who prayed for him “To them that have sent greetings for my 2nd birthday Aug 2, a recovery from my Coolie accident, I send my gracious thanks .. it shall be difficult for me to acknowledge and thank all .. but I do know that it was your prayers that saved my life,” tweeted Bachchan.
T 2885 – To them that have sent greetings for my 2nd birthday Aug 2, a recovery from my Coolie accident, I send my gracious thanks .. it shall be difficult for me to acknowledge and thank all .. but I do know that it was your prayers that saved my life ..🙏
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 1, 2018
Mr. Bachchan briefly stated the same incident and wrote in his blog. He wrote, “There is enormous amounts of celebratory mention and wishes for the 2nd of August, the day when I recovered from my Coolie accident .. to live another day, through the prayers of the millions that saved my life through their devotion to the Almighty .. a most heavy debt that I shall happily bear, and ever be in a state of never being able to repay it.”
He also added, “There is sufficient media coverage on those times and days .. for me then to elaborate would be boring and repetitious … best then to avoid and be in gratitude and prayer. There is a long history to the events of those times … one that shall not be able to be narrated here … though I do make insincere promises that someday they shall be spoken of,” the actor added.
The incident took place when Amitabh Bachchan was accidently punched in the gut by co-star Puneet Issar while shooting a fight sequence which resulted in an internal abdominal injury. The actor was also reportedly declared clinically dead for a few minutes before he was put on the ventilator.
After undergoing several surgeries, on August 2, the actor showed some life and that’s how the day became his ‘second birthday’.
Amitabh Bachchan is currently shooting for Brahmastra which is directed by Ayan Mukerji which also stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in the lead role.