"Chiranjeev substantial improvement in Amitabh's condition, but he is being kept in the Intensive Care Unit right now and may have to keep another 15 days. It may take months to return to normal. Thankful for concern, good luck, prayer." - Bachchan. These lines are from the letter of the late Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' which he sent to me (Pradeep Sardana, senior journalist) on 10 August 1982 when his son Amitabh Bachchan, 38 years ago, was fighting for life at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai Were. Amitabh Bachchan has seen difficult times due to his illness many times in his 77 years of life, it is a good thing that he has always conquered his illness. These days, he is again infected with the coronavirus, the most dreaded disease of today. On July 12, around 11 pm, as soon as the news of Amitabh Bachchan being admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai and then being corona positive, everyone was shocked that how Amitabh Bachchan became a corona? Shortly after the news of Amitabh Bachchan getting coronated, the news of his son Abhishek and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya and granddaughter Aaradhya getting corona infected the next day, the panic grew even more.
There is more concern about Amitabh also because he is 77 years old, and he is also suffering from some other diseases. Even only 25 percent of his liver works. Today, there is an uneasiness about Amitabh's health all over the country, the media is in the race to give first-hand news about his health. Prayers are being offered from many parts of the country, from homes to temples, prayers are being sought for their quick recovery. Exactly 38 years ago in July 1982, the whole country was even more worried about Amitabh Bachchan's health. Some were performing Havan, Yagya for their long life, some were worshiping the Navagraha, some were doing Ardas in the gurudwara, some were going to the shrine of Pir Baba and praying for them, some were praying to God in the church. This was the period when Amitabh Bachchan was injured during the shooting of a stunt scene of the film 'Coolie' in Bengaluru on July 26, 1982, at one time, the big doctors had raised their hands. Everyone's breath was stuck as news of his condition being 'critical' across the country. Then there were no news channels in the country like today nor social media like today, in spite of all this, there is no other example of the kind of nationwide concern that was seen for the first time ever, nor ever before.
When this incident happened during the shooting of 'Coolie' with Amitabh, when he was 40 years old, who is now less than 40, they do not know how the country became hot when Amitabh Bachchan was injured 38 years ago. , The imagination of the views in the country at that time was not easy. I have been watching Amitabh Bachchan closely for the last 43 years. His father and well-known poet and writer Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan have been my guide. Due to my closeness with Bachchan Ji, I started getting the opportunity to meet Amitabh Bachchan at his house itself from 1976-1977. Although neither mobile nor mobile was easy to talk at that time regular communication with Bachchan Ji was done through letters. So when Amitabh Bachchan became very serious in Bengaluru and after that when he was shifted from there to Breach Candy in Mumbai, I kept talking to Bachchan Ji through letters, as well as occasional Bachchan Ji to Mumbai. I used to know Amitabh's condition even by calling. Amitabh Bachchan was shooting the film 'Coolie' in Bangalore continuously for a few days in July 1982. The main reason for shooting in Bengaluru was the railway station there. In fact, permission to shoot at such a station was not available in Mumbai. But when permission was granted to shoot at the Bengaluru station, Manmohan Desai reached Bangalore with all his units. It was a few days while the shooting took place. A few days later, Amitabh called his wife Jaya Bachchan from Mumbai and children Shweta and Abhishek to Bangalore on the weekend on July 24.
Amitabh was staying at the 'West End', an old and famous Panchtara hotel of the British era, on Race Course Road in Bangalore. Like every day, on 26th July when Amitabh came out for shooting, no one knew that today's day will change the world of Amitabh Bachchan. This day will write a new history for them. That day, the shooting set was set at the Gyan Bharati campus of Bangalore University. Amitabh arrived on the set and got into Coolie's getup. In a fight scene, Puneet Issar, the villain turned actor in the film, had to punch Amitabh in the stomach. This scene was easily done in rehearsal. But in the final take of the shooting, something happened that board came up behind Amitabh, which hit Amitabh and there was something that Punit's punch felt so loud in Amitabh's stomach that he groaned with pain. The scene was okay but Amitabh was in pain so much that he bent down to reach a chair. When the pain did not subside, he went there and lay down. Till then no one realized that the accident happened with Amitabh. Amitabh Bachchan has mentioned this incident three or four times on his blog in different ways. In August 2009, Amitabh also wrote about this on the blog. Amitabh writes- "I had severe pain as soon as the scene was cut, while during boxing in school, I used to punch a number of times but its pain would be cured only after some time. But this pain can not stand
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