Amitabh Bachchan's accident on Coolie set worsened due to doctors' negligence, claims Puneet Issar

Time of India

a day ago

Amitabh Bachchan
's shocking injury on the shooting set of his 1982 movie 'Coolie' became a serious topic at that time, and fans were praying for the recovery of their beloved actor. The incident occurred during a staged fight scene involving
Puneet Issar
and Bachchan.
One hit from Puneet left the actor fatally injured, and he was blamed for it. The actor has now shared that it was not only the fight but also the negligence of doctors that made Bachchan's injury critical.
Puneet Issar says Amitabh Bachchan's injury became critical due to negligence of doctors
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In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan, Puneet indicated that medical negligence contributed to the worsening of Amitabh Bachchan's condition after the
accident
.
During the action scene, Puneet was supposed to hit Bachchan, and he had to throw some camera punches in return. Next was a shot where Puneet had to throw Big B against a board and then throw him onto a table.
Amitabh suggested to touch him during the hitting scene
Puneet further added that he did not touch Amitabh during the rehearsal, but the Sholay actor suggested that he could touch him and promised that he would back off. 'When I banged him against the board, it was reflex action that he came forward and the timing got screwed, and I hit him.
It was just an accident,' he revealed.
Puneet also stated that the medical care Amitabh received initially was insufficient, and he claims that it led to complications. 'It was negligence on the part of the doctors because they couldn't diagnose what was wrong with him — that his intestine was ruptured. If it was just a regular intestine rupture, they could have repaired it, but it went from bad to worse,' Puneet stated.
At the time, Amitabh was filming in Bengaluru, but his condition deteriorated rapidly, prompting an emergency airlift to Mumbai. He was declared clinically dead for a few moments before regaining consciousness.