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Coolie (I) (1983)

177 min  -  Drama | Action | Comedy  -   14 November 1983 (India)
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A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love a girl named Salma and wants to marry her... See full summary »

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Kader Khan (dialogue), Prayag Raj (story), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amitabh Bachchan ...
Iqbal A. Khan
Waheeda Rehman ...
Salma
Rishi Kapoor ...
Sunny
Rati Agnihotri Rati Agnihotri ...
Julie D'Costa
Shoma Anand Shoma Anand ...
Deepa Iyengar
Suresh Oberoi Suresh Oberoi ...
Vicky Puri
Om Shivpuri Om Shivpuri ...
Mr. Om Puri
Satyendra Kapoor Satyendra Kapoor ...
Aslam (as Satyen Kappu)
Nilu Phule Nilu Phule ...
Nathu (Mama)
Goga Kapoor Goga Kapoor ...
Goga (as Goga)
Puneet Issar Puneet Issar ...
Bob
Mukri Mukri ...
Mr. Iyengar
Shubha Khote Shubha Khote ...
Mrs. Savitri Iyengar (as Shobha Khote)
Krishan Dhawan Krishan Dhawan ...
Maula Saab
Ashalata Wabgaonkar Ashalata Wabgaonkar ...
Parvati (Nathu's wife) (as Ashalata)
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Storyline

A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love a girl named Salma and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is imprisoned for 10 years, but when he is discharged, he sees that Salma is married to a good man named Aslam Khan. Zafar Khan, wants to convince Salma to marry him but Salma refuses. Zafar plots his revenge by flooding the region in which Salma lives in, killing her father, injuring Aslam and Salma, causing her to lose her memory. During this catastrophe, Salma is also separated from her young son, Iqbal. Zafar abducts Salma and tells the world she is his wife. He also adopts an infant from an orphanage in Kanpur, a boy named Sunny, for Salma to raise on the advice of a psychiatrist. Meanwhile, Iqbal is reunited with his uncle, who has lost his wife and son in the flood. The uncle will raise Iqbal as his own... Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)  

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Genres:

Drama | Action | Comedy | Romance | Family

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

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Filming Locations:

India

Box Office

Gross:

INR 130,000,000 (India)
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Trivia

During the fighting scene where Amitabh Bachchan was injured, the moment is marked with a freeze frame, and a message is displayed in English, Hindi, and Urdu - "This is the shot in which AMITABH BACHCHAN was seriously injured". See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: When Iqbal is explaining to the Railway Minister that one of his porters was assaulted by one of the commuters, there is a yellow stick in front of him which moves with him. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Allah-Rakha (1986) See more »

Soundtracks

"Jawani ki rail kahin chhoot na"
by Shabbir Kumar & Anuradha Paudwal See more »