Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and India's cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar exchanged memories of Big B's horrific accident on the sets of 'Coolie' in 1982.
<img title="Amitabh Bachchan is 'ever indebted' to Sachin Tendulkar. Find out why" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jul/20-sachin-big-b.jpg" alt="Amitabh Bachchan is 'ever indebted' to Sachin Tendulkar. Find out why" /> Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan. File pic
Amitabh Bachchan had suffered a near-fatal accident while shooting an action scene for Manmohan Desai's 'Coolie ' in 1982, which took him several months to fully recover.
Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to share photos of him leaving Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after the accident.
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T 2319 -Coming out of Breach Candy Hospital after surviving 'Coolie' accident 1982 .. <a href="https://t.co/DQGGlRBNcy">pic.twitter.com/DQGGlRBNcy</a>
&mdash; Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SrBachchan/status/754215068577837056">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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On seeing Big B's tweet, Sachin Tendulkar shared that he was 10 years old when Amitabh Bachchan got injured and that he had prayed hard for his recovery.
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Was 10 when <a href="https://twitter.com/SrBachchan">@SrBachchan</a> got injured. Prayed hard for his health n recovery. Our prayers were answered! <a href="https://t.co/T3C5nD0itg">https://t.co/T3C5nD0itg</a>
&mdash; sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) <a href="https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/754310329753042944">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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To which Big B replied:
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ever indebted and filled with graciousness .. yes it was the prayers that worked <a href="https://t.co/AIpUJQmB90">https://t.co/AIpUJQmB90</a>
&mdash; Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SrBachchan/status/755642525608738816">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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While shooting for a fight sequence in Manmohan Desai's "Coolie" in Bangalore in July 1982, Bachchan was critically injured and had to be admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital. August 2, when he had shown signs of recovering from coma, is regarded as his second birthday by not only his fans and well-wishers but by the actor himself.
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