Coolies celebrate Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday

IANS BHOPAL, OCTOBER 11 Commemorating his iconic role in the 1983 movie “Coolie”, porters at the Habibganj railway station in Bhopal on Sunday celebrated the 73rd birthday of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.The coolies set up a pandal outside the station, where they put up a life-size poster of the actor. They cut a cake, prayed for the actor’s long life and sang and danced to songs of the 1983 movie “Coolie”, which starred Bachchan in the main role. “The film ‘Coolie’ not only gave us recognition but also respect from people. May Amitabh Bachchan live a long and healthy life,” Rakesh, a coolie, told IANS.