Puneet Issar says Coolie mishap with Amitabh cost him six years of work

Actor Puneet Issar has said the 1982 Coolie accident, in which his mistimed punch left Amitabh Bachchan badly injured, left him without work for six years. He said people began calling him 'the man who almost killed Amitabh Bachchan', stressing it was purely an accident. Issar credited his role as Duryodhan in Mahabharata with reviving his career.