When Amitabh Bachchan signed for critically injured Amjad Khan’ surgery

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan of Gabbar Singh fame have worked together in a number of blockbusters. The duo who were often portrayed as enemies on-screen shared a great bond of friendship offscreen. Not many know the extent of Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan’s love and respect for each other. But this throwback incident sheds light on Big B’s bond with Gabbar Singh in real life.

Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan’s bond was so strong that when the Gabbar Singh of Bollywood was critically injured in an accident, Amitabh Bachchan came to his recuse and signed the hospital papers for his surgery.

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In an old interview with Pinkvilla, Amjad Khan’s wife Shehla Khan recalling the accident she said, “The accident took place ahead of the shooting of the film ‘The Great Gambler’ in 1979. Amjad Khan met with a serious accident at Sawantwadi, near Goa. I was six months pregnant with our daughter Ahlam.  Amjad had 13 of his ribs broken. The steering wheel had ruptured his lung and he was gasping for breath and also had internal bleeding. 

Shehla further revealed that “Amjad immediately needed surgery that was known as tracheostomy (a surgical procedure to ease breathing). And, Amitabh had then given his signature in hospital documents for the doctors to perform a tracheostomy on Amjad.”

 

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She said, ‘A mob had gathered outside the hospital in Sawantwadi. ‘Gabbar Singh ko bahar lao (Bring Gabbar Singh outside)’ they kept saying. The doctors sent us to Panjim or else the crowd would have pulled down the hospital. He had to be operated on in Goa and that’s when Amitji (Bachchan) gave his signature for the doctors to proceed with the tracheostomy (a surgical procedure to ease breathing).

She further added, “Amjad and Amitji shared a close bond. Amitji must have been nervous because no one knew whether the man was going to make it or not. He was surprised when Amjad wrote down the term ‘tracheostomy’ on a piece of paper, gesturing to Amitji if he would be undergoing it. In fact, even in that condition, he spelt the complicated word correctly. Soon, we chartered a flight to Mumbai. We stayed in Nanavati Hospital for three months.”

Amjad Khan had passed away in the year 1992.

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