---
title: 'Coolie (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Manmohan Desai'
released: '1983-11-14'
runtime_minutes: 168
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/coolie-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085361/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Coolie (1983)

1983 · 168 min · Drama, Action · India

Original title: कुली

## Synopsis

Coolie is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by Manmohan Desai and written by Kader Khan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Iqbal Aslam Khan, a railway coolie, who was separated from his mother Salma due to Zafar's obsession with her. This obsession causes the destruction of her family and her mental breakdown. Years later, fate unites her sons, Iqbal and Sunny and they set out to save Salma from Zafar's captivity. It also starred Rati Agnihotri, Shoma Anand, Suresh Oberoi and Puneet Issar.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Kader Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kader-khan)
- **Director:** [Manmohan Desai](https://cinepixo.com/people/manmohan-desai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Laxmikant-Pyarelal](https://cinepixo.com/people/laxmikant-pyarelal)
- **Producer:** [Ketan Desai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ketan-desai)
- **Editor:** [Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrishikesh-mukherjee)

## Cast

- [Rati Agnihotri](https://cinepixo.com/people/rati-agnihotri)
- [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan)
- [Kader Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kader-khan)
- [Rishi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rishi-kapoor)

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