‘Work I do coolie’s name is… Iqbal’, Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb’s Jharokha in 10 interesting characters

The climax of the film ‘Coolie’ is going on. People are watching breathlessly watching the villain of the story, Zafar, trying to enter the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai with a pistol in one hand and Salma in the other. Iqbal tries to stop him. Zafar shoots him. The mother prays by spreading her hands in front of the dargah. The wind blows. The sheet of the dargah flies off and wraps around Iqbal’s body. Jaffa still misses the remaining three bullets in the pistol. Iqbal’s call ,then shot again, If you have the goods of death in your hands, then I have the name of God on my chest. Let’s see whether this sheet saves me or takes me to the grave by becoming a shroud..! He remembers Allah on every bullet. When the last bullet pierces his chest, a voice comes out of his mouth, ‘La ilaha illlah, Muhammadur Rasulullah..!’ Here is Iqbal Amitabh Bachchan, the most charismatic star of Indian cinema and his film in a Muslim character is included in the blockbuster films in the history of Hindi cinema. Amitabh has been associated with Muslim characters in Hindi films from his first film and this relationship continued till the film ‘Chehre’. Take a look at 10 unique Muslim characters of Amitabh…

character: Anwar Ali

Film, Saat Hindustani

The character that Amitabh Bachchan got in his first film was Anwar Ali. Anwar Ali, the youth of Bihar, who is revolutionary with his creations. Five more youths from different provinces of the country reach Goa together and there they support Maria, who has taken up the task of expelling the Portuguese from Goa. Madhu, the famous artist of Malayalam films of those days, played the character of Subodh Sanyal in the film. In an interview, Madhu told, ‘Amitabh Bachchan never let him feel that he is facing the camera for the first time in ‘Saat Hindustani’. People seemed to have a strange confidence in him from the beginning. People liked his voice very much and he used to read a lot of poems of his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan to put it in unison.

character: mutallib

Film, merchant

Amitabh Bachchan’s film as a hero, which reached the country’s official entry at the Oscars, was named ‘Saudagar’. Amitabh Bachchan has also played a Muslim character in this film. His character’s name in the film is Mutallib aka Moti. And, Nutan has become his wife Majubi. The film ‘Saudagar’ is produced by Rajshree Pictures and it released in the year 1973. Sudhendu Roy was the director of the film ‘Saudagar’. Although this film of Amitabh Bachchan was not successful at the box office, but Amitabh was successful in leaving his mark in the role of a jaggery seller.

character: Ahmed Raza

Film, Iman Dharam

And, after this Amitabh Bachchan appeared in a Muslim character in director Desh Mukherjee’s film ‘Iman Dharam’. His character in the film is that of Ahmed Raza, who moves around the courts with his friend Mohan Saxena. There are experts in giving false testimony in both the cases. Written by Salim Javed, the film also stars Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar and Helen to Prem Chopra, Om Shivpuri, Shriram Lagoo, Satyen Kappu, Mac Mohan and Jagdish Raj. Amitabh Bachchan in the role of Ahmed Raza in this film, released in 1977, entertained people a lot, although the film did not get as much success as it was expected.