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"Amitabh Bachchan is celebrating what he calls his &amp;#039;second birthday&amp;#039;. The actor regards August 2 as a day of &amp;quot;rebirth&amp;quot; for him after recovery from a near-fatal accident on the set of Coolie. Writing on his blog, he said: &amp;quot;Happy birthday Mr B, and never forget I was the first one to wish you.&amp;quot;  The accident occurred on July 26, 1982, when a mistimed jump in a fight scene with co-star Puneet Issar caused him to hit the corner of a table and suffer a ruptured spleen.  Doctors performed an emergency splenectomy but Bachchan reportedly remained close to death. With no sign of life on August 2, doctors injected adrenaline straight into Bachchan&amp;#039;s heart. Jaya Bachchan then saw one of his toes move and exclaimed: &amp;quot;Look, he&amp;#039;s alive,&amp;quot; NDTV reports.  August 2 has since been declared Bachchan&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;second birthday&amp;#039;. The actor, who has never previously spoken about the incident, recently promised to reveal the details of it, though he said they may not be &amp;quot;pleasant to read, or even describe&amp;quot;. Bachchan was recently admitted to hospital for  abdominal surgery relating to the accident. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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