Coolie

Coolie

If you have an item of death in your hands then I have God’s name in my heart.

Directed by Manmohan Desai, Prayag Raj

Produced by Aasia Films Private Limited, M.K.D. Films Combine

1983169 min6.4 / 10

A socially conscious action-drama about a displaced boy who becomes a railway coolie and fights for workers' rights against exploitation, blending earnest social commentary with heroic action and spiritual conviction.

When Iqbal gets separated from his mother and brother by a flood, he becomes a coolie at Mumbai railway station. He then fights for the coolies rights and faces challenges from a businessman.

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Like Coolie, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.