Taking the negative feedback for the Hindi title Majdoor in social media circles and from Rajini fans in North Indian belt, Lokesh and Sun Pictures has decided to rename it as Coolie – The Power House. We had repprted this read; https://dhakshinscreen.blogspot.com/2025/06/coolie-as-majdoor-in-hindi-gets-bad.html. Amitabh’s Coolie is famous among Hindi viewers and it was during the shoot that Big B got seriously injured, Many felt that Majdoor title gave it a dubbing film feel.
There is another Hindi Mazdoor that had Dilip Kumar-
Raj Babbar- Nanda and Rati Agnihotri and directed by Ravi Chopra. Read a few
titbits about it:
Mazdoor is
the remake of. B.R.Chopra earlier film Naya Daur. Dilip Kumar, Nazir Husein and
Johnny Walker were in both films.
After Nikaah
Salma Agha was signed for Mazdoor and even recorded one song but left the film
before shooting started. Rati Agnihotri replaced her.
Rati
Agnihotri was uncomfortable with the gray role where she plays a seductress and
wanted to leave the film but Ravi Chopra convinced her otherwise. When the
movie was released she walked away with a lot of accolades despite the huge
ensemble cast.
There was a
story doing the rounds that Dilip Kumar was not interested in the film due to
Ravi Chopra's poor box office record. when B. R Chopra offered Dilip Kumar a
three film deal he agreed. Ravi Chopra denied the rumours.
This was
Dilip Kumar and Nanda's only film together. Both were at the peak of their
careers in the 1960s but were never paired together in their prime.
Nanda stated
she only accepted the film because she wanted to work with Dilip Kumar.
Parts of the
film were similar to the English serial Master Of The Game based on Sidney
Sheldon's novel. First and last time Music Composer R.D.Burman and Lyricist
Hassan Kamal worked together. Mazdoor was one of the last film Characters Actor
Nazir Hussain signed.
