Gourang
Chakraborty (born 16 June 1950), better known by his stage name
Mithun Chakraborty; informally referred to as Mithun Da, is an Indian
film actor, singer, producer, writer, social worker, entrepreneur and
a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three
National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the art house
drama Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award
for Best Actor.
He
began his career as a junior actor and went on to establish himself
as one of the lead actors in Bollywood. He is recognized as one of
the best "dancing-heroes" in Bollywood with his "Disco
and Desi" fusion-style dancing that is popular among the masses.
Along with actor Raj Kapoor, Chakraborty is popular in Russia for his
role as dancer Jimmy in the 1982 Bollywood film Disco Dancer. He
later won two more National Film Awards for his performances in
Tahader Katha (1992) and Swami Vivekananda (1998). Chakraborty has
appeared in more than 350 films including Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri,
Telugu and Punjabi pictures.
Chakraborty
owns the Monarch Group, which has interests in the hospitality
sector and educational sector.[8] He has also started the
production house Paparatzy Productions. In 1992, he along with
Dilip Kumar and Sunil Dutt, set up a trust to help needy actors
called Cine and T.V Artistes Association (CINTAA). He was
also the Chairperson of Film Studios Setting and Allied Mazdoor
Union which take care the welfare of cine workers and resolve their
demands and problems. The Television show Dance India
Dance where Chakraborty is the Grandmaster has already entered in
Limca Book of Records and Guinness World Records Chakraborty
played a crucial role of mediator between Pranab Mukherjee and Mamata
Banerjee, winning the Congressman the support of the Trinamool chief
in the 2012 presidential election.
A
comic book named Jimmy Zhingchak has been made based on
Chakraborty.
Chakraborty
was born in Kolkata on 16 June 1950. He was educated at the
Scottish Church College in Kolkata, from where he earned his degree
in Chemistry. After that he attended and graduated from the Film and
Television Institute of India, Pune. He was a Naxalite before
entering films, but tragedy struck his family when his only brother
was electrocuted and killed in a freak accident. He returned
to his family and left the Naxalite fold, even though this posed a
grave risk to his own life. During his days as a Naxalite, he
became friends with Ravi Ranjan, a popular Naxal figure, known to his
friends as 'Bhaa' (the ultimate savior). Bhaa was known for his
manipulational skills and oratory abilities.
Mithun
Chakraborty made his debut in the 1976 Mrinal Sen-directed film
Mrigaya, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor.
His film Mera Rakshak was a success of 1978. Chakraborty rose to
stardom with the low budget Ravikant Nagaich directed spy film
Surakshaa, released in 1979. The film was so successful, that
many movies starring Chakraborty in the lead role were launched. The
combination with director Deepak Bahry also happened for the first
time in 1979 with Tarana. Another important film for Chakraborty in
the late 1970s was Prem Vivah, directed by Basu Chatterjee.
Mithun
Chakraborty was a Bollywood star of the 1980s, with the brand of
impossible heroics and made-for-the-front-row lines as he starred
in over 110 releases in this decade. Chakraborty played the lead
role of Bheema in the super-hit multi-starrer movie Hum Paanch.
(1980) and in 1982, Disco Dancer extended Chakraborty's popularity
across India and into Russia. Even today, youngsters copy the
"Mithun-style dance". He also did lighter roles in
Shaukeen, Sun Sajna and Aamne Samne. His 1985 super-hit movie Pyar
Jhukta Nahin reconfirmed his top star status. That same year, he was
also appreciated for his role as Javar in JP Dutta film, Ghulami.
Chakraborty also became India's highest tax payer in 1986.
Chakraborty went on to star in a number of romantic and family dramas
during the 1980s, such as Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye, Ghar Ek Mandir, Pyaar
Jhukta Nahin, Swarag Se Sunder and Pyaar Ka Mandir. These films
remain his most commercially successful films to date. He was
also widely recognized as an action hero in films like Jagir, Jaal,
Dilwaala, Watan Ke Rakhwale and Waqt Ki Awaz. His performances never
won any award in 1986 and 1987 as Filmfare Awards was never announced
due to technical reasons. As Chakraborty always had higher number of
releases, sometimes it affected the business of his own films as
happened in 1989, where he had a record 19 films.
Chakraborty
had another 100 plus releases in this decade too, starting with
Agneepath which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Films like Shandaar,Gunahon Ka Devta, Pyar Ka Devta,Trinetra and Mere
Sajana Saath Nibhana followed. In 1992, the critically acclaimed
Bengali film Tahader Katha won him his second National Film Award for
Best Actor. In this period he decided to take a break from Mumbai.
He shifted his entire family to Ooty and he constructed The Monarch
Hotel. Chakraborty then decided to do movies only to be shot at Ooty
and nearby locations and he provided discount rates to the film crew
to stay in his hotel as well. This strategy paid off as numerous
films starring Chakraborty was launched every week, so he shifted his
focus from mainstream Hindi cinemas to low-budget movies. Dalaal
was released followed by other low-budget films like Phool Aur
Angaar, Ravan Raaj: A True Story and Shapath, which created a market
for low budget productions.
Jallad
won him the Filmfare Best Villain Award and Star Screen Award Best
Villain for the year 1995. His economical film production was popular
as Mithun's Dream Factory. Even he could not do
Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar as his character had to crop his
hair, which would have affected his other 15 films at that time. By
this time, Chakraborty held the record for appearing in the most
number of Hindi films as a hero. A third National Award followed
in 1998, this time for the Best Supporting Actor, for his portrayal
of, in G. V. Iyer's Swami Vivekananda. Once again the overdose of
Chakraborty releases affected the business as 1998 and 1999 itself
had almost 30 releases. Meantime, he paid more tax than anyone
else in the country in the mean period for 5 continuous years, from
1995 to 1999. This decade proved Chakraborty as a
businessman more than a star as low-budget filmmakers were given
their due by Mithun. He operates hotels in Mudhumalai and Ooty in
Tamil Nadu, Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kolkata.
Mithun's
Dream Factory films still continued to hold the audiences, moreover
he started doing more Bengali films and gave consistent films like
Titli, Guru, Barood, Yuddho, Tulkalam and Rehmat Ali. Chakraborty
also made a comeback to the mainstream Hindi film industry in 2005
with the film Elaan. After a few supporting roles in films such
as Lucky: No Time for Love (2005) and Dil Diya Hai (2006), he starred
in Mani Ratnam's film Guru. He was also acclaimed for his villainous
role in Kalpana Lajmi's Chingaari (2005). His 2009 movie Zor Lagaa
Ke...Haiya! won multiple International awards and Chal Chalein
was appreciated by critics for its bold theme. Critically acclaimed
Phir Kabhi with Dimple Kapadia had a première through a direct to
home (DTH) release in September 2009 and won as many as six awards in
as many categories at the Los Angeles Reel Awards 2009.
Since
2009, Chakraborty and Akshay Kumar have starred together in several
films. Pictured above are (r - l) Kumar, Chakraborty and Riteish
Deskmukh at a Karate event.
Mithun
Chakraborty's recent films include Veer (2010) with Salman Khan,
Golmaal 3 (2010) with Ajay Devgn and in 2012, he did 3 films with
Akshay Kumar, Housefull 2, OMG – Oh My God! and Khiladi 786.
His home production Enemmy (2013) was with his own son Mimoh
Chakraborty and actor Sunil Shetty. He also did Anthony D'Souza's
Boss (2013) with Akshay Kumar. His first release of 2014 Kaanchi...
directed by Subhash Ghai where he played an evil politician wearing
facial prosthetics has won him critical acclaim.
His
2014 project, Kick with Salman Khan earned more than ₹375 crore
worldwide, and at the time was the third highest-grossing Bollywood
film. Entertainment and Hawaizaada with Akshay Kumar and Ayushmann
Khurrana.
Latest
is Mithun Chakraborty has not been keeping too well for the past 10
months and has thus gone to Los Angeles to recuperate.
Parallel
to his Bollywood career, Mithun Chakraborty has also worked in
Bengali commercial films as well as in realistic or arthouse movies
including Troyee, made in 1982. He appeared in director Buddhadeb
Dasgupta's Tahader Katha which got him his second National Award in
1992. Chakraborty occasionally did Bengali films like Anyay Abichar,
Swarna Trishna and Jiban Yuddha, but after 2000, he has concentrated
more in Bengali films. He also appeared in Goutam Ghose's Gudia in
1999 as well as Rituparno Ghosh's Titli in 2002. In 2008, he
collaborated again with Buddhadeb Dasgupta for Kaalpurush and later
appeared in films Shukno Lanka and Target: The Final Mission. His
performances in Mrigaya, Tahader Katha, Kaalpurush and Titli won him
National Film Awards and nominations. His debut Bhojpuri film Bhole
Shankar is considered as the biggest Bhojpuri film. Similarly his
Oriya film Ae Jugara Krushna Sudama where he co-starred with Oriya
icon Uttam Mohanty was also a huge success. The last Bengali hits
for Chakraborty are Handa and Bhonda, Nobel Chor and Le Halwa Le.
His
Telugu language film Gopala Gopala with Daggubati Venkatesh,
Shriya Saran, Pawan Kalyan, Bengali film Herogiri along with actor
Dev and Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka, the Tamil film has been
released successfully, while its Telugu version is awaiting
release and he has also enacted the lead role in Debaditya
Bandopadhyay's Bengali film Naxal, while his long delayed film Ek
Nadir Galpo: Tale of a River has been officially released and became
a success at the box office.
His
new Bengali films are Buddhuram Dhol Duniya Gol and the science
fiction Jole Jongole with White Mischief while the long
delayed Hason Raja has been resumed and Chakraborty is paired
opposite Raima Sen.
After
the success of the Bengali competitive dance reality show Dance
Bangla Dance, Mithun Chakraborty developed the concept of Dance India
Dance, an Indian dance competition show that airs on Zee TV in the
India, produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's
largest dance-based reality show. The contestants get a chance to
perform before a panel of judges composed of Terrence Lewis, Remo
D'Souza and Geeta Kapoor. The selection of the season's Top 18 live
show finalists are overseen by head judge Mithun Chakraborty. The
show has won several Television Awards for Most Popular Dance Reality
Show. Chakraborty is also the Grand Master for Dance India Dance
Li'l Masters as well as the host of the reality show titled Dadagiri
Unlimited on Zee Bangla channel. He replaced Sourav Ganguly as the
host of the show. Chakraborty hosted the Bengali version of Bigg Boss
and Rannaghore Rockstar on ETV Bangla.
Mithunda
joined as Member of Parliament after he was nominated to be the
candidate for the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament elections by the
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee for her All India
Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal Rajya Sabha Assembly Polls
which were held on February 7, 2014.
Chakraborty
was the ambassador of Panasonic electronics for India, back in late
1980s. Now he is the face of GoDaddy, an internet domain
registrar and web-hosting company He was also the face of Channel 10,
a unit of Bengal Media Pvt. Ltd. owned by Saradha Media Group and
he later said "Saradha didn't pay my dues" as its branch
Saradha Chit Fund collapsed. Chakraborty is also the face of
Manappuram Gold Loan for West Bengal state.
Mithun Chakraborty's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :
- Amar Deep- 1979
- Ashanti - 1982
- Disco Dancer - 1982
- Aar Paar- 1985
- Nasihat- 1986
- Dushman- 1990
- Classic Dance of Love - 2005
- Om Shanti Om - 2007.
Great and real Reel actor.dance fight commedy tragedy all in one He is real Star of the 100 years of bollywood .other actors some cannot dance cannot fight cannot tragedy .So in short Mithun chakrborty Only Legeand
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