mithun chakraborty
Bollywood’s disco dancer Mithun Chakraborty is one of those actors in the industry who has received the National Award for Best Actor for his very first film. Today, Mithun Dada, born on 16 June 1950, is celebrating his 74th birthday. The veteran actor of Hindi cinema and former Rajya Sabha member is always in the limelight for his personal and professional life. He started his career in the film industry with Mrinal Sen’s film ‘Mrigaya’ released in 1976, for which he also received his first National Film Award. In his film career, Mithun Chakraborty has played strong characters ranging from dreaded villain to romantic hero.
Mithun Dada has become famous as a villain
Mithun Chakraborty has worked in more than 350 films in his career, which people still like to watch. However, the path to success of veteran actor Mithun was full of struggles. Before achieving this stardom, he has even slept on an empty stomach on the streets of Mumbai. Mithun Chakraborty reached the heights of stardom after ‘Disco Dancer’ released in 1982. Playing the character of Jimmy, Mithun won the hearts of the audience with his brilliant dance moves and great screen presence. This film made a place in the hearts of the audience and he became famous in Bollywood as Disco Dancer. He became famous in every household with this film, but do you know that there is one film of Mithun Chakraborty in which he played the villain and this film earned a lot at the box office at that time.
This film made on a low budget had a bumper collection
Mithun Chakraborty has made many films superhit as an action and romantic hero, but he won the hearts of the audience by playing a dreaded villain in the 1995 film ‘Jallad’. Mithun played a double role in this film and he also won the Filmfare Award for his villainous role. After this film, Mithun started getting offers for villain roles as well. This film created a sensation by making a tremendous collection at the box office. Let us tell you that in the year 1995, this film was at number 11 in terms of earnings. Made on a low budget, the film ‘Jallad’ created a blast at the box office by doing a business of Rs 6.61 crore at that time.
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