Kolkata. It has been announced to give the film industry’s highest Dadasaheb Phalke Award to famous cinema actor Mithun Chakraborty. Mithun Chakraborty looked overwhelmed after the announcement of him being given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Speaking to the media, he said that he had no words to react to the announcement of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Mithun Chakraborty said that I can neither laugh nor shed tears of happiness. He said that he dedicates the Dadasaheb Phalke Award to his family and fans around the world.
#WATCH Kolkata: On being announced to be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty says “I don’t have words. Neither I can laugh nor cry. This is such a big thing… I could not have imagined this. I am extremely happy. I dedicate this… pic.twitter.com/tZCtwLSyxV
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Mithun Chakraborty started his film career with Mrinal Sen’s film ‘Mrigaya’. In this film he played the role of a tribal youth. For which Mithun Chakraborty also received the National Film Award for Best Actor. He did it in many Bollywood films. He created such a stir with the film ‘Disco Dancer’ that this film and its songs are discussed even today. Apart from Bengali and Hindi, Mithun Chakraborty has also done films in Tamil language. Mithun Chakraborty worked in 350 films in his career and most of them were superhits.
Mithun Chakraborty has also entered politics for the last few years. He campaigned in favor of BJP during the West Bengal Assembly elections in the year 2021. Even during the Lok Sabha elections held this year, Mithun Chakraborty took up the responsibility of campaigning for BJP in Bengal. Despite being very old, Mithun Chakraborty remains active. He is counted among the fit actors of Bollywood. Mithun Chakraborty’s wife’s name is Yogita Bali. Yogita Bali was earlier the wife of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar. The name of Mithun Chakraborty’s son, who received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, is Mimoh.