Mithun Chakraborty: The Unmatched Record Holder of Superhit Films in Bollywood
A Legendary Career Spanning 350 Films and an Unbreakable Legacy
Bollywood veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty will be honored with this year's most prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The Government of India has announced this today. He will be given this honor for his contribution to the Indian film industry. Mithun Chakraborty is a great actor who has set such a record in the field of acting that no one has been able to break.
Mithun Chakraborty started his acting career with the film 'Mrigayaa' after a lot of struggle. But despite working for many years after this film, he did not get the success he was waiting for. Then his luck changed with his film 'Disco Dancer' in the year 1982. Mithun, who has been working in the industry for years, has not been able to break his record till now even Shahrukh Khan and Salman.
A powerful actor in Hindi cinema who struggled for a long time to try his luck in the world of acting. Then in the year 1982, he worked in a film that became the first film to earn a hundred crores. That actor is none other than Bollywood veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty. In his career, he has worked in about 350 films. Apart from this, a surprising thing is that he also has a record in his name which even stars like Salman and Shahrukh Khan have not been able to break till now.
Mithun, one of the actors who has played a long innings in Bollywood, is still active on the silver screen. Mithun is not only a great actor, but he is also a skilled businessman. He has a huge hotel business. He has the biggest hotel in Ooty. Mithun Chakraborty has accumulated a total wealth of 347 crores from films, business and other work. But, Mithun Chakraborty, who is now playing with crores, has seen a lot of struggle in the beginning of his career. During his days of struggle, he has also spent nights on the footpaths of Mumbai.
In the 80s, when Mithun was in the initial phase of his career, his films were not doing well on the big screen. Once he was shooting for his film Taqdeer Ke Badshah and was sitting sad on the set, then Director Babbar Subhash came to him and asked what happened. Mithun said that he is working very hard in his career but nothing is coming out, he is not getting the position for which he is working hard. He has lost hope in this life. Then B.Ed. Subhash offered Mithun the film 'Disco Dancer'. After this film, Mithun's luck shone so much that he became a superstar overnight.
In Bollywood, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan are such actors whose films hit the ticket window just by their names. Even today, there must be many such films in their career that would have done business of more than 100 crores. But even these three stars in the industry would not have given the industry's first film to earn 100 crores. But Mithun is such an actor who gave the industry the first film 'Disco Dancer' which did a business of hundred crores. No one has been able to break his record to date.
Let us tell you that Mithun started his acting career with the film Mrigyaa which came in the year 1976. In his career till now, he has done hundreds of films but at one time he had to work in B-grade films like the classic Dance of Love.
In his acting career, Mithun Chakraborty has worked in many films like Mrigayaa, Disco Dancer, Hum Paanch, Suraksha, Sahas, Waradat, Boxer, Pyari Behna, Prem Pratigya, Mujrim and Agneepath, which created a sensation on the screen. Mithun Chakraborty tried his acting skills not only in Hindi but also in Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Punjabi films. Today Mithun is in everyone's hearts because of his work.