Mithun Chakraborty

Not to be confused with Mithu Chakrabarty.

Mithun Chakraborty
Chakraborty in 2024
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2014 – 29 December 2016[1]
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born
Gouranga Chakraborty[2]

(1950-06-16) 16 June 1950 (age 74)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India[3]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2021–present)[4]
Other political
affiliations		Trinamool Congress (2014–2016)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (student days)
Spouses
  • Helena Luke
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1979; div. 1979)​
  • ​
    (m. 1979)​
Children4, including Mahakshay and Ushmey
RelativesSee Chakraborty family
Residence(s)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Actor
  • producer
  • entrepreneur
  • television presenter
  • politician
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2024)
Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2024)
Years active1976–present
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Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly works in Hindi and Bengali cinema. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament.[5][6] He is the recipient of three National Film Awards and Four Filmfare Awards. In January 2024, Chakraborty was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour by the Government of India.[7][8] He was also awarded India's highest accolade in the field of cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2022, whose announcement came from the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in September 2024.[9]

Chakraborty made his acting debut with the art house drama Mrigayaa (1976), directed by Mrinal Sen, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor.[10] Chakraborty gained greater fame with the 1982 film Disco Dancer, which was a major box office success in India and the Soviet Union.[11] Besides Disco Dancer, Chakraborty also gained recognition for many other performances as both a lead and character artist.[12][13][14][15] Chakraborty's performance in Agneepath won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1990.[16]

Chakraborty owns the Monarch Group, which has interests in the hospitality and educational sectors.[17][18] He also started the production house Paparatzy Productions.[19] In 1992, he, along with Dilip Kumar and Sunil Dutt, set up a trust to help needy actors called Cine & T.V Artistes Association (CINTAA).[20] He was also the Chairperson of Film Studios Setting & Allied Mazdoor Union, which protects the welfare of cinema workers and resolves their demands and problems.[21][22][23][24][25] The television show Dance India Dance, where Chakraborty was the Grand Master, also entered in the Limca Book of Records and the Guinness World Records.[26] Chakraborty played a crucial mediating role between Pranab Mukherjee of the Indian National Congress and Mamata Banerjee, winning Mukherjee the support of Banerjee's party, the All India Trinamool Congress, in the 2012 Indian presidential election.[27] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 7 March 2021, ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[4]

  1. ^ "RS Chairman accepts Mithun Chakraborty's resignation". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 29 December 2016.
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  5. ^ "Actor Mithun Chakraborty elected in Rajya Sabha elections". The Financial Express. 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty resigns from Rajya Sabha citing health reasons". The Indian Express. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Unsung among Padma awardees from Bengal". Hindustan Times. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty To Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's Highest Film Honour". NDTV. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Mithunda, Disco Dancer, is 67 Today". ndtv. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  11. ^ "On a disco high!". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Hindi films: As action movies flop in a row, Bollywood tries its luck with romantic flicks". 26 December 2013.
  13. ^ Adarsh, Taran (12 January 2007). "Guru". IndiaFM. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  14. ^ "Vivek Agnihotri to complete trilogy, announces The Delhi Files". Cinema Express. 13 September 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty: The Other Side of the Disco Dancer". 16 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Filmfare Awards (1990)". The Times of India.
  17. ^ TNN (19 September 2006). "Times of India article". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  18. ^ "International pre-school inaugurated". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  19. ^ "Enemmy Preview". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Shrivallabh Vyas: Paralysed and penurious". The Times of India. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  21. ^ "Why did Mithun Chakraborty resign as chairman of workers' union a year ago". mid-day. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  22. ^ "Kin of dead film worker get 12 lakh from firm". The Times of India. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  23. ^ "Mithun's Concern For Cine Workers". boxofficeindia.co.in. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  24. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty Eyes Concern For Cine Workers". boxofficeindia.co.in. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  25. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty Eyes Concern For Cine Workers". Yahoo!. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  26. ^ "Dance India Dance sets Guinness World Record". Hindustan Times. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  27. ^ Ruchi Kaushal (15 June 2016). "Mithun Chakraborty: What makes him so special". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2016.