Mithun Chakraborty | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 3 April 2014 – 29 December 2016[1] | |
Constituency | West Bengal |
Personal details | |
Born | Gouranga Chakraborty[2] 16 June 1950 Calcutta, West Bengal, India[3] |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2021–present)[4] |
Other political affiliations | CPI (M–L) (student days) TMC (2014–2016) |
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Children | 4, including Mahakshay and Ushmey Chakraborty |
Relatives | See Chakraborty family |
Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Awards | Padma Bhushan (2024) |
Years active | 1976–present |
Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament.[5][6] He is the recipient of three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. In January 2024, Chakraborty was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India.[7][8] He is the record holder in the Limca Book of Records for 19 movie releases as lead actor in the year 1989, and the record is still unbroken in Bollywood.[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[21] also the Chairperson of Film Studios Setting & Allied Mazdoor Union, which protects the welfare of cinema workers and resolves their demands and problems.[22][23][24][25] The television show Dance India Dance where Chakraborty was the Grand Master has already been 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]
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