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Mithun Chakraborty

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Who is Mithun Chakraborty?

A former Rajya Sabha member, Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian actor-turned-politician. In 2021, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) days ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls. 

Mithun Chakraborty's early life

Born as Gourango Chakraborty in Kolkata in 1950, he graduated with BSc in Chemistry from Scottish Church College and later attended the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
 

Films and accolades

Mithun Chakraborty has acted in over 350 films, including Bengali, Hindi, Odia, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Punjabi. Chakraborty made his debut with Mrinal Sen's Mrigayaa in 1976 for which he won a National Award. Later, he received two more of the same prestigious award in 1992 and 1998. 
 
Chakraborty holds a record for most released films in the year 1989 with 19 movies.
 
From 1976 to 1990, the actor was part of over 200 movies. In 1982, Chakraborty established himself as a dancing phenomenon with his most popular role in the movie Disco Dancer. Over the next decade, he again made over 100 movies.
 
In the television industry, he also developed the concept of dance competition with Dance India Dance, a show that airs on Zee TV, which became India's largest dance-based reality show.
 
Meanwhile, he paid more taxes than anyone else in India from 1995 to 1999, which proved him more of a businessman than a movie star.
 

Mithun Chakraborty's political journey

The 70-year-old actor joined politics and became an MP after he was nominated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2014. Though his term was till 2020, he left Rajya Sabha in 2016. According to Anandabazar Patrika news in 2016, he left the MP seat as his name was getting dragged into various chit fund scams, following which he started distancing from Banerjee's Trinamool Congress party.
 
On March 7, 2021, Chakraborty joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kailash Vijayvargiya at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
 
The West Bengal Assembly polls will be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29. Due to the election-related threat, the veteran actor has been accorded ''Y+'' VIP security cover by the central government.

Latest Updates on Mithun Chakraborty

Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday claimed that there will be unimaginable investment' in West Bengal if the BJP comes to power in the state

Updated On: 26 Nov 2022 | 9:47 PM IST

In 2022, the song composed by Bappi Lahiri and sung by Parvati Khan for the Mithun Chakraborty-starrer Disco Dancer has emerged as a tool for protest in China

Updated On: 01 Nov 2022 | 3:22 PM IST

Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty claimed that nearly 21 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs are in touch with him

Updated On: 25 Sep 2022 | 8:29 AM IST

Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who had joined the BJP ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls last year, on Wednesday claimed that 38 TMC MLAs are in touch with the saffron camp.

Updated On: 27 Jul 2022 | 5:41 PM IST

Earlier, Madya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura, Goa, and Uttarakhand governments had declared that 'The Kashmir Files' movie will be tax-free in their states

Updated On: 21 Mar 2022 | 11:51 AM IST

'Today, there is a need to create an atmosphere where we could bring back all those who had left their homes and not create a communal divide,' he said

Updated On: 18 Mar 2022 | 5:23 PM IST

'The Kashmir Files', which revolves around the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, had released in theatres on March 11

Updated On: 18 Mar 2022 | 5:11 PM IST

The film revolves around the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi in pivotal roles

Updated On: 12 Mar 2022 | 11:49 PM IST

The Calcutta High Court quashed a police case alleging that cine star Mithun Chakraborty's uttering dialogues from his films at a public meeting here had caused political violence in West Bengal

Updated On: 09 Dec 2021 | 9:16 PM IST

Kolkata Police asked actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty to appear before it on Monday, via video conference for questioning about his controversial speech during campaigning for Assembly polls

Updated On: 28 Jun 2021 | 6:47 AM IST

Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Kashipur-Belgachia area of North Kolkata

Updated On: 29 Apr 2021 | 8:28 AM IST

The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the saffron camp, in Behala area

Updated On: 08 Apr 2021 | 3:29 PM IST

Actor-turned-politician and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty campaigned for party candidate Locket Chatterjee who is contesting the Chunchura assembly seat in the ongoing West Bengal elections

Updated On: 02 Apr 2021 | 10:07 AM IST

The participation of film star Mithun Chakraborty in Modi's brigade parade ground rally on Sunday has generated interest among BJP supporters turning out for the mega event

Updated On: 07 Mar 2021 | 1:12 PM IST

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya met actor Mithun Chakraborty in Kolkata on Saturday amid speculations that he may be joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Brigade rally in Kolkata

Updated On: 07 Mar 2021 | 8:30 AM IST

Mithun had attended the Upper House for three days only

Updated On: 26 Dec 2016 | 6:08 PM IST