Mimoh may be a new face in Bollywood, but the actor's ties with the industry are decades long. He
has something in common with Fardeen Khan, Hritik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sunny Deol,
Tussar Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt - all these are star sons. Mimoh is son of ‘Disco Dancer' star Mithun
Chakraborty, and is all set to make his debut in Bollywood with ‘He - The Only One'.
The mahurat of the film was recently held recently in Mumbai.
Call it the star-son advantage
or something else, some of the great personalities of the industry, including Salman Khan, Sanjay
Dutt, Ishaa Koppikar, Sohail Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Gulshan Grover and Shakti Kapoor, had come
to greet the yet-to-be star. Other Bollywood stars like Lara Dutta, Kelly Dorjee, Amisha Patel and
Vikram Bhatt arrived late at the party.
"Mimoh has amazing personality and his father is one of the best actors we have in the country.
Mimoh has got a nice face, amazing body and is very strong," said Salman Khan.
While congratulating Mimoh, Firoz Khan said, "I am proud of Mithun Chakraborty, because his son
has chosen this career. It's a very proud moment for Mithun also. I wish him all the very best in life.
He is a very good looking guy and will do well in films."
With his toned body and blonde streaks, Mimoh did look every bit a film star on the occasion. But
when asked about the film, he refused to say much.
"Actually, I am not allowed to speak anything about the film but in one line I can say that it's a
complete action film, very subdued romance, very nice comedy. It's a complete entertainer," Mimoh
said.
Mithun described Mimoh as a complete package and said that his son is better than him.
"Bollywood is about the survival of the fittest. Actors who perform good, stay in the industry and the
others gets eliminated. And as a father, I have tried my best to groom him but he has to fight his own
battle," he said.
Initially, Mimoh was supposed to be launched in his home-production, to be directed by Deepak
Sareen. But, later, it was decided to launch him in ‘He', a remake of the Telugu film ‘Athaanokkade'.
To prepare himself for Bollywood, Mimoh joined the west coast headquarters of the New York Film
Academy in Los Angeles and later Chennai's Rambo Rajkumar. Now, he is all set to take on the
stunts in the movies.
Directed by Dhanraj, ‘He' featurs Mimoh opposite former child-artiste Hansika Motwani. Produced by
G.V. Prasad, the music will be scored by the current sensation Himesh Reshammiya.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 16:10 IST