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Mithun Chakraborty born Gouranga Chakraborty on 16 June 1947, was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family.

He is a three-time National Film Award-winning iconic Indian film actor, social activist and entrepreneur.

Chakraborty was a staunch Naxalite before entering the film industry, but tragedy struck his family and he returned to the family fold

Debut

Chakraborty made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya (1976), directed by 1976 Mrinal Sen, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor.

Disco Dancer

In his heyday during the 1980s, he had earned a huge fan following as a dancing star and went on to establish himself as one of the most popular and leading actors of India, particularly recognised for his role of street dancer Jimmy in the 1982 cult hit, Disco Dancer.

He is the most popular Indian actor in Russia along with Raj Kapoor. Altogether, Chakraborty has appeared in more than 250 Bollywood films as well as a number of Bengali, Oriya and Bhojpuri films.

He also owns the Monarch Group which has interests in the hospitality sector.

Family Drama Man

He also starred in a number of successful romantic and family dramas during the 1980s, such as Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye (1983), Pyaar Jhukta Nahin (1985), Swarg Se Sunder (1986), and Pyaar Ka Mandir (1988).

These films remain his most commercially successful films to date.

Mithun, The Action Hero

He was widely recognised as an action hero in hit films like Wanted (1983), Boxer (1984), Jagir (1984), Jaal (1986), Watan Ke Rakhwale (1987) Commando (1988), Waqt Ki Awaaz (1988), Guru (1989), Mujrim (1989) and Dushman (1990).

During the mid 1980s he was regarded as a rival to Amitabh Bachchan as he did dozens of films in the action and drama genre that showcased him as an angry young man at odds with the ills of society and corruption.

His Heroines

He has worked with some of the biggest actresses of his time and Bollywood in general, like Zeenat Aman, Padmini Kolhapure, Rati Agnihotri, Rekha, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and more.

One Man Industry

In the mid '90s he took a break from Mumbai and relocated to Ooty where he set up his hotel business and literally became a 'One Man Industry' for a decade.

He starred over 80 plus films over 10 years as he shifted his focus from mainstream Hindi cinema and went into starring in low-budget B-grade movies.

Comeback!

He made a comeback to the mainstream Hindi film industry in 2005 with the film Elaan.

After a few supporting roles in films such as Lucky: No Time for Love (2005), he was acclaimed for his performance in Kalpana Lazmi's Chingari (2005).

In 2007 he starred in Mani Ratnam's hit film Guru for which he received much critical acclaim.

The Judge

Chakraborty is the Grand Judge of the show Dance India Dance and Dance Bangla Dance on Zee TV.

Personal Life

Mithun is married to Indian actress Yogita Bali and has four children, three sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Mimoh Chakraborty is an actor in Bollywood, who made his debut in the 2008 film Jimmy.

Numerous sources claim that Chakraborty had a relationship with actress Sridevi from 1986 to 1987, and that Sridevi ended the relationship when she found out that he had not divorced his first wife, Yogita Bali.

Major Awards

Mithun has won the 1977 - National Film Award for Best Actor for Mrigayaa; in 1993, the National Film Awards for Best Actor for Tahader Katha and in 1996, the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Swami Vivekananda.

Apart from that, he has won several Filmfare awards, Star Screen Awards, Stardust Awards, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and Anandalok Awards.