Mithun Chakraborty

Acting

Born 1950-06-16 Kolkata, West Bengal, India 322 credits Padma Bhushan 1 Banga Bibhushan 1 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1 National Film Award for Best Actor 1

Awards

Won 1 Padma Bhushan Award

Padma Bhushan 1 won

2024 Padma Bhushan Won

Banga Bibhushan 1 won

2013 Banga Bibhushan Won

National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1 won

1996 Best Supporting Actor Won Swami Vivekananda

National Film Award for Best Actor 1 won

1993 Best Actor Won Tahader Katha

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Gourang Chakraborty (born 16 June 1950), better known by his stage name Mithun Chakraborty (informally referred to as Mithun Da), is an Indian film actor, singer, producer, writer, social worker, entrepreneur, television presenter and a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards and three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the art house drama Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. Mithun Chakraborty is a three-time National Film Award-winning Indian film actor, social activist and entrepreneur. Mithun Chakraborty made his acting debut starring alongside Bollywood actress Safya Hanif with the arthouse drama Mrigaya (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. 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 movie Disco Dancer. Chakraborty has appeared in about 250 Hindi films, as well as a number of Bengali, Oriya and Bhojpuri pictures. He owns the Monarch Group, which has interests in the hospitality sector. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mithun Chakraborty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.