Mithun in a scene from the film.
In the 70s and 80s, the film industry boasted of superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna and Rajesh Khanna. On the one hand, they were dominant and on the other hand, during this time, an actor entered Bollywood, who surprised everyone with his first film. Even after years, the stardom of this actor is still alive, just like it used to be during that period. On the basis of his acting, this actor was called a superstar not only in India but also in Russia. It is worth noting that this actor does not have successful films in his name like Amitabh and Dharmendra. This actor remains a superstar even after giving many flop films.
Mithun gave 47 disaster films
The career of some stars starts with flop films and later they become Bollywood superstars by giving hit films, but do you know that everything happened the opposite with this star of the 80-90s. Worked in many films one after the other, from C-grade to B-grade and then with the help of Zeenat Aman, he became the hero of A-grade films and soon became the choice of filmmakers. Still, only selected hit films are recorded in the name of this actor. He is the only Bollywood star who has given 180 flop films in his 47 years of career and has never watched nearly 200 of his films. He is none other than Mithun Chakraborty. Of the 180 flop films in the actor’s career, 47 proved to be disasters.
How to become a superstar even after flopping
So many flops and still a superstar, how? This question is natural. The reason he became a superstar is that Mithun Chakraborty has worked in 50 hits along with 180 flops, which is the fourth highest figure for any actor. Mithun once held the record for most consecutive flops in the 1990s, when 33 consecutive films flopped between 1993-98. Currently, he has done many films for which critics appreciated him a lot. Even though the films were flops, no one could ever question his acting. Even though the selection of scripts was poor, his art and skill always showed improvement.
Received three national awards
Mithun Chakraborty had said, ‘I have done more than 370 films, out of which I have not seen about 200 films till date. Of these, 100 films also completed Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee and many films ran on screen for two years, but even in those 200 films, I worked with full honesty and hard work. Let us tell you, the actor has three National Awards in his name. He received his first National Award in 1976. This was for his debut film ‘Mrigya’. After this he also received the National Award in 1993 and 1996. He got this only and only for his unmatched performance.
suffered the brunt of poverty
Today Mithun Chakraborty may be worth crores, but there was a time when he did not even have money for food. He faced bad times before coming into films. Mithun had to spend many nights on the footpath. Even after coming into films, Javeen was full of ups and downs. Today, after overcoming all the difficulties, Mithun Chakraborty is winning the highest award of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke. This year he was also awarded Padma Bhushan.
