Mithun Chakraborty will be awarded the ‘Dada Saheb Phalke Award’ this year. Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnav has shared this information on Twitter i.e. X. The actor will be given this award during the 70th National Film Awards ceremony.
He tweeted on social media and wrote that veteran actor Mithun Da is being honored with this prestigious award for his remarkable cinematic journey and amazing contribution to Indian cinema.
Award for his outstanding contribution to cinema
He wrote, ‘Mithun Da’s amazing cinematic journey inspires generations! I am proud to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Selection Jury has decided to award the great actor Mithun Chakraborty ji for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.’
The honour will be given at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony
Let us tell you that this honor will be given to him at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony on October 8, 2024. Mithun Chakraborty has worked in more than 350 films in his career so far. He has worked in many films in different languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Punjabi films.
From where did Mithun Da’s luck shine
However, Mithun’s films did not do well in the initial phase of his career. It is said that despite his hard work, he was sad seeing the pace of his career and director Babbar Subhash asked him – what happened? On this, the actor told him that he is working so hard in his work but he is not getting the position for which he is working so hard. After this, B. Subhash offered Mithun ‘Disco Dancer’ and from here his luck changed so much that he never looked back.
The film released in 1982 had earned more than 100 crores
This film, released in 1982, crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office worldwide, which was a big deal for the films of that time.
Started his career with the 1976 film ‘Mrigya’
Let us also tell you here that he started his acting career with the 1976 film ‘Mrigya’. Mithun has worked in many excellent films till now like ‘Disco Dancer’, ‘Pyaar Jhukta Nahi’, ‘Swarg Se Sundar’, Hum Paanch’, ‘Sahas’, ‘Vardaat’, ‘Boxer’, ‘Pyaari Behna’, ‘Prem Pratigya’, ‘Mujrim’ and ‘Agneepath’, ‘The Tashkent Files’ as well as the recently released ‘The Kashmir Files’.
Mithun has received 3 National Awards and one Padma Bhushan
Mithun was considered one of the highest paid actors from the 1980s to the early 90s. Mithun is the only actor who received the National Award for Best Actor for his debut film. Apart from this, he was very popular among the audience for dancing in disco and desi fusion style. Apart from this, he received his third National Award for ‘Tahader Katha’ in the year 1993 and his third National Award for the film ‘Swami Vivekananda’ in the year 1996. Apart from this, he has also been honored with the Padma Bhushan award in April 2024.
