Mithun Chakraborty (
Miṭhun Chôkroborti,
Hindi: मिथुन चक्रवर्ती; born
Gouranga Chakraborty on 16 June 1950) is a
National Film Award-winning
Indian film actor,
social activist and entrepreneur. Chakraborty made his acting debut with the
arthouse drama
Mrigaya (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. 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.
Altogether Chakraborty has appeared in more than 350 Bollywood films as well as a number of
Bengali,
Oriya and
Bhojpuri films. Mithun also owns the
Monarch Group which has interests in the hospitality sector.
[Times of India article]
Biography
Personal life
He was born in Kolkata and educated at the renowned
Scottish Church College in Kolkata, from where he earned his graduate degree in chemistry (
BSc). After that he attended and graduated from the
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
