Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty biography, wiki, age, date of birth, height, movies, affairs, wife, family, education, net worth, religion, caste & more
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Name | Mithun Chakraborty |
Real Name | Gouranga Chakraborty |
Nickname | Mithunda Disco King |
Profession | Indian actor and politician |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, 2021-Present) All India Trinamool Congress (TMC, 2014-16) |
Positions Held | Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha, 2014-16) |
Years Active | 1976-Present |
Date of Birth | June 16, 1950 |
Age (In 2024) | 74 Years 5 Month(s) 18 Days |
Birth Place | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Religion | Hinduism |
Caste | Brahmin |
Mother Tongue | Bengali |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Height | in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in feet inches- 6ft |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Family and Marriage Details | |
Marital Status | Married |
Wife/Spouse | Yogeeta Bali (1979-Present) Helena Luke (1979, Divorced) |
Girlfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Sridevi Kim Yashpal Mamata Shankar |
Children | |
Son(s) | Mahaakshay Chakraborty Namashi Chakraborty Ushmey Chakraborty |
Daughter(s) | Dishani Chakraborty |
Parents | |
Father | Basantokumar Chakraborty |
Mother | Santirani Chakraborty |
Sibling(s) | |
Sister(s) | Kalyani Banerjee Jayanti Chatterjee Hashi Chakraborty |
Brother(s) | Late Somnath Chakraborty |
Other Relative(s) | |
Nephew(s) | Daebuu Banerjee (actor) Sidhartha Chatterjee |
Niece(s) | Debarti Quiien Banerjee (executive producer) Srishti Somnath Chakraborty Misti Chatterjee |
Brother-in-law(s) | Pijus Banerjee Kamal Chatterjee |
Daughter-in-law(s) | Madalasa Sharma (Actress) |
Education Details | |
School | The Oriental Seminary, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
College | Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Film and Television Institute of India, Pune |
Educational Qualification | Graduate |
Filmography | |
Debut Movie | Mrigayaa (1976) |
Famous Movies | Bhootiyapa (TBA) The Kashmir Files (2021) Hason Raja (Bengali, 2021) 12 'O' Clock (2021) The Tashkent Files (2019) Genius (2018) Golmaal (2017) Entertainment (2014) Kick (2014) Khiladi 786 (2012) OMG – Oh My God! (2012) Housefull 2 (2012) Golmaal 3 (2010) Veer (2010) Yuvvraaj (2008) Guru (2007) MLA Fatakeshto (Bengali, 2006) Lucky: No Time for Love (2005) Titli (Bengali, 2002) Gunda (1998) Yamraaj (1998) Swami Vivekananda (1998) Gudia (1997) Shapath (1997) Jallaad (1995) Tahader Katha (Bengali, 1992) Agneepath (1990) Prem Pratigyaa (1989) Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988) Bees Saal Baad (1988) Dance Dance (1987) Ghulami (1985) Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985) Disco Dancer (1982) Swami Dada (1982) Shaukeen (1982) Hum Paanch (1980) Kasturi (1980) The Naxalites (1980) Mrigayaa (1976) |
TV Show(s) | Hunarbaaz: Desh Ki Shaan (Judge, 2022) Dance Dance Junior (Host, 2021) The Drama Company (Host, 2017-18) Bigg Boss Bangla (Host, 2013) Dadagiri Unlimited (Host, 2010) Dance India Dance (Grandmaster, 2009-18) Dance Bangla Dance (Grandmaster, 2009-15) |
Music Video(s) | Mile Sur Mera Tumhara (1988) |
Award(s)/Title(s) | |
Best Supporting Actor for "Swami Vivekananda" at National Film Awards, 1996 Best Performance in a Negative Role for "Jallaad" at Filmfare Awards, 1996 Best Actor for "Tahader Katha" at National Film Awards, 1993 Best Supporting Actor for "Agneepath" at Filmfare Awards, 1991 Best Actor for "Mrigayaa" at National Film Awards, 1977 | |
twitter.com/mithunda_off (39k followers) | |
facebook.com/mithunchakrabortyofficial (14k followers) | |
instagram.com/mithunchakrabortyofficial/ (28k followers) | |
Other Details | |
Net Worth (Approx) | INR 150 Crores |
Family Picture | |
Mithun Chakraborty is an indian actor and politician who worked mainly in hindi and bengali movies. He has appeared in more than 350 films and starred in a leading roles in more than 250 films. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards and three National Film Awards. | |
Mithun Chakraborty was born as Gouranga Chakraborty on June 16, 1950 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India to Basantokumar Chakraborty and Santirani Chakraborty. He has 1 brother and 3 sisters. | |
He was a Naxalite before entering films, but he left the naxalism and returned to his family when his only brother Somnath Chakraborty was electrocuted and killed in an accident. During his days as a naxalite, he was friends with Ravi Ranjan, a popular Naxal figure. | |
Kalyani Banerjee is Mithun's younger sister. She is married to Pijus Banerjee. Kalyani and Pijus have a son named Daebuu Banerjee who made his acting debut with Tum Jo Mile (2010). | |
His youngest sister never married and took sanyas in 1984. | |
Mithun did his schooling from The Oriental Seminary, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and later did B.Sc. Chemistry from Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. After that, he graduated from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. | |
He passed out from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in the year 1974. His batch-mates were Rama Vij, Ranjeeta Kaur, Vijayendra Ghatge and Mala Jaggi. | |
Mithun made his acting debut with the art film Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. | |
In 1982, he shot to superstardom with Disco Dancer opposite Kim Yashpal. The movie was a box-office success not only in india but in the Soviet Union also. | |
In 1989, Mithun entered in the Limca Book of Records by starred in record 19 films in a leading role. This record is still unbroken. | |
In 1991, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Krishnan Iyer M.A. in the film Agneepath starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. | |
He won three National Film Awards. Best Actor for "Mrigayaa" in 1977, Best Actor for "Tahader Katha" in 1993 and Best Supporting Actor for "Vivekananda" in 1994. | |
Mithun was in a relationship with Mamata Shankar, his co star from his first film Mrigayaa (1976). | |
Mithun got married to actress Helena Luke in 1979, but they filed for a divorce after 4 months of marriage. | |
After that, he got married to actress Yogeeta Bali in 1979. Mithun and Yogeeta have four children: three sons (Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Ushmey Chakraborty and Namashi Chakraborty) and an adopted daughter Dishani Chakraborty. | |
In 1995, Mithun started his own music company named "Pinky Industries" named after the nickname of his wife Yogeeta Bali. The first film which released under the company's label was a Bengali film titled Bhagya Vidhaata. | |
In 2010, Guinea-Bissau issued a postal stamp in Mithun Chakraborty's honour. | |
Mithun Chakraborty was elected as Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament on February 7, 2014 from All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). He resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP on December 26, 2016 | |
He joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 7, 2021 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kailash Vijayvargiya. | |
Rani Mukerji fondly call him Mama Chakraborty. Mithun consider her as daughter since rani’s aunt Debashree Roy have helped him a lot during his struggling days. |