Mithun Chakraborty

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 threetime National Film Awardwinning 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia