Key facts
- Born
- 16 June 1950, Kolkata
- State of birth
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Sector
- Actors
- Profession
- Indian film actor
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian actor, film producer, entrepreneur and politician. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 350 films, mostly in Hindi and Bengali languages, and a few in Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Tamil, Kannada, and Punjabi. Referred to as "Mahaguru", he is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. In January 2024, Chakraborty was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour by the Government of India. He was also awarded India's highest accolade in the field of cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2022, whose announcement came from the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in September 2024.
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Timeline
- 1950Born in Kolkata
- 1977Awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor
- 1996Awarded the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2013Awarded the Banga Bibhushan
- 2014Becomes member of Rajya Sabha
- 2024Awarded the Padma Bhushan
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- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Doniyor Sharipov, Dilbar Rahmonova and others