Actor
Mithun
Chakraborty
turned
a
year
older
today
(June
16,
2021).
Unlike
many
B-town
stars,
Mithun's
debut
film
was
every
bit
iconic,
as
he
won
the
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Actor.
The
film
was
none
other
than
Mrinal
Sen's
Mrigayaa
(1976).
While
the
nation
knows
him
as
the
'Disco
Dancer'
of
the
film
industry,
did
you
know
that
he
was
a
die-hard
fan
of
Elvis
Presley?
In
1987,
while
speaking
to
Stardust,
Mithun
had
revealed
that
since
childhood
he
followed
Elvis
Presley
and
had
watched
all
his
films.
In
the
same
interview,
when
Mithun's
stardom
was
compared
to
Amitabh
Bachchan's,
the
actor
had
humbly
denied
to
react
to
such
comparisons,
and
said
that
he
doesn't
believe
in
big
talks.
He
had
said,
"Ye
toh
aap
log
hi
bata
sakte
hain.
Main
kuch
bhi
nahi
bolna
chahta.
Main
badi
baat
nahi
karta
hoon
(Only
you
people
(media)
could
tell.
I
don't
want
to
say
anything.
I
don't
speak
pompously).
It's
known
to
all
that
Mithun
has
given
many
blockbusters
in
his
career
and
was
loved
immensely
by
his
fans,
but
did
you
know
the
actor
believed
in
luck
a
lot?
When
he
was
asked
what's
the
reason
behind
his
popularity,
he
had
said,
"naseeb
chalta
hai
yahan
(fate
works
in
the
industry)".
Even
though
we
agree
partly
with
his
statement,
we
do
believe
that
it
was
his
sheer
hard
work
that
made
him
one
of
the
most
eminent
personalities
in
the
film
industry.
How
could
one
forget
about
the
rage
that
he
brought
in
the
industry
with
his
1982
film
Disco
Dancer.
When
the
film
had
hit
the
theatres,
nation's
youth
started
imitating
Mithun
Da.
In
a
career
spanning
over
four
decades,
Mithun
Chakraborty
appeared
in
more
than
350
films
across
Hindi,
Bengali,
Odia,
Bhojpuri,
Telugu
and
Punjabi.
Apart
from
films,
he
was
also
a
part
of
popular
dance
show
Dance
India
Dance,
where
he
judged
the
show
as
grandmaster.