Mithun Chakraborty was mocked and called ‘poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan
Mithun Chakraborty was mocked and called ‘poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan
Not many know that once Mithun Chakraborty was mocked for his skin color and called ‘poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan for his skin color. But the ‘poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan gave India’s first Rs 100 crore hit film.
Infact in Bollywood there are many popular stars and they have all done many movies. The entertainment industry has had some big superstars and some really amazing movies.
Ironically, some of these actors have been through trolling and mocked for their looks and called out for their skin colour and what not. Even as of today, all the actors pass through all of this and get trolled.
Markedly, Mithun Chakraborty was a rage in the 70s and 80s. But, he had to go through a lot of struggle and even had to sleep on the roads inan empty stomach.
The actor was also honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to cinema.
Mithun has put in a lot of hard work and earned what he has today. He fought through tough circumstances and made a niche for himself as an actor to reckon with and to generate a name for himself despite facing taunts and trolling from people.
At the time when superstars like Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna were ruling, he made his name shine
Who can ever forget his performance on the song Disco Dancer? Whenever this song plays, it is only Mithun Chakraborty whom we remember. There was a time when top actresses did not wish to work with him. He was called ‘Gareebon ka Amitabh Bachchan’.
When he landed in the industry, Amitabh was a big name and Rajesh Khanna was losing his stardom. He was one of the most loved stars in entertainment news.
But instead of competing with the biggies, he took a different path. Along with working in B grade movies, he also did small budget films. His life changed after he did Mrigaya and then he did movies like Suraksha, Pyaar Jhukta Nahi, Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki and more.
He won the National Film Awards thrice for his amazing work. He has also been honoured with Padma Bhushan. His film, Disco Dancer became the first film to reach Rs 100 crore at the box office. Mithun Chakraborty became the first actor to get Rs 100 crore film. After this people started calling him Indian James Bond and Bruce Lee.
Mithun Chakraborty
had once sold cigarettes when out of work, began acting with Naseeruddin Shah, Zeenat Aman, Amitabh Bachchan. The actor has left a incredible mark with his back-to-back performances.
News Edit KV Raman
