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My Take
Mithun Chakraborty fascinates me because he refuses to fit a single box. He won India's National Film Award for Best Actor early in his career, spent decades as a dancing mass entertainer, then circled back to acclaimed character work and a Padma Bhushan in 2024. Over 350 films across half a dozen languages is not just stamina; it is a philosophy of showing up. Add a parliamentary career, and you get a man treating reinvention as routine. I admire performers who outlive every trend cycle, and Mithun has outlived several. The nickname Mahaguru feels less like flattery and more like an accurate job description.
Overview
Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) 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" (Bengali for "The Great Teacher"), he is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Name (Japanese)
- ミトゥン・チャクラボルティー
- Reading
- みとぅん・ちゃくらぼるてぃー
- Born
- June 16, 1950 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Kolkata, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / politician / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Calcutta
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Banga Bibhushan
- 1977 National Film Award for Best Actor
- 1996 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2024 Padma Bhushan
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithun%20Chakraborty
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.