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Mithun Chakraborty’s 70th Birthday Today: Know some Interesting Facts about him

Disco dancer Mithun Chakraborty turns 70. Born on June 16, 1950, in Kolkata, Mithun's real name is Gouranga Chakraborty. However, he never used this name in films.

Aastha Bhatia

Disco dancer Mithun Chakraborty turns 70. Born on June 16, 1950, in Kolkata, Mithun's real name is Gouranga Chakraborty. However, he never used this name in films. Mithun is one of those Bollywood personalities who neither had any film background nor any godfather in the industry, but still, he has made a different identity in the film industry with his hard work.

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Very few people know that Mithun, is a chemistry graduate, was close to the Naxalite ideology before appearing in films. Under family pressure, he distanced himself from Naxalism and turned to Bollywood. Mithun started his filmy career with the 1976 film 'Mrigayaa'. He was awarded the National Award for Best Actor for his strong performance in this film. After this Mithun gave many hit films.

He was a successful actor hence his name was associated with co-stars Ranjeeta, Yogeeta Bali, Sarika, and others, but his affair with Sridevi was the most talked about. Mithun-Sridevi shared the screen for the first time in the 1984 film 'Jaag Utha Insan'. With the shooting of this film, the news of their affair started coming. Mithun Chakraborty himself had confessed in an interview that he had secretly married Sridevi.

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The marriage was broken in 1988

Mithun-Sridevi's secret marriage lasted only 3 years. The two separated in 1988. Actually, when Mithun's wife Yogeeta Bali came to know about this marriage, according to the reports, she had tried to commit suicide, due to which Mithun had to retreat and leave Sridevi and return to his wife and children.

After breaking up with Mithun, Sridevi married film producer Boney Kapoor in 1996. After this, she became the mother of two daughters Janhvi and Khushi.

Mithun has worked in more than 350 films

Till now he has acted in more than 350 films and is still active in Bollywood. They have done the crime, Avinash, trap, disco dancer, corruption, home is a temple, the keeper of the country, who is more than us, the gift of feet, we are the age, boxer, betting, swearing, love does not bow down, charisma is of nature, He has worked in films like Swarga Se Sundar. His most difficult time was between 1993 and 1998. When his films were continuously flopping. During this, 33 of their films flopped together. Despite this, his stardom was so overshadowed by the directors that he had signed 12 films even then.

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