Mithun Chakraborty (1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films.
He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the
recipient of three National Film Awards for best actor.
Chakraborty made his acting debut with the art house drama Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. Chakraborty played Jimmy in the 1982 film Disco Dancer, which was commercially successful in India and the Soviet Union, the first film in India to gross Rs.100 crore.
Chakraborty joined as a Member of Parliament after he was nominated for the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament elections by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee for her All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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