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Mithun Chakraborty

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Mithun Chakraborty (Bengali: মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী Miṭhun Chôkroborti, Hindi: मिथुन चक्रवर्ती) (born Gouranga Chakraborty June 15, 1950) is a National Film Award-winning Indian film actor as well as social activist. Chakraborty made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. In his heyday during the 1980s, he had earned a huge fan following as a dancing star, and went on to establish himself as one of the most popular and leading actors of India in the 80s, particularly recognised for his role of street dancer Jimmy in the 1982 hit, Disco Dancer.
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