Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty: Star of the People

Kaveree Bamzai

A gatecrasher from Kolkata bags the top prize in Indian cinema

Mithun Chakraborty: A Hero’s Welcome

Kaveree Bamzai

Former Naxalite, king of B-grade films and hotel magnate Mithun Chakraborty has traversed the political spectrum to finally land a breakout role

The Tashkent Files Movie Review

Ajit Duara

A cloud of misinformation and disinformation is suspended in the atmospherics of this movie. It is not a film worth seeing

The Poor Man’s Pop Star

Shaikh Ayaz

For years, Mithun Chakraborty has been a victim of elite prejudice—what multiplex goers call a ‘downmarket’ star. But the emergence of filmmakers from small-town India can change that

After his book on Disco Dancer described Mithun Chakraborty’s acting the ‘worst ever’ in Hindi cinema, Anuvab Pal got a letter from a certain Mimoh. Who took revenge in a way that can only be called ingenious