New Delhi:
Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty will obtain this yr’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest movie honour given by the federal government. The three-time Nationwide Award winner devoted the award to those that have supported him all through his profession. Reacting to the massive information, the actor informed information company ANI, “I can solely say that I dedicate this award to my household and all my followers around the globe. The place I come from, from a blind alley in Kolkata, I by no means imagined {that a} boy from the footpath may obtain such a giant honour.”
He added, “I am actually dumbfounded. Belief me, I can neither smile nor cry from happiness as a result of a person from actually nowhere, a no person, has made it. This proves what I at all times inform my followers and those that aren’t financially robust: if I could make it, then you’ll be able to too.”
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced the information on X (previously Twitter). He wrote, “Mithun Da’s outstanding cinematic journey conjures up generations. Honoured to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Choice Jury has determined to award legendary actor, Sh. Mithun Chakraborty Ji for his iconic contribution to Indian Cinema. To be introduced on the seventieth Nationwide Movie Awards ceremony on Oct 8, 2024.” The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the nation’s highest movie honour and is given by the federal government.”
Mithun Da’s outstanding cinematic journey conjures up generations!
Honoured to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Choice Jury has determined to award legendary actor, Sh. Mithun Chakraborty Ji for his iconic contribution to Indian Cinema.
To be introduced on the seventieth Nationwide…
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) September 30, 2024
Earlier winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award embody Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Rekha, Asha Parekh and Rajinikanth.
Earlier this yr, Mithun Chakraborty was introduced because the recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honour.
Mithun Chakraborty was born in Calcutta and made his appearing debut within the 1976 movie Mrigayaa, a efficiency that earned him the Nationwide Movie Award for Finest Actor. Through the years, Mithun obtained two extra Nationwide Movie Awards for his roles in Tahader Katha (1992) and Swami Vivekananda (1998). Just lately, he appeared in The Kashmir Recordsdata, directed by Vivek Agnihotri. His son, Namashi Chakraborty, made his Bollywood debut within the movie Dangerous Boy.