Mithun Chakraborty to be honoured by Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, who was awarded Padma Bhushan earlier this year, will be honoured by Dadasaheb Phalke Award. This prestigious award is the highest recognition in the field of cinema.

The announcement was made by Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw on social media platform X. "Mithun Da’s remarkable cinematic journey inspires generations! Honoured to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Selection Jury has decided to award legendary actor, Sh. Mithun Chakraborty Ji for his iconic contribution to Indian Cinema," the minister wrote in the post.

The award will be presented to Mithun Chakraborty at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony on October 8, 2024. The three-member jury, comprising former Dadasaheb awardee Asha Parekh, actor-politician Khushbu Sundar and filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah, selected Chakraborty for the prestigious honour.

Chakraborty’s son Namashi Chakraborty said that his father is very happy about the Dadasaheb Phalke Award announcement. "We all are feeling very proud. He is in Kolkata, I just spoke to him. He is a self-made superstar and a great citizen. This was long, long overdue but I am so proud that he is finally being awarded with this honour," Namashi told PTI.

Mithun Chakraborty has starred in several iconic and hit films like ‘Disco Dancer’, ‘Mrigayaa’ and ‘Dance Dance’. He made his acting debut with Mrinal Sen's 1976 film ‘Mrigayaa’, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor.

He shot to stardom with his distinctive dancing style in the 1982 superhit ‘Disco Dancer’, which is widely credited for ushering in the era of disco dancing in India through chartbusters like ‘I Am A Disco Dancer’ and ‘Yaad Aa Raha Hai’.

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