Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Mithun: Why actor once said he does 'three kinds of films'
- Avijit Ghosh
- TIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Oct 2, 2024, 17:08 IST IST
Mithun Chakraborty will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award later this year. A peep show into his fascinating rise to stardom
Extracts from Avijit Ghosh’s book, When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala: The Many Lives Of 1980s Bombay Cinema)
Mithun Chakraborty wasn’t just a hero; he was an idea whose time had come. He was the star who emerged when theatres were facing a video piracy crisis and the gentry had abandoned them. The new cinema demographics needed a new star that the non-gentry cinema goers, who were in a larger majority than ever before, needed to root for. Mithun was their most representative idol.
Mithun Chakraborty wasn’t just a hero; he was an idea whose time had come. He was the star who emerged when theatres were facing a video piracy crisis and the gentry had abandoned them. The new cinema demographics needed a new star that the non-gentry cinema goers, who were in a larger majority than ever before, needed to root for. Mithun was their most representative idol.