Mithun Chakraborty is famously known for his larger-than-life roles & those B-grade films which he did in 90s

Few lesser known facts about him:-

1) Before joining the film industry Gouranga (his original name) was a Naxalite who quit because of an unfortunate demise of his brother.

2) He is a graduate of famous Film & Technical Institute of India, Pune & won a national award for his very debut film “Mrigaya” directed by Mrinal Sen. As of today he has 3 national awards under his belt for Mrigaya, Tahader Kotha & Swami Vivekananda (where he played Ramkhrishna).

3) He was the highest tax payer for 5 consecutive years from 1995 to 1999

4) He was a wrestler in his younger days winning the West Bengal State Wrestling Championship in the Junior Category in 1967

5) After Raj Kapoor he is the only actor to have a massive fan following in Russia.

6) In India some ardent fans calls him “prabhuji” & even built a temple. Though Mithunda doesn’t approve such insanity & stayed away from the temple.

7) He was briefly married to Sridevi during mid-80s.

8 )Being an ardent fan of Michael Jackson & Mohammed Ali he named his son “Mimoh”. He’s passionate fan, I must say!!

9) Taken from the iconic character “jimmy” from “disco dancer” there is a short comic book named “Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O” that later inspired to create the character of “Disco Fighter” in the quirky comedy Delhi Belly.

10) His so-bad-that’s-good “Gunda” has a cult following. Infact even some 6-7 years back Gunda was the only India film which had a rating of

11)Mithun Chakravarty had acted in two odia film sahara Jaluchi &  Ae Jugara Krushna Sudama>