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Mithun Chakraborty responds on winning the Dadasaheb Phalke award; PM Modi praises him
The ingenious on-screen character and maker said, “Getting such a prestigious award cleared out me stunned… I do not know how to express it. I can’t cry; I can’t indeed grin. I am devoting this grant to my family and fans over the world.”
The ingenious on-screen character and maker said, “Accepting such a prestigious award cleared out me stunned… I do not know how to express it. I can’t cry; I can’t indeed grin. I am committing this grant to my family and fans over the world.”
When it was declared that he would get the Dadasaheb Phalke award, India’s most noteworthy award in cinema, Bollywood on-screen character and BJP pioneer Mithun Chakraborty devoted it to his family and fans, saying he “came from a contract path in Kolkata.”
Information and Broadcasting Serve Ashwini Vaishnaw declared on X that Mithun Chakraborty will be displayed with the grant at the 70th National Film Grants ceremony on October 8, 2024.
The ingenious on-screen character and maker said, “I am puzzled on getting such a prestigious grant… I do not know how to express it. I cannot make one or the other cry or grin. I devote this grant to my family and fans over the world.”
I am pleased that Shri Mithun Chakraborty ji has been respected with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award in acknowledgment of his unparalleled commitment to Indian cinema. He is a social symbol who has been respected for eras for his flexible acting. Congrats and best wishes to him.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on X to praise Chakraborty: “I am enchanted that Shri Mithun Chakraborty ji has been regarded with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Grant in acknowledgment of his unparalleled commitment to Indian cinema. He is a social symbol who has been appreciated for eras for his flexible acting. Congrats and best wishes to him.” West Bengal BJP unit pioneers moreover saluted Chakraborty.
BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday said on X, “Congrats, Mithun Chakraborty Da, for your uncommon cinematic travel! From the noteworthy Mrigayaa to the notorious Disco Artist, your unparalleled commitment to Indian cinema has cleared out a permanent mark.” He also expressed gratitude toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “recognising his talent.”.
Leader of Resistance in the state get together Suvendu Adhikari moreover said on the eve, “Hearty congrats to ingenious on-screen character Shri Mithun Chakraborty on being conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Grant. It is a due acknowledgment of your five-decade-long travel in Indian cinema and outstanding arrangement of flexible exhibitions that have not, as it were, engaged Indian gatherings of people but moreover flabbergasted those over the world.”
Leaders of the administering TMC moreover saluted Chakraborty. TMC pioneer Kunal Ghosh said, “Congratulations to Dadasaheb Phalke Mithun Chakraborty. Fair one ask, don’t disregard the letter composed by Pranab Mukhopadhyay to deliver you the Padma Shri and moreover that Mamata Banerjee has sent you to the Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, Mithun Chakraborty had won the National Film Award for Best On-screen Character three times. He acted in hundreds of movies in Hindi and Bengali.
West Bengal has a long list of film identities who have gotten this award, counting names like Bengali filmmaker and author of Unused Theaters Calcutta, Birendranath Sarkar, who won the grant in 1970. Pankaj Mullick, who was an on-screen character, composer, and artist in the Bengali film industry, got the award in 1972, taken after by Bengali movies performing artist and executive Dhirendranath Ganguly in 1975.
