Mithun Chakraborty is best remembered for his role as Jimmy in the 1982 all-time-blockbuster movie Disco Dancer, which was a superhit in India and also in many other countries, especially the Soviet Union and Russia. In Russia, Chakraborty and Raj Kapoor are the most popular Indian actors.
DID YOU KNOW…
- The title character of the comic book Jimmy Zhingchak is a parody of Mithun Chakraborty.
- The 2010 film Golmaal 3 also parodies Chakraborty’s film career as a dancing star.
- Chakraborty made his Bollywood debut with Mrinal Sen’s National Award winning film Mrigayaa (1976), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor.