Mithun Chakraborty has his palms full with a number of initiatives in his kitty. The actor, who lately featured in Amazon Prime Video’s unique sequence Bestseller, is seen as one of many judges on Colors TV’s Hunarbaaz. He additionally has The Kashmir Files, a Vivek Agnihotri directorial, set for a theatrical launch on March 11 this yr. But this time is nothing as in comparison with the interval when Mithun Da, as he’s fondly referred to as, rose to fame as Disco Dancer and dominated 80s and 90s with innumerable initiatives.
However, remembering the time when he was “the hottest selling star of the country,” the veteran actor advised PTI, “When I did become the number one star of the country, I found that it was… Oh my God, an extremely lonely place. It is really, very, very lonely. You are all alone there.”
“They would say ‘Stay away from dada, he has become too big’. My friends would also be scared of me. It was a very weird atmosphere. I would wake up, go to shoot, come back and be lonely, while being the biggest star, the hottest selling star of the country. Main ek bohot akela aadmi ho gaya tha (I had become a very lonely man). But this is part of life too,” he added.
Talking about surviving within the trade for therefore many a long time, Mithun stated the secret is to maintain honing abilities and shifting with the occasions. He emphasised that having expertise and being a great human go hand-in-hand and are essential for survival within the movie trade. “There is not any survival with out expertise. Only your expertise can take you forward,” he said, adding, “Your superstardom will vanish in a heartbeat in case you are not a great individual. Karma will simply await the fitting time, nobody can escape that.”
Bestseller, which additionally starred Shruti Haasan, Gauahar Khan and Arjan Bajwa, marked Mithun’s debut within the OTT house. Talking about the identical, he stated, “I need to go together with the time, not swim towards the tide. If I believe I’m nonetheless a Disco Dancer, I’ll be silly. So I’ve to assume what sort of roles will go well with me now, and the one I can do effortlessly. If OTT is the present time, then I’ll should mould myself like that.”
With inputs from PTI
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
