It is hard to find top gems of a living legend, who has featured and graced more than 300 films. Mithun Chakraborty is not an actor but a veteran who proved looks are not the only thing that matter in the tinsel town of Bollywood. Achieving every milestone of his career, Mithun is an inspiration for a million people dreaming to be a big star one day. The excellence of the actor is distributed among a variety of genres but most of them belong to commercial movies. From action to comic timing, the actor has every weapon in his arsenal. Here we bring you the top 10 most tremendous of the living legend, Mithun Chakraborty.
1. Mrigayaa: Set in the 30s, Mrigayaa captures Mithun playing a tribal who is hailed as one of the finest hunters of all time, even the Britishers considered him as a great hunter. His life turns upside down after he was sent to gallows after he’s found guilty of killing the moneylender, who took his wife away from him.
2. Surakksha: Suraksha is that one movie that made Mithun a star in the true sense. Playing the role of a CBI agent, Mithun is called by the name of Gunmaster G9 in the movie. During his service time, he gets assigned a job of busting out a criminal organization called SSO. The movie was criticized for taking out movies from Sean Connery’s James Bond and Bruce lee’s movies.
3. Disco Dancer: Disco Dancer is the tale of revenge. In the movie, Mithun is seen playing the role of Anil who later turns into Jimmy. After leaving Mumbai, Anil was approached by the manager of an arrogant musician, P.N. Oberoi, David Brown. As a bet with Oberoi, Brown makes Jimmy aka Anil, a star bigger than him.
4. Agneepath: There is no denying that Agneepath is all and all of Amitabh Bachchan’s movie but Mithun made a space for himself in the movie with his performance as Krishnan Iyer (M.A.). Krishnan Iyer saves Vijay in the hospital during his recovery period and later falls in love with his sister after being her bodyguard.
5. Wardat: Wardat was one of the first sequels ever attempted in Bollywood. Ranjeeta was replaced by Kajal Kiran and Kalpana Iyer and Shakti Kapoor played a villain named...Shakti Kapoor. The film was way ahead of its times when it came to plot possibilities. It had genetically modified locusts wreaking havoc on Indian crops, as well as citizens.
6. Taarana: Tarana is one of the highest-grossing movies of its time. In the movie, Mithun is can be seen romancing with considered to be his best pair Ranjeeta. It's a musical love story of star-crossed lovers and contains some lovely songs like Sultana sultana mera naam hai sultana, sung by Usha Mangeshkar, and Gunche lage hain kehne, Meri dilruba tujhko aana padega, both sung by Shailendra Singh.
7. Pyaar Jhukta Nahi: It was a remake of the Shashi Kapoor starrer Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) and followed the rich girl meets poor boy pattern. Preeti (Padmini Kolhapure) is a rich girl who falls in love with photographer Ajay (Mithun Chakraborty) who belongs to the middle class. Her father (Danny Denzongpa) doesn’t like him and sows misunderstanding among them even after marriage.
8. Boxer: For this one, Mithun slipped into the shoes of Rocky. It is the story of a thief who hustles hard and becomes a great boxer for his father, who was once a great boxer by himself. The movie showed Mithun as a real boxer and all the fighting scenes in the movie seemed genuine and intense.
9. Jallaad: Mithun enacts a double role in the film. He plays the main villain Amavas and the villain's righteous son Shakti who is a police inspector. The film’s multi-layered plot touched on touches on politics, childhood abandonment, and revenge. The film shows the moral downfall of a man, who, corrupted by the greed of power and riches, keeps making one compromise after another till he’s beyond redemption.
10. Swami Vivekanand: Mithun Chakraborty played saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in the film. Mithun’s realistic portrayal of Ramakrishna was widely appreciated and he won his third National Film Award for the film. Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was Vivekananda’s spiritual guru. Mithun looked and behaved like an ascetic in the film.
