Mithun Chakraborty’s journey to stardom was not an easy road.
Mithun Chakraborty recounted an incident when he came across a girl who abandoned during his tough times.
In a recent appearance on the reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, the seasoned Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty shared a heartfelt moment with a contestant who was feeling down. Recalling his own past, Mithun disclosed a poignant story from his early days in showbiz when he faced heartbreak as a young, struggling actor due to the departure of his beloved.
Recalling on the past, Mithun remarked, “Aise he hua tha mere saath. Ishq kar baitha tha, pagal hogaya tha. Phir ek din wohi hua, ladki chod ke chali gayi. Phir samay badla. Main star se superstar phir maha super star bangaya. (I fell in love and had gone completely mad. But one day she left me. Then times changed, I became a star, then a superstar and then an even bigger superstar).”
He went on to say, “Toh aisa he ek kissa hua ki main ek din (aero)plane mai saphar kar raha tha aur woh ladki bhi saphar kar rahi thi. Lekin woh mujhse nazar chura rahi thi. Main utha aur gaya, maine pucha ‘nazar kyu nahi mila rahi?’ (I was travelling in an aeroplane and that girl was also in the same plane. She did not look at me. So I got up and went up to her and asked why she was not looking at me.) She turned her face. I thought she was feeling guilty. To ease her, I told her ‘what you did at that time was right’.”
After hearing his words, the girl visibly relaxed, as Mithun explained to her that her choice to not continue a relationship with someone going through a rough phase was justified. Surprisingly, upon absorbing his words, the girl began to cry, as noted by Mithun.
She expressed, “I think I have made a mistake. At that time I shouldn’t have done that to you.” Mithun replied saying, “Shayad tum nahi karti toh yeh legend nahi ban pata (Maybe if you hadn’t done that, I would not have been able to become this legend).”
A three-time recipient of the National Film Awards, Mithun’s recent Bollywood venture was the controversial film “The Kashmir Files” directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Since 2022, he has predominantly focused on Bengali cinema, with his most recent role in Suman Ghosh’s “Kabuliwala” (2023).
