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'''Mithun's Dream Factory''' is an Indian film studio based in [[Ooty]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}} | '''Mithun's Dream Factory''' is an Indian film studio based in [[Ooty]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}} [[Mithun Chakraborty]] left the [[Mumbai]] based film industry in the early 1990s as he shifted his base to [[Ooty]] to concentrate on his hotel business. He set up the hotel Monarch in Ooty<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to The Monarch Group of Hotels|work=mithunhotels|url=http://www.mithunhotels.com/contact.php|accessdate=29 June 2011|archive-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001832/http://www.mithunhotels.com/contact.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mithun's Monarch comes to Siliguri - An Ooty link |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mithun-s-monarch-comes-to-siliguri-an-ooty-link-for-trade-hub/cid/364632 |access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref> and chose to act only in films which were shot at Ooty and nearby locales. This strategy paid off as the film crew could stay in his hotel, the Monarch,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?208876|title=The Big Buck Opera's Three-penny Star|publisher=Outlookindia|date=2000-02-14|accessdate=2010-10-30|archive-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028183216/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?208876|url-status=live}}</ref> for discounted rates, and complete the film in a single schedule.{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}} | ||
[[ | Chakraborty's limited budget movies soon started flowing, as every month saw a Chakraborty release. These movies were profitable, but were often ignored by critics and were categorized as [[B movies]] ([[Low-budget film|low-budget]] films).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-07 |title=From the archives: Mithun Chakraborty, the B-grade king of Bollywood |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/from-the-archives-mithun-chakraborty-the-b-grade-king-of-bollywood-1776673-2021-03-07 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He paid more tax than anyone else in the [[Bollywood]] film industry in the country between 1995 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bollywood's highest tax payer @ Rs 13 cr|work=indianexpress|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=57634|accessdate=28 Sep 2014|date=2 Nov 2005|archive-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224164619/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=57634|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Man, Monarch, Messiah|work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/feb12/cover.htm|access-date=18 Nov 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | ||
Chakraborty also holds the record of appearing in the highest number of Hindi films as hero (over 250 films).<ref name="Mithunforever">{{cite news|title=Mithun Chakraborty: What makes him so special|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Mithun-Chakraborty-What-makes-him-so-special/photostory/52764630.cms|author=Ruchi Kaushal|date=15 June 2016|accessdate=23 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023110412/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Mithun-Chakraborty-What-makes-him-so-special/photostory/52764630.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Chakraborty also holds the record of appearing in the highest number of Hindi films as hero (over 250 films).<ref name="Mithunforever">{{cite news|title=Mithun Chakraborty: What makes him so special|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Mithun-Chakraborty-What-makes-him-so-special/photostory/52764630.cms|author=Ruchi Kaushal|date=15 June 2016|accessdate=23 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | |||
==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
{{Category see also|Mithun's Dream Factory films}} | {{Category see also|Mithun's Dream Factory films}} | ||
{{flatlist| | {{flatlist|;1993 | ||
;1993 | |||
: ''[[Aadmi (1993 film)|Aadmi]]'' | : ''[[Aadmi (1993 film)|Aadmi]]'' | ||
: ''[[Dalaal]]'' | : ''[[Dalaal]]'' | ||
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: ''[[Krishan Avtaar]]'' | : ''[[Krishan Avtaar]]'' | ||
: ''[[Meherbaan]]'' | : ''[[Meherbaan]]'' | ||
: ''Pardesi'' | : ''[[Pardesi (1993 film)|Pardesi]]'' | ||
;1994 | ;1994 | ||
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: ''[[Ahankaar (1995 film)|Ahankaar]]'' | : ''[[Ahankaar (1995 film)|Ahankaar]]'' | ||
: ''[[Ab Insaf Hoga]]'' | : ''[[Ab Insaf Hoga]]'' | ||
: ''[[Gunehgar (1995 film)|Gunehgar]]'' | : ''[[Gunehgar (1995 film)|Gunehgar]]'' | ||
: ''[[The Don (1995 film)|The Don]]'' | : ''[[The Don (1995 film)|The Don]]'' | ||
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: ''[[Kaalia (1997 film)|Kaalia]]'' | : ''[[Kaalia (1997 film)|Kaalia]]'' | ||
: ''[[Daadagiri]]'' | : ''[[Daadagiri]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Suraj'' | ||
: ''[[Jeevan Yudh]]'' | : ''[[Jeevan Yudh]]'' | ||
: ''[[Jeevan Yudh|Jiban Yuddha]]'' | : ''[[Jeevan Yudh|Jiban Yuddha]]'' | ||
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; 1998 | ; 1998 | ||
: ''[[Sher-E-Hindustan]]'' | : ''[[Sher-E-Hindustan (1998 film)|Sher-E-Hindustan]]'' | ||
: ''[[Saazish (1998 film)|Saazish]]'' | : ''[[Saazish (1998 film)|Saazish]]'' | ||
: ''[[Military Raaj]]'' | : ''[[Military Raaj]]'' | ||
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: ''[[Hatyara (1998 film)|Hatyara]]'' | : ''[[Hatyara (1998 film)|Hatyara]]'' | ||
: ''[[Ustadon Ke Ustad (1998 film)|Ustadon Ke Ustad]]'' | : ''[[Ustadon Ke Ustad (1998 film)|Ustadon Ke Ustad]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Hitler'' | ||
: ''[[Devta (1998 film)|Devta]]'' | : ''[[Devta (1998 film)|Devta]]'' | ||
: ''[[Mard (1998 film)|Mard]]'' | : ''[[Mard (1998 film)|Mard]]'' | ||
: ''[[Hatyara (1998 film)|Hatyara]]'' | : ''[[Hatyara (1998 film)|Hatyara]]'' | ||
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: ''[[Heeralal Pannalal (1999 film)|Heeralal Pannalal]]'' | : ''[[Heeralal Pannalal (1999 film)|Heeralal Pannalal]]'' | ||
: ''[[Sikandar Sadak Ka (1999 film)|Sikandar Sadak Ka]]'' | : ''[[Sikandar Sadak Ka (1999 film)|Sikandar Sadak Ka]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Kahani Kismat Ki'' | ||
: ''[[Ganga Ki Kasam (1999 film)|Ganga Ki Kasam]]'' | : ''[[Ganga Ki Kasam (1999 film)|Ganga Ki Kasam]]'' | ||
: ''[[Maa Kasam (1999 film)|Maa Kasam]]'' | : ''[[Maa Kasam (1999 film)|Maa Kasam]]'' | ||
: ''[[Sautela]]'' | : ''[[Sautela]]'' | ||
: ''[[Sanyasi Mera Naam]]'' | : ''[[Sanyasi Mera Naam]]'' | ||
: ''[[Benaam (1999 film)|Benaam]]'' | : ''[[Benaam (1999 film)|Benaam]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Aaya Toofan'' | ||
: ''[[Aaag Hi Aag]]'' | : ''[[Aaag Hi Aag]]'' | ||
: ''[[Shera (1999 film)|Shera]]'' | : ''[[Shera (1999 film)|Shera]]'' | ||
: ''[[Phool Aur Aag]]'' | : ''[[Phool Aur Aag]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Tabaahi-The Destroyer'' | ||
: ''[[Dada ( | : ''[[Dada (1999 film)|Dada]]'' | ||
; 2000 | ; 2000 | ||
: '' | : ''Qurbaniyaan'' | ||
: ''[[Sultaan (2000 Hindi film)|Sultaan]]'' | : ''[[Sultaan (2000 Hindi film)|Sultaan]]'' | ||
: ''[[Jwalamukhi (2000 film)|Jwalamukhi]]'' | : ''[[Jwalamukhi (2000 film)|Jwalamukhi]]'' | ||
: ''[[Billa No. 786]]'' | : ''[[Billa No. 786]]'' | ||
: ''[[Aaj Ka Ravan]]'' | : ''[[Aaj Ka Ravan]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Kaali Topi Laal Rumaal'' | ||
: ''Sabse Bada Beiman'' | |||
: '' | |||
: ''[[Justice Chowdhary (2000 film)|Justice Chowdhary]]'' | : ''[[Justice Chowdhary (2000 film)|Justice Chowdhary]]'' | ||
: ''[[Agniputra]]'' | : ''[[Agniputra]]'' | ||
;2001 | ;2001 | ||
: '' | : ''Bhairav'' | ||
: '' | : ''Bengal Tiger'' | ||
: ''[[Meri Pyaari Bahania Banegi Dulhania]]'' | : ''[[Meri Pyaari Bahania Banegi Dulhania]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Arjun Devaa'' | ||
: '' | : ''Meri Adalat'' | ||
: ''[[Khatron Ke Khiladi (2001 film)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' | : ''[[Khatron Ke Khiladi (2001 film)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' | ||
: ''[[Baghaawat – Ek Jung]]'' | : ''[[Baghaawat – Ek Jung]]'' | ||
: ''[[Zahreela]]'' | |||
;2002 | ;2002 | ||
: ''[[Marshal (film)|Marshal]]'' | : ''[[Marshal (2002 film)|Marshal]]'' | ||
: ''[[Mawali No.1 (2002 film)|Mawali No.1]]'' | : ''[[Mawali No.1 (2002 film)|Mawali No.1]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Bangali Babu'' | ||
: '' | : ''Qaidi'' | ||
: '' | : ''Sabse Badkar Hum'' | ||
: '' | : ''Gautam Govinda'' | ||
: '' | : ''Meri Partigya'' | ||
;2003 | ;2003 | ||
: '' | : ''Chaalbaaz'' | ||
: ''[[Guru (2003 film)|Guru]]'' | : ''[[Guru (2003 film)|Guru]]'' | ||
: ''[[Santrash]]'' | : ''[[Santrash]]'' | ||
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;2004 | ;2004 | ||
: ''[[Barood (2004 Bengali film)|Barood]]'' | : ''[[Barood (2004 Bengali film)|Barood]]'' | ||
;2005 | ;2005 | ||
: ''[[Devdoot (1995 film)|Devdoot]]'' | : ''[[Devdoot (1995 film)|Devdoot]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Arjun Rickshawala'' | ||
: '' | : ''Qatal-E-Aam'' | ||
: ''[[Chita (2005 film)|Chita]]'' | : ''[[Chita (2005 film)|Chita]]'' | ||
: '' | : ''Shaktimaan'' | ||
: ''Dada'' | : ''Dada'' | ||
;2006 | ;2006 | ||
: '' | : ''Insaaf Ki Jung'' | ||
: '' | : ''Hungama'' | ||
;2008 | ;2008 | ||
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;2009 | ;2009 | ||
: ''[[Dushmani (film)|Dushmani]]'' | : ''[[Dushmani (film)|Dushmani]]''}} | ||
}} | |||
==Snippets== | ==Snippets== | ||
[[Anupama Chopra]] wrote an article for [[India Today]] in which Chakraborty is referred as "The [[B movies]] ([[Low-budget film|low-budget]]) King".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/09031998/cinema.html|title=The B-Grade King|publisher=India Today|date=1998-03-09|accessdate=2010-10-20|archive-date=13 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013130401/http://india-today.com/itoday/09031998/cinema.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anupamachopra.com/media/pdf/Mithun_Chakraborty_The_B_Grade_King.pdf|title=The B-Grade King - Anupama Chopra|publisher=anupamachopra|date=1996-03-01|accessdate=2012-12-30|archive-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606023903/http://www.anupamachopra.com/media/pdf/Mithun_Chakraborty_The_B_Grade_King.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> ''SCREEN Weekly'' carried a cover story calling him "Mithun - The Miracle Man", both covering the Ooty-based film production phenomenon.<ref>{{cite journal|title=...And the Mithun Chakraborty dream factory rolls on..|journal=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|date=27 March 1998}}</ref> ''Outlook Magazine'' mentioned the same.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?237467|title=Acidwash Adonis|publisher=Outlookindia|date=1998-05-19|accessdate=2010-10-30|archive-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028235009/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?237467|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Filmfare]] Magazine'' in May 1998 published the same phenomenon under the title "Believe it or not... The unusually - safe suthri story of Mithun Chakraborty". Rediff addressed Chakraborty as "That indefatigable Movie Machine".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/mar/16sh.htm|title=That indefatigable movie machine|publisher=Rediff On The NeT|date=1999-03-16|accessdate=2011-05-16|archive-date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026020944/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/mar/16sh.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Director [[T L V Prasad]] made more than 25 Chakraborty films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlvprasad.net/limcarecord.htm|title=Limca Record|website=www.tlvprasad.net|accessdate=2010-10-30|archive-date=29 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729222958/http://tlvprasad.net/limcarecord.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:37, 24 August 2025
Mithun's Dream Factory is an Indian film studio based in Ooty.[citation needed] Mithun Chakraborty left the Mumbai based film industry in the early 1990s as he shifted his base to Ooty to concentrate on his hotel business. He set up the hotel Monarch in Ooty[1][2] and chose to act only in films which were shot at Ooty and nearby locales. This strategy paid off as the film crew could stay in his hotel, the Monarch,[3] for discounted rates, and complete the film in a single schedule.[citation needed]
Chakraborty's limited budget movies soon started flowing, as every month saw a Chakraborty release. These movies were profitable, but were often ignored by critics and were categorized as B movies (low-budget films).[4] He paid more tax than anyone else in the Bollywood film industry in the country between 1995 and 1999.[5][6]
Chakraborty also holds the record of appearing in the highest number of Hindi films as hero (over 250 films).[7]
Selected filmography[edit | edit source]
- 1995
- Ravan Raaj: A True Story
- Zakhmi Sipahi
- Nishana
- Jallaad
- Ahankaar
- Ab Insaf Hoga
- Gunehgar
- The Don
- Bhagya Debata
- Diya Aur Toofan
- 1997
- Shapath
- Jodidar
- Loha
- Kaalia
- Daadagiri
- Suraj
- Jeevan Yudh
- Jiban Yuddha
- Krantikari
- 1998
- Sher-E-Hindustan
- Saazish
- Military Raaj
- Chandaal
- Hatyara
- Ustadon Ke Ustad
- Hitler
- Devta
- Mard
- Hatyara
- Do Numbri
- Yamraaj
- Pyasi Aatma
- Himmatwala
- Gunda
- Mafia Raaj
- 1999
- Heeralal Pannalal
- Sikandar Sadak Ka
- Kahani Kismat Ki
- Ganga Ki Kasam
- Maa Kasam
- Sautela
- Sanyasi Mera Naam
- Benaam
- Aaya Toofan
- Aaag Hi Aag
- Shera
- Phool Aur Aag
- Tabaahi-The Destroyer
- Dada
- 2000
- Qurbaniyaan
- Sultaan
- Jwalamukhi
- Billa No. 786
- Aaj Ka Ravan
- Kaali Topi Laal Rumaal
- Sabse Bada Beiman
- Justice Chowdhary
- Agniputra
- 2001
- Bhairav
- Bengal Tiger
- Meri Pyaari Bahania Banegi Dulhania
- Arjun Devaa
- Meri Adalat
- Khatron Ke Khiladi
- Baghaawat – Ek Jung
- Zahreela
- 2002
- Marshal
- Mawali No.1
- Bangali Babu
- Qaidi
- Sabse Badkar Hum
- Gautam Govinda
- Meri Partigya
- 2004
- Barood
- 2006
- Insaaf Ki Jung
- Hungama
- 2008
- Aaj Ka Boss
- 2009
- Dushmani
Snippets[edit | edit source]
Anupama Chopra wrote an article for India Today in which Chakraborty is referred as "The B movies (low-budget) King".[8][9] SCREEN Weekly carried a cover story calling him "Mithun - The Miracle Man", both covering the Ooty-based film production phenomenon.[10] Outlook Magazine mentioned the same.[11] Filmfare Magazine in May 1998 published the same phenomenon under the title "Believe it or not... The unusually - safe suthri story of Mithun Chakraborty". Rediff addressed Chakraborty as "That indefatigable Movie Machine".[12]
Director T L V Prasad made more than 25 Chakraborty films.[13]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Welcome to The Monarch Group of Hotels". mithunhotels. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ↑ "Mithun's Monarch comes to Siliguri - An Ooty link". Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "The Big Buck Opera's Three-penny Star". Outlookindia. 14 February 2000. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ "From the archives: Mithun Chakraborty, the B-grade king of Bollywood". India Today. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Bollywood's highest tax payer @ Rs 13 cr". indianexpress. 2 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "Man, Monarch, Messiah". Screen. Retrieved 18 November 2010.[dead link]
- ↑ Ruchi Kaushal (15 June 2016). "Mithun Chakraborty: What makes him so special". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "The B-Grade King". India Today. 9 March 1998. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ↑ "The B-Grade King - Anupama Chopra" (PDF). anupamachopra. 1 March 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "...And the Mithun Chakraborty dream factory rolls on.". Screen. 27 March 1998.
- ↑ "Acidwash Adonis". Outlookindia. 19 May 1998. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ "That indefatigable movie machine". Rediff On The NeT. 16 March 1999. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ "Limca Record". www.tlvprasad.net. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.