Mithun Chakraborty: Difference between revisions

Chakraborty was born  in Kolkata, India , on 16 June 1950 to Basanta Kumar Chakraborty and Shanti Rani Chakraborty.<ref name="rajya">{{cite web |title=Members Page |url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/Main.aspx |website=Rajya Sabha Secretariat |access-date=4 July 2020|quote=The website generates a random link for all members making it difficult to check the source next time. So it can be navigated to using this link "https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx"}}</ref><ref name="Realname">{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/real-name-of/article/what-is-mithun-chakrabortys-real-name/226669 | title=What is Mithun Chakraborty's real name? | publisher=Times Now | date=11 May 2018 | access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="prs">{{cite web |title=Mithun Chakraborty |url=http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/mithunchakraborty |website=[[PRS Legislative Research]] |access-date=4 July 2020 |language=en |date=25 October 2016}}</ref> He studied at [[Oriental Seminary]] and then earned his [[B.Sc.]] degree<ref name="rajya"/> in [[Chemistry]] from [[Scottish Church College]] in Kolkata. After that, he attended and graduated from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]], [[Pune]].<ref name="actormithunda" /> He was a [[Naxalite]] before entering films, but tragedy struck his family when his only brother was electrocuted and killed in a freak accident.<ref name="actormithunda" /><ref name="Mithunforever"/> He returned to his family and left the Naxalite fold, even though this posed a grave risk to his own life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filmstar Mithun Chakraborty attends Pranab Mukherjee's swearing in |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20120210398&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=247357 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208124434/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20120210398&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=247357 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2013 |publisher=movies.ndtv.com |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> During his days as a Naxalite, he became friends with Ravi Ranjan, a popular Naxal figure, known to his friends as "Bhaa" (the ultimate saviour). Bhaa was known for his manipulational skills and oratory abilities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmstar Mithun reveals ties with Bhaa during his Naxal days |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/i-still-get-jitters-before-my-first-shot-mithun_108135.html |publisher=Zee News |date=23 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref>

Chakraborty joined as a Member of Parliament<ref>{{cite news|title=Coming up: MP Mithun - Mamata picks actor for Rajya Sabha|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140119/jsp/frontpage/story_17840475.jsp#.V_Tb5eV95dg|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]|access-date=5 October 2016|date=19 January 2014}}</ref> after he was nominated for the [[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament]] elections by the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Mamata Banerjee]] for her [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (TMC) in the [[West Bengal]] Rajya Sabha Assembly Polls which were held on 7 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mamata-banerjee-nominates-mithun-chakraborty-for-rajya-sabha-seat/articleshow/29003870.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Mamata Banerjee nominates Mithun Chakraborty for Rajya Sabha seat | date=19 January 2014}}</ref> On 26 December 2016, he resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/national/mithun-chakraborty-resigns-from-rajya-sabha-dgtl-1.538223|title=রাজ্যসভা থেকে ইস্তফা দিলেন তৃণমূল সাংসদ মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী|first=নিজস্ব|last=সংবাদদাতা|website=anandabazar.com}}</ref> Chakraborty joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) on 7 March 2021 in the presence of Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and [[Kailash Vijayvargiya]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/mithun-chakraborty-participates-in-pm-narendra-modis-brigade-rally-in-west-bengal/article34011299.ece|title=Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP ahead of PM Modi's rally in Kolkata|access-date=7 March 2021|work=The Hindu|agency=Press Trust Of India|date=7 March 2021|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref name="BJP">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Deepshikha |title="I'm A Pure Cobra": What Actor Mithun Chakraborty Said After Joining BJP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/west-bengal-election-2021-what-actor-mithun-chakraborty-said-after-joining-bjp-im-a-pure-cobra-2385516 |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=NDTV |date=7 March 2021}}</ref>