MUMBAI: Mithun Chakraborty is one of the most popular and loved veteran stars of Bollywood who has given a number of hit films to the industry. He still has a crazy fan following. However, there was a point when he felt lonely. Read to know why.
The actor says that at the peak of his career, he found himself grappling with the reality that fame not only brought legions of fans but also crushing loneliness. "I had never imagined that I would become a superstar. But, 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. It was lonely because everybody thought I was beyond their reach, I was unattainable," the actor told PTI.
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Further, he added, “"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.”
The veteran star started his acting journey with filmmaker Mrinal Sen's National Award winning 1976 drama Mrigayaa. It was the 1979 spy thriller Surakshaa that laid the grounds for his stardom in the 80s with blockbusters like Disco Dancer, Dance Dance, Pyar Jhukta Nahin, and Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki to name a few.
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CREDIT: HINDUSTAN TIMES
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