What is Mithun Chakraborty?
'''Mithun Chakraborty''' ({{Lang-bn|মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী}};born '''Gaurang Chakraborty''' June 16, [[1950]]) is an [[India|Indian]] film actor, [[Social work|social worker]], entrepreneur and politician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Entertainment Photos, Entertainment Pictures, News Photos - NDTV.com Photo Gallery|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/photos|access-date=2022-09-24|website=www.ndtv.com}}</ref> He was a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|member of Rajya Sabha]] from 2014 until his resignation on 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-26|title=Mithun Chakraborty resigns from Rajya Sabha citing health reasons|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mithun-chakraborty-resigns-from-rajya-sabha/|access-date=2022-09-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> [[File:Mithun 1987.jpg|thumb|Mithun Chakraborty]] Chakrborty made more than 350 Bollywood films. He also did many films in [[Bangla]], [[Odia language|Odia]] and Bhojpuri. Mithun is the owner of ''Monarch Group'', which is engaged in the hospitality sector. He became famous with the musical film ''Disco Dancer'' in 1982.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NXpDwAAQBAJ&dq=mithun+chakraborty&pg=PP140|title=Popular Cinema in Bengal: Genre, Stars, Public Cultures|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Madhuja|last2=Bakshi|first2=Kaustav|date=2020-06-09|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-44892-4|language=en}}</ref> Because of this film, and other musical films like; Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki , ''Dance Dance , Jeete hain Shan Se and Phool Aur Angaar ,'' he is known as an outstanding dancer.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=LIPKOV|first1=ALEXANDER|last2=Mathew|first2=Thomas J.|date=1994|title=India's Bollywood in Russia|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23003644|journal=India International Centre Quarterly|volume=21|issue=2/3|pages=185–194|jstor=23003644 |issn=0376-9771}}</ref> He was a member of [[Trinamool Congress|All India Trinamool Congress]] until 2016. He is now working with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=World|first=Republic|ti