Happy Birthday to Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor, producer, writer, entrepreneur, and a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, born June 16, 1952, in Barisal, Bangladesh. Mithun started his acting career in a 1976 art film ‘Mrigaya’ and won a National Film Award for Best Actor. In the 1980s, he portrayed a street dancer in ‘Disco Dancer’ (1982) which was a hit worldwide and especially in Russia. He had a fanatical fan following.  He inspired many Hindi and Bengali film makers with his acting, dancing, and action roles. Mithun is an acting machine, having made over 350 plus movies in the last five decades, including Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Telugu, and Punjabi pictures. Some of the best are: ‘Ravikant Nagaich’ (1979), ‘Tahader Katha’ (1992), ‘Swami Vivekananda’ (1995), Agneepath (1991), ‘Jallaad’ (1996), and ‘Guru’ (2008). He is the owner of Monarch Group which serves the hospitality and educational sector. He is the creator and host of the extremely popular ‘Dance India Dance’ and ‘DID Li’l Masters’ television show.