Mithun Chakraborty, once involved with the Naxalites, overcame many challenges to receive Indian cinema's highest honor, the Dadasaheb Phalke award. His prolific career spans award-winning roles, ...

Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.

After the passing away of husband, Laxmi Kumar, a school teacher, lives a poor lifestyle along with her three sons, Sanjay, Vijay and Ajay, and daughter, Meena in their family home they call "House of ...