Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty still holds the record of having 19 films release in a single year. In a recent interview, his younger son Namashi Chakraborty , who will soon be seen with his father and sister-in-law Madalsa Sharma in Vivek Agnihotri ’s upcoming film The Bengal Files , was asked if he ever questioned his father about that phase of his career.
Speaking with RVCJ, Namashi explained that it was simply a different time in the industry. “That was an era where stars would not have time. Today stars only have time because films are not made the way they used to. Independent producers used to be there, anybody could approach a star and make a film. In today’s times everybody is either in a corporate or an agency. Stars had the freedom to do whatever they wanted. In 1993, I remember my father, Govinda and Rahul Roy had gotten a letter by CINTAA that they can’t do beyond 40 films, and my father had 41 films on floor. In which I think 35 he was the hero.”
Growing up with a workaholic father
Namashi admitted that while he was not surprised by his father’s workload, it meant that he rarely got to spend time with him as a child. “Honestly I am not surprised by the numbers because I didn’t have any time with my father growing up. I got to know the nature of my dad when I was 10 years old. Because he used to leave for a shoot in the morning and I was sleeping by the time he came back. So I had no clue who he is. I have seen him work hard for decades and he is still at it. Watch him in Bengal Files, what a performance he has given.”