Veteran actor-politician took to his social media handle and congratulated his ‘Humse Na Takrana’ co-star Mithun Chakraborty for Dadasaheb Phalke Award and praised him for his contribution to the cinema. ADVERTISEMENT In a conversation with IANS, the 'Kaala Patthar' actor said, "I felt very good, and someone said that getting the Dada Sahab Phalke Award is neither a coincidence nor an experiment. In fact, in the right sense, it is a gift from God that Mithun Da got the Dada Sahab Phalke Award, this is the biggest award in the cinema industry and what I say about Mithun, I respect him a lot, he is very close.
His family, all his family members, he is also a friend, a family friend that's why I can say that I have known him for many years.” “I know him, we have been students of FTII, and he was a junior to us, but I would like to say that despite being a junior, his first film came out, I think it was Mrigya, a film made by Mrinal Sen ji and he did a very good job in it. Looking at that film, it could have been said that the future of this film is very bright, Mithun will do very well and it was also shown that when he came with a good director, he came with a very good director, he came with a fun director, so he did very well but in the rest of the films, he has left his mark to some extent.
His fan following, his fans who were his fans, they kept saying Mithun Da, Mithun Da, Mithun Da.” "In that regard, the award that has been given today, I think the last award th.
