When Mithun Chakraborty shook Amitabh Bachchan’s reign!

The era of single-screen ‘King’ Mithun Chakraborty, when every movie was housefull and even Amitabh Bachchan looked pale!

That era of the 80s

Remember the days when Mithun Chakraborty was called the ‘King’ of single screen theatres? Yes, you heard it right!

When Amitabh Bachchan was the ‘Shahenshah‘ of Bollywood, there was another star who challenged Big B’s reign. He was our ‘Disco Dancer’ Mithun Da!

There was no such thing as ‘no show’!

Vishek Chauhan, owner of Bihar’s oldest theatre, Rupbani Cinema, recently revealed in a podcast that Mithun’s films always released with 100% audience.

He said, “Mithun used to give us two films in a month. If it was his film, we knew the week would go well.” Wow, what a thing!

Hero of small towns

Mithun’s charm was worth watching in tier 2 and tier 3 cities!

Between 1985 and 1990, he gave so many hit films that people started considering him better than Amitabh.

When Bollywood was moving towards ‘elite’ cinema, Mithun made films for the common people. That is why he was close to everyone’s heart!

The magic of the ‘Ooty model’

Do you know Mithun had developed a unique business model? It was called the ‘Ooty model’.

Low budget, small team and tight schedule! Most of his films were shot in Ooty, where the entire crew stayed in his own hotel, Monarch.

Even theater owners used to go to Ooty to finalize the deal!

Hard work pays off

In the early days, many filmmakers told Mithun, “You will never be able to become a hero.” But what happened?

He got a National Award for his very first film! And then? He started charging Rs 1 lakh for a day’s shooting, which was a huge amount at that time!

Still Active

Mithun Da is still very active at this age. His film “Shriman vs Shrimati”

was released in May 2025, and now he will be seen in Vivek Agnihotri’s film “The Bengal Files: Right to Life”, which will be released on September 5, 2025.

Who says it is necessary to be born in a royal family to create a kingdom?

Mithun created his own empire with his hard work and talent. Indeed, he is the real ‘Dancing King’ of Bollywood!