Mithun's Dream Factory
Template:Mithun Chakraborty sidebar Mithun's Dream Factory is an Indian film studio based in Ootacamund.[citation needed]
Mithun Chakraborty left the Mumbai based film industry in the early 1990s as he shifted his base at Ooty to concentrate on his hotel business. He set up a hotel in Ooty [1] and chose to act only in films which were shot at Ooty and nearby locales. This strategy paid off as the film crew could stay in his hotel, the Monarch,[2] for discounted rates, and complete the film in a single schedule.
Chakraborty's limited budget movies soon started flowing, as every month saw a Chakraborty release. These movies were profitable, but were often ignored by critics and were categorized as B movies (low-budget films). He paid more tax than anyone else in the Bollywood film industry in the country between 1995 and 1999.[3][4]
Chakraborty also holds the record of appearing in the greatestthe number of Hindi films as hero (over 250 films).[5]
List of movies (selected)
- 2001
- Bhairav
- Bengal Tiger
- Meri Pyaari Bahania Banegi Dulhania
- Arjun Devaa
- Meri Adalat
- Khatron Ke Khiladi
- Baghaawat – Ek Jung
- 2006
- Insaaf Ki Jung
- Hungama
- 2008
- Aaj Ka Boss
- 2009
- Dushmani
Snippets
India Today Magazine printed an article in which it referred to Chakraborty as "The B movies (low-budget) King".[6][7] SCREEN Weekly carried a cover story calling him "Mithun - The Miracle Man", both covering the Ooty based film production phenomenon.[8] Outlook Magazine mentioned the same.[9]Filmfare Magazine in May 1998 published the same phenomenon under the title "Believe it or not... The unusually - safe suthri story of Mithun Chakraborty". Rediff addressed Chakraborty as "That indefatigable Movie Machine".[10]
Director T L V Prasad made more than 25 Chakraborty films.[11]
References
- http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020315/fcover1.html
- http://www.india-today.com/itoday/09031998/cinema.html
- http://wearethemovies.com/forum/index.php?topic=293.0;wap2
- ^ "Welcome to The Monarch Group of Hotels". mithunhotels. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "The Big Buck Opera's Three-penny Star". Outlookindia. 2000-02-14. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "Bollywood's highest tax payer @ Rs 13 cr". indianexpress. 2 Nov 2005. Retrieved 28 Sep 2014.
- ^ "Man, Monarch, Messiah". www.screenindia.com. Retrieved 18 Nov 2010.
- ^ Ruchi Kaushal (15 June 2016). "Mithun Chakraborty: What makes him so special". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "The B-Grade King". India Today. 1998-03-09. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ "The B-Grade King - Anupama Chopra" (PDF). anupamachopra. 1996-03-01. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ "...And the Mithun Chakraborty dream factory rolls on.". Screen. March 27, 1998.
- ^ "Acidwash Adonis". Outlookindia. 1998-05-19. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "That indefatigable movie machine". Rediff On The NeT. 1999-03-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ "Limca Record". http://www.tlvprasad.net. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
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