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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicMithun Chakraborty

Topic: Mithun Chakraborty

‘Man from literally nowhere, a nobody made it:’ Mithun Chakraborty on Dadasaheb Phalke honour

The 3-time national award winning actor dedicated the highest government prize to those who have supported him in his decades-long career.

Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Mithun among 132 Padma awardees

The list approved by President Droupadi Murmu included 30 women and eight persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and nine posthumous awardees.

Suresh Gopi to Ilayaraja—BJP is scripting a political blockbuster in South India

Amit Shah held a meeting with Pawan Kalyan and Jr NTR while Modi tweeted for Chiranjeevi. BJP is all too serious about releasing its political film beyond Karnataka.

Is Mithun Chakraborty BJP’s face for Bengal 2024? What actor’s high-profile ‘comeback’ means

Superstar received with much fanfare as he visits BJP HQ in Kolkata for first time since induction in 2021. He’s likely to campaign for 2024 but says he won’t re-enter Parliament.

Bestseller tries, but is hilarious at best with Haasan’s fake accent, Mithun’s dad jokes

Bestseller is a sub-par show with some promise if you can soldier through it. But it has 'oh-so predictable 'twists' at its core.

The unusual friendship between Mithun Chakraborty and Balasaheb Thackeray

In 'Mithun Chakraborty: The Dada of Bollywood' journalist Ram Kamal Mukherjee traces the personal, professional and political story of the actor.

‘Vikas vs Bikash’ in battle for Bengal, and Buckingham Palace drops the ball

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP betting on Mithun Chakraborty betrays desperation

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

‘Hand-picked by RSS chief’, Mithun Chakraborty expected to play ‘big role’ in Bengal BJP

Mithun Chakraborty’s induction into BJP comes as party looks to challenge Trinamool Congress in 2021 assembly elections, with sights set on forming first-ever govt in Bengal.

How BJP is using Sourav Ganguly, Mithun & Prosenjit to build popularity in Bengal

Over the past 2 months, photos of top BJP-RSS leaders with the three Bengali icons has gone viral on social media, with experts calling it ‘attempts by BJP to build acceptability’. 

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No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.