Mimoh Chakraborty defends dad Mithun Chakraborty’s decision to do B-grade movies: ‘He did it for money, for his family’

He said, “Honestly, my mother has seen his downfalls more than us. When we were kids, dad was a megastar, and mom would tell us that whenever he delivered a flop, he would go into depression. He was doing four shifts a day at that time, spending two hours each on each set. In fact, he introduced the concept of vanity vans here. Touch wood, us kids never witnessed those dark phases.”

But he did see his father do a string of B-grade movies. Defending his father’s decisions, he said, “He did it for us, he did it for the hotel. Every unit from Bollywood movies, and also from the South, they’d stay at our hotel, so there was always an influx. He was doing it for the money, but it wasn’t like his producers were going into losses. If they were spending Rs 70 lakh on a film, they were getting Rs 1 crore in return. He never had any qualms. Even today, he’s doing Dance Bangla Dance, Dance India Dance… Everything he does, he does it for us. I’m very proud to say this, but his first and last thought is always his family.”

Mimoh also revealed that he and his siblings would get ‘scared’ when Mithun told them about his struggles. He wouldn’t have a place to sleep when his roommate would kick him out, he wouldn’t know where he was going to get his next meal from, and he’d use the bathroom at a gym in exchange for cleaning it.