Very few producers and directors make art films now: Mithun

Kolkata, July 1 (PTI) Three times National award
winning actor Mithun Chakraborty laments that very few
producers and directors make art films these days.
"I act in potboilers both in Bollywood and Tollywood
as very few producers and directors make art film like
Mrigaya, which gave me my first National actor award,"
Chakraborty told PTI at the premier of his latest Bengali film
Shukno Lanka Wednesday night.
Chakraborty, who shot to fame in Bollywood in 1980s
with the blockbuster 'Disco Dancer', said, "If I get offers
from producers and directors to act in art films like Mrigaya,
I will certainly take them up. But such offers are few these
days."
About 'Shukno Lanka', he said, "Shukno Lanka has given
me the rare opportunity to retrace my struggling days. It has
taken me back closer to my roots."
Chakraborty described the director of Shukno Lanka
Gaurav Pandey as 'brilliant' and said, "I am happy that I am
also in his next Hindi film Spaghetti 24x7."
Chakraborty plays the role of a security guard in
Spaghetti 24x7, which also stars his elder son Mimoh and is
slated for release in October this year.
Speaking about Shukno Lanka, Director Gaurav Pandey
said he had a wonderful time in making it especially working
with Chakraborty.
Chakraborty plays the role of Chinu Nandy, a junior
artiste in the film, but he had to arrive at the shoot with
police escort due to his huge fan following in Bengal, he
said.
Recollecting another instance while making the film
Pandey said late actor Kunal Mitra, one of the cast, refused
to shoot a scene with Mithun massaging his feet.
Pandey's first full-length Hindi film 'Stumped'
was released in 2003 featuring Raveena Tandon, Aly Khan and
Salman Khan in lead roles. Subsequently he worked as the
writer of Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's 'Anuranan' (Bengali,
2006). PTI