Mrigayaa endeared Mithun to serious cinegoers, who would have been flabbergasted with the choice of his films that followed. For followers...
Mrigayaa endeared Mithun to serious cinegoers, who would have been flabbergasted with the choice of his films that followed. For followers of art-house cinema of the time, the absence of this promising and good-looking actor from meaningful, highbrow and realistic films may have been disappointing. But for those who would have saved money from their daily wages to buy that ticket to watch the latest Mithun film, he was a godsend.
Here was an actor who had no qualms about taking off his shirt to display a jaw-droppingly toned physique. He was astonishingly light on his feet – looking completely at ease in martial art-inspired action sequences and complex dance manoeuvres. He had also perfected his own style of dialogue delivery and a hairstyle that became ‘The Mithun Cut’ for millions of followers.
It started with films such as Surakksha and Mera Rakshak and peaked after the release of Disco Dancer, which got an entire generation of Indians from modest families hooked to disco.
Released in 1982, when India was witnessing a curious churn in pop culture, Disco Dancer had very little to do with the music that defined the decade in the West. It was more about a desi boy with a mother fixation, who is wrapped in shiny fabric and sings and...
