Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty s early life Born as Gourango Chakraborty in Kolkata in 1950, he graduated with BSc in Chemistry from Scottish Church College and later attended the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
Films and accolades Mithun Chakraborty has acted in over 350 films, including Bengali, Hindi, Odia, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Punjabi. Chakraborty made his debut with Mrinal Sen s Mrigayaa in 1976 for which he won a National Award. Later, he received two more of the same prestigious award in 1992 and 1998. From 1976 to 1990, the actor was part of over 200 movies. In 1982, Chakraborty established himself as a dancing phenomenon with his most popular role in the movie Disco Dancer. Over the next decade, he again made over 100 movies.
Modi’s Popularity to Be Tested in State Polls as Virus Surges
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(Bloomberg) Five Indian states will go to polls starting March, elections which will test Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ability to expand his party’s footprint in the eastern and southern parts of the country amid a renewed surge in virus cases.
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Voting for the state legislatures of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry with a combined population that exceeds that of Brazil will take place from March 27 to April 29. Ballots will be counted on May 2, Sunil Arora, India’s chief election commissioner, told reporters in New Delhi on Friday.
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But the political order in the state is now rapidly changing.
First, the Left front, which was almost the identity of the state is now almost dead politically. It is now leaning on the Congress for survival. Two, the dramatic rise of the BJP, which was considered unthinkable even five years ago. In the Legislative Assembly with 294 constituencies, Trinamool won 209 in the 2011 elections. BJP was a distant number 2 with only 27 seats. But since then, things have changed with BJP s rising popularity on one hand and weakening hold of the Trinamool.
Third, entry of Muslim leaders with their own parties have altered the contours of the political structure.
Bengal polls, no more a regional affair: Will have national & international implications
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Bengal polls, no more a regional affair: Will have national & international implications. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 19 : The upcoming elections in West Bengal are making heads turn, not only in India but also across the borders. Several factors explain the unprecedented curiosity and interest, within and outside, that the electoral contest scheduled for May is generating.
The elections are seen as a barometer of the national mood, which has been heavily impacted by the farmers agitation. In the backdrop of animus, will the BJP that is heavily contesting be unceremoniously rejected in a bastion controlled first by the Left and subsequently by the mercurial Mamata Baneerjee s Trinamool? Or, instead, is a paradigm shift in the offing, with the BJP, storming into the citadel of p