73 years old Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty is very active even at this age. Judges TV reality shows, also works in films. There was a time when he used to rule Hindi cinema as a hero. A film by Mithun, which came 41 years ago, raised flags at the box office. The magic of this film was not only in India but on the whole world. It was the first Bollywood film to collect Rs 100 crore. Let’s know about the interesting anecdote and this film of Mithun…
First film to earn 100 crores
The world wide collection of Mithun Chakraborty’s film ‘Disco Dancer’, which came in the 80s, was more than 100 crores. Mithun’s magic in this film was such that it was seen all over the world. The super-duper hit film ‘Disco Dancer’ made Mithun Chakraborty the ‘Dada of Bollywood’. Even today the name of the film has not one but many records.
Mithun’s acting, Bappi Lahiri’s music
‘Disco Dancer’ was released on December 10, 1982. Babbar Subhash directed the film. The acting of actors like Mithun Chakraborty, Kim, Rajesh Khanna, Geeta Siddharth, Om Shivpuri and Karan Razdan had given life to the film. Two famous faces from Bengal, Mithun Chakraborty and Bappi Lahiri were seen in the film.
‘Disco Dancer’ earns in the country
The film had a collection of Rs 6 crore in India. However, two years later, in 1984, when ‘Disco Dancer’ was released in the Soviet Union, his earnings skyrocketed. That year it was included in the most successful Soviet films and earned a bang.
Disco Dancer’s popularity in these countries also
Not only the Soviet Union, the power of ‘Disco Dancer’ was seen in many countries like Central Asia, East and West Africa, Turkey and China. In this way, the world wide earning of this film reached more than 100 crores. Till date this record is registered in the name of Mithun Chakraborty.
,Disco Dancer’s Net Worth
According to the report, the world wide collection of ‘Disco Dancer’ was Rs 100.68 crore (Disco Dancer Collection) while the film was made in only two crores. Till the year 1994, the record of the highest grossing and first 100 crore film was with ‘Disco Dancer’, but in 1994 Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit’s blockbuster film ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ made a new record by collecting 135 crores. Was. Although the first Bollywood film to earn 100 crores is still ‘Disco Dancer’.