Mumbai: In an exclusive interview with Mithun Chakraborty’s son and actor Mimoh Chakraborty, where Mimoh Chakraborty discusses his recent success with "Khakee: The Bengal Chapter" and his journey as an actor. He emphasizes carving his own path, separate from his father Mithun Chakraborty's legacy. Mimoh shares his passion for acting, overcoming criticism, and exploring new genres like horror. At the end, he shares about his upcoming projects like "Ghost" and "Haunted: Ghosts of the Past."
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00:00I am very grateful because I have so much appreciation and love.
00:05And as much as people have seen, they are doing everything.
00:09Whether it is a story, whether it is a performances,
00:12whether it is entertainment.
00:14If you are only receiving everything,
00:16then I am getting so much thanks and acceptance.
00:19So I am very, very grateful. Thank you.
00:21Sir, I am a very negative character.
00:26I am a very positive character.
00:29I am a very positive character.
00:31I am a very negative character.
00:33This is so much difficult.
00:37Actually, what happens?
00:39It is always a challenge.
00:41Because we, as actors,
00:44have different opportunities.
00:47And what happens?
00:49Because it has different shades in the character.
00:52It is a very realistic character.
00:54It is a process of understanding.
00:56Like our directors,
00:58Dibatma Dao and Tushar Dao.
01:00They helped me a lot.
01:01In understanding that,
01:02Himal Mazumda,
01:03who is my character,
01:04what is his backstory?
01:06He will not show you in the Bengal chapter.
01:09He will not remember.
01:10But,
01:11as an actor,
01:12it is very important.
01:13Because this is his story.
01:14Because every character has a story.
01:16Who is his family?
01:17Who is growing up?
01:18Who is growing up?
01:19Who is studying?
01:20Who is eating?
01:21Who is friends?
01:22Who is a person?
01:23He will make a person.
01:24So,
01:25he becomes very important for understanding.
01:28As an actor.
01:29And luckily,
01:30I have been lucky.
01:31Because my directors,
01:32He was very detailed in detail.
01:36So,
01:37it was easy for me.
01:38Do you think people had an underestimating acting?
01:43It's not about underestimating.
01:45I think it's about the right time.
01:47Because what happens?
01:48I go to the auditions.
01:51There is no reason for that.
01:53If I went to the audition,
01:54I would have to get to the audition.
01:55There are so many people who auditioned for this opportunity.
02:00But,
02:01I got this.
02:02Because of course,
02:03I wrote it.
02:04I got lucky.
02:05Because it's my job as an actor to keep auditioning.
02:07In fact,
02:08I went to the audition too.
02:09I went to the audition too.
02:10I went to the audition too.
02:12So,
02:13that is the part and parcel of my profession.
02:15And when it comes to underestimating,
02:17it was, I think,
02:18about the right time.
02:19Today,
02:20people who are watching,
02:21who are watching,
02:22of course,
02:23that is a huge acknowledgement for me as an actor.
02:24Because,
02:25when people are watching your work,
02:26you get more work.
02:28So,
02:29it's about people believing in you.
02:30It's about the opportunity that,
02:32yes,
02:33this will be able to do.
02:34Like Neerat Sir.
02:35I am so grateful to him.
02:36You know, Neerat Sir,
02:37Deepak Bhai,
02:38and Departma Da,
02:39Tushar Da,
02:40all of them believed in me.
02:41They thought,
02:42yes, Mimo,
02:43this will be able to do.
02:44So,
02:45because of that,
02:46people are seeing that I am able to do.
02:47It's about people giving you the opportunity.
02:50And then,
02:51you proving yourself,
02:52that you are a good actor.
02:53Sir,
02:54when did you talk about acting?
02:57I was in my childhood.
03:00But,
03:01in fact,
03:02I went to America to do my acting course.
03:05There was a crash course in New York Film Academy.
03:08So,
03:09when the directors of a short film took me,
03:13when I gave the first shot,
03:16and when the take was okay,
03:18then,
03:19I felt like,
03:20yes,
03:21I will become an actor,
03:23and I have to do this.
03:25You can do this as a calling.
03:27Sir,
03:28you have said,
03:29that your face criticism in the past,
03:31do you feel your reason for helping you step out of your father's shadow?
03:35Yes,
03:36of course,
03:37of course.
03:38Whatever happens,
03:39the truth is,
03:40that I will never come out of my father's shadow.
03:43And I don't want to do it.
03:45You know,
03:46my father's legacy,
03:47Mitran Jagavarti's legacy is completely legendary.
03:50He is immortal.
03:51He has done with the disco dancer.
03:53He has got the super stardom.
03:55Today,
03:56he gets the love.
03:57I think,
03:58I will never be able to reach that level,
04:00unless I want to reach that level.
04:01Because,
04:02there is only one Mitran Jagavarti,
04:03one Amita Bachchan,
04:04one Shahrukh Khan,
04:05one Salman Khan.
04:06So,
04:07I don't want to reach his level,
04:08because that is his level.
04:09I just want to focus on acting,
04:13on performances,
04:15and
04:16to entertain you.
04:17Because,
04:18if I want to think all these variables,
04:19that if I didn't do it like my father's shadow,
04:22then I am not justifying the character.
04:24Like in the Bengal chapter of Khaki,
04:26if you talk about it,
04:28I didn't think that,
04:29yes,
04:30I have to do it well,
04:32because I am Mitran Jagavarti's son.
04:34No.
04:35I knew that I had the character,
04:36Himal Majumdar,
04:37and I had to give him 100%.
04:38I need to please Neeraj Pandey.
04:41I need to please my directors.
04:43When they like them,
04:44then of course,
04:45the audience will like it.
04:46So, yes.
04:47Was there ever a moment you thought of quitting acting,
04:50due to harsh criticism only in your career?
04:53I never wanted to quit,
04:55because I don't believe that,
04:56you know, one should quit.
04:57I have always questioned my actions.
04:59Yes.
05:00Not always.
05:01Sorry.
05:02I have sometimes questioned my actions.
05:03Why am I doing this?
05:04Because,
05:05see,
05:06I have never forced me to come into the industry.
05:08They have never told me,
05:09that you are our children,
05:11you will have to do it.
05:12This has been my choosing.
05:13I have decided that,
05:15yes,
05:16I have to do this.
05:17I have to become an actor.
05:18So,
05:19the good and bads,
05:20I have to say,
05:21you know,
05:22being an actor,
05:23being a part of the industry.
05:24So,
05:25there have been times,
05:26when I have been doubtful,
05:27that,
05:28something will happen.
05:29But then,
05:30there was always a voice,
05:31that,
05:32I cannot quit,
05:34because I believe in the beauty of my dreams.
05:36Because,
05:37I have so confident in my dreams,
05:39that,
05:40that,
05:41that is why I never quit.
05:44Never quit.
05:45Never quit.
05:46Yeah.
05:47Sir,
05:48I am from a friend family,
05:49how do you respond to people,
05:50who say your success is only because of your dreams?
05:52Everybody has their own opinions.
05:54You know,
05:55they say,
05:56everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
05:59Like,
06:00I can go to a restaurant and say,
06:01that,
06:02this restaurant is good,
06:03and someone will say,
06:04that,
06:05this dish is not good.
06:06So,
06:07everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
06:08But in the end,
06:09what matters is what I think.
06:10I know,
06:11how did I get food?
06:12I know,
06:13what appreciation I am.
06:15I know,
06:16what do I want to do next?
06:17So,
06:18I don't get affected by it.
06:19Because,
06:20I know,
06:21this is what I need.
06:22This is what I did.
06:23And,
06:24this is what I want to do.
06:25Do you think that,
06:26Bollywood has a bias at this target,
06:28who don't deliver big hits earlier,
06:30on their outsiders,
06:31who,
06:32get more,
06:33the away?
06:34No.
06:35I don't think so.
06:36Because,
06:37in the end,
06:38see,
06:39you have to realize,
06:40you have to understand,
06:41that,
06:42this,
06:43our profession,
06:44is like any other profession.
06:45It's a very professional profession.
06:46Because,
06:47if you are taking an actor,
06:49who is saleable,
06:50then you learn money.
06:51But,
06:52if you take an actor,
06:53who is not saleable,
06:54then there is a doubt,
06:55whether you learn money,
06:56right?
06:57Because,
06:58the producer is putting their money in it.
06:59So,
07:00it's a very professional business.
07:01It's a very direct,
07:02straightforward business.
07:03Yes,
07:04I will take this,
07:05because he is earning me money.
07:06And,
07:07that is how it is.
07:08So,
07:09there is no freebie,
07:10there is no second chance,
07:11there is no third chance,
07:12or leniency.
07:13But,
07:14again,
07:15it comes back to believing in somebody.
07:16Let's say that some,
07:17like how Neera sir took me,
07:18because he believed in my performance.
07:19He gave me the opportunity.
07:21If some other director believes in some other actor or actors,
07:24that is his or her choice,
07:25because they believe in them.
07:26It's not about freebies,
07:28it's not about,
07:29you know,
07:30lineage,
07:31it's not about opportunity.
07:32It's about,
07:33how much somebody believes in the other person,
07:34who I think is the most important thing.
07:36So,
07:37talking about your role in Bengal,
07:38the Khaki chapter,
07:39it was an intention,
07:40there is no conscious effort to break your old image.
07:44Yes.
07:45It not,
07:46I won't say there is an old image.
07:47I don't think I have an image to begin with.
07:49For me,
07:50it's about,
07:51proving my mental as an actor.
07:52Because,
07:53what happened today?
07:54Today,
07:55the time changed.
07:56Because,
07:57back then we had television and films,
07:58now we have OTT as well.
07:59So,
08:00it's a different ball game altogether.
08:01For,
08:02we have the big superstars,
08:03for the big screens.
08:04We have the daily soaps,
08:05for the dramas,
08:06for the television.
08:07And,
08:08we have these nitty gritty stories for OTT,
08:10where we can make a show like Bengal chapter.
08:13So,
08:14for me,
08:15it's a golden time for actors,
08:16because we can do different,
08:17different characters.
08:18And,
08:19that's the reason I wanted to be a part of the Bengal chapter.
08:21Because,
08:22as you said,
08:23what appreciation is,
08:24it's because I took the risk.
08:26It's because I wanted to do this role.
08:28Because,
08:29I wanted to show the world that,
08:30yes,
08:31I am a good actor.
08:32Look at me.
08:33Sir,
08:34what do you know,
08:35haunted ghosts of the past?
08:36Do you feel horror?
08:37I think,
08:38horror is an underrated genre,
08:41any part of the world.
08:42Because,
08:43there are a lot of horror films.
08:44You can see it in Hollywood.
08:45Only at Halloween,
08:46they will be one or two releases.
08:48All the year,
08:49horror is not coming.
08:50Because,
08:51horror is still very untapped.
08:52And,
08:53like you mentioned,
08:54haunted ghosts of the past.
08:55So,
08:56and of course,
08:57Vikram Bhatt sir,
08:58who is the king of horror.
08:59You know,
09:00the maestro of horror.
09:01I think,
09:02it's a very, very good genre.
09:03Because,
09:04everyone likes horror.
09:05Whether it's for fear,
09:06whether it's for excitement,
09:08whether it's for thrills.
09:09Everybody wants to go watch a horror film.
09:11So,
09:12it's a very untapped,
09:13you know,
09:14genre,
09:15which has not reached its potential.
09:17You're right.
09:18Sir,
09:19there's a lot of buzz about its performance in Haunted.
09:21Can we expect a darker,
09:23more evolved version of Memo in this film?
09:25Yes,
09:26you will.
09:27Absolutely.
09:28Of course,
09:29I will not tell you about the story.
09:30But,
09:31it's going to launch a poster very quickly.
09:33It's going to be released date.
09:34It's going to be released.
09:35It's going to be teaser.
09:36And,
09:37the Haunt,
09:38the Memo who was in Haunted,
09:3914 years ago,
09:40I am not the same Memo in this.
09:42It's a very different character.
09:43It's a different role.
09:44It's a more,
09:45evolutionized version of Memo.
09:47So,
09:48yes,
09:49I really hope that,
09:50you guys have given the love for the Bengal chapter.
09:51If you give it to Haunted,
09:53Ghost of the Past,
09:54I'll be so grateful.
09:55Sir,
09:56do you feel that,
09:57industry has given you a fair chance,
09:59or do you have to constantly prove yourself more than others?
10:02I think,
10:03as I mentioned to you before,
10:04it's not about fair chance.
10:05It's about proving yourself.
10:06Because,
10:07every girl and girl,
10:09whose dreams,
10:10whose dreams,
10:11whose dreams,
10:12whose dreams,
10:13whose dreams to be an actor,
10:14or an actress,
10:15or even a script writer,
10:16or a cameraman,
10:17or a director,
10:18everybody has to prove themselves.
10:20Because,
10:21it's a dog-eat-dog world.
10:22It's a very competitive industry.
10:23And,
10:24you have to prove your mantle.
10:26It's not about fairness.
10:27It's about the hunger you have in you.
10:28Today,
10:29I'm going for an audition.
10:30Tomorrow,
10:31I will go.
10:32Even the day after that,
10:33I'll go.
10:34Because,
10:35the hunger is there.
10:36Yes,
10:37you will select me.
10:38Because,
10:39nobody else can play this character better than me.
10:41That hunger is very important.
10:42Sir,
10:43what is the biggest misconception people have about you?
10:44How do you plan to change that?
10:45I,
10:59but,
11:00I don't think there's a misconception.
11:01I think there is a hiccup.
11:02For people to approach me because of dad.
11:04that they feel like he's from the industry background.
11:07So,
11:08It will get a lot of demands.
11:09Their needs will get a lot of set.
11:11But,
11:12I don't think,
11:13Because, you know, I am just like everybody else.
11:16I am just like everybody else.
11:17I am just like the crew of Jimmy.
11:19I have been doing all my boys.
11:21My hair, makeup, boy.
11:23Everybody is the same.
11:24I don't have any special, out of the world demands.
11:27I just want to go and work together.
11:30So, that is maybe the misconception that I might be too demanding.
11:34But that's not the thing.
11:35And I can only prove that wrong when people give me work.
11:38What will happen very quickly.
11:40Sir, what is your journey now?
11:43Evolution.
11:45I think it's a very big lesson in humility.
11:48It's very important that whatever it is with me.
11:51Whether it's failures or setbacks.
11:53If it doesn't happen, I don't get a Bengal chapter today.
11:56I don't do these things in front of you.
11:58So, today, the understanding is when it comes to me.
12:03So, it's been a life of understanding and growing.
12:07So, it's also speaking in social media.
12:17See here.
12:22You're not talking too much about acting tools or anything.
12:26No, look, social media, as anything in life, if you tell me that I have to eat Muglai every day, then I will not eat in every day.
12:39So anything in excess, if I drink water for 6 a.m., it is harmful for me.
12:46So it's not about excess, it's about control.
12:49So for me, social media is, like Instagram, whatever you say, it's about being in a balance, that it's a work profile.
12:56Of course, today's time has changed, it's a digital era, where people look at your Instagram profile and make your portfolio.
13:03Which is great, no problem.
13:05But it should not be in excess.
13:07Now, to each their own, I am a very private guy.
13:10I don't want to tell the world about where I am, what I am, what I am doing.
13:14I just want to tell them about their work, because they will get more work.
13:19And when it comes to others, again, who am I to judge?
13:23Who has done an acting course, who has not done it?
13:25Who is watching their followers or not?
13:27That is their purpose, that is their life.
13:29But again, when it comes to acting, just as an acting,
13:32you do all the courses, if you have no talent, then there will not be anything.
13:36So, I think that's the right way to see it.
13:43No, I don't think that's the right way to see it.
14:12I don't think.
14:13It is just a support as an elder brother.
14:16Saruman Bhai has always loved me and supported and guided me as an elder brother.
14:21Karan Johar also himself, being the king maker of the industry.
14:25They recommended me that you get to meet them so that they can get, they might find you work.
14:32And I am very thankful for them, thankful to them.
14:35Sorry.
14:36That they never told me that you will do this project with me or that project with me.
14:41No.
14:42They only recommended me.
14:43Because what happens?
14:44You build connections.
14:45There is no guarantee that just because you know somebody, you will get a job.
14:50You know them because you have grown up around them.
14:52Now, I have grown up around Salman Bhai.
14:54Karan Johar and dad have worked together in a TV show.
14:58So, they know each other.
14:59It doesn't mean that knowing somebody corresponds to you getting work.
15:03No.
15:04You have grown up with contacts.
15:06You can meet someone.
15:07You can meet someone.
15:08But again, in the end, destiny, right timing and your own hunger.
15:13That is all very, very important.
15:16Can we say that after the physical chapter, you have arrived immediately?
15:20Nobody ever arrives.
15:22And I don't want to ever arrive.
15:23I just want to keep learning.
15:25I am just grateful.
15:26You know, it's a very big plus that I get so much love with the audience.
15:30But I don't want anything else.
15:31I don't want anything else.
15:32I don't want anything else.
15:33Or I feel something else, or I think something else.
15:35For me, I'm just talking to you.
15:38I want to entertain you.
15:39And my life is pretty content.
15:42You know, I will go home.
15:43I am the same person I was yesterday.
15:45I am the same person I will be tomorrow.
15:47And that is what life is for me.
15:49I don't want to arrive.
15:50I just want to be a student.
15:51Every day I want to keep learning something new.
15:53something new yeah we are we are doing a film with my brother my brother's film ghost is picture
16:07ka naam in that we all have together but yes we all are working on it together yes and
16:15it's coming out in april 25th and then haunted 3d ghost of the past so as i said very grateful
16:26very humbled that the work is coming, people will see the work
16:30i want to say that please first of all thank you thank you so much that you have so much
16:39for kagi the bengal chapter please go haunted and see the ghost of the past and most importantly
16:46please keep believing in me because when you believe me i get more power because when you
16:51give me your love and time and support and when you tell me yes we believe in you it gives
16:56me a lot more motivation to keep fighting to keep challenging to keep evolving so thank
17:02you really really thank you