Mithun Chakraborty recalls meeting girl who left him during his struggling days years later; says he told her, ‘If you hadn’t left me…’

He continued, “Toh aisa he ek kissa hua ki main ek din (aero)plane mai saphar kar raha tha aur woh ladki bhi saphar kar rahi thi. Lekin woh mujhse nazar chura rahi thi. Main utha aur gaya, maine pucha ‘nazar kyu nahi mila rahi?’ (I was travelling in an aeroplane and that girl was also in the same plane. She did not look at me. So I got up and went up to her and asked why she was not looking at me.) She turned her face. I thought she was feeling guilty. To ease her, I told her ‘what you did at that time was right’.”

Mithun said that after listening to his words, the girl relaxed. He explained to her that her decision of not wanting to stay with someone who was struggling was right. However, upon hearing his words, Mithun said that the girl started crying.

She said to him, “I think I have made a mistake. At that time I shouldn’t have done that to you.” Mithun replied saying, “Shayad tum nahi karti toh yeh legend nahi ban pata (Maybe if you hadn’t done that, I would not have been able to become this legend).”

A recipient of three National Film Awards, Mithun’s last Bollywood appearance was in the controversial film The Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Since 2022, he has primarily been involved in Bengali films, with his latest role being in director Suman Ghosh’s Kabuliwala (2023).