Mithun Chakraborty has recently been honoured with the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
at the
National Awards Ceremony
2024, which took place in New Delhi. This event happened on October 8 and Mithun received this honour from President Droupadi Murmu. While Mithun got a standing ovation, the 'Disco Dancer' actor has been getting a lot of love from netizens and his fellow industry friends.
Now Dharmendra also took to social media to express his love for Mithun in a heartfelt note while congratulating him.
The '
Yamla Pagla Deewana
' actor candidly expressed, "My darling younger brother Mithun, Congratulations 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂for Dada Saheb Phalke most prestigious Award. pay my love to everyone our loving and friends . My humble boy, I am out of INDIA. i will come personally to hug you 💕💕💕💕💕💕🧿"
During the ceremony, Mithun walked the red carpet and expressed his excitement for the award. He said, “I used to wonder why I hadn't received the Padma Bhushan when people younger than me were getting it. I thought, 'If everyone else is getting it, why not me?' But now, I have finally received it. What can I say? It’s such a great honor; I can only thank God. After all the struggles I faced, God has given everything back to me. I'm still in the process of processing this."
Sharmila Tagore who was also present at the ceremony as her film ‘
Gulmohar
’ received the ‘Best Film’ award, was all praise for Mithun. She said that he spoke so well that it inspired her and she instantly went and embraced him.