Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty has been honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the most prestigious accolade in Indian cinema, recognizing his monumental contributions to the film industry.

Mithun Chakraborty nowadays seems to be undergoing through a reverse aging process just like in the multi Oscar nominated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He is not only looking fitter but also more powerfully built than ever before. When probed the secret behind the same the multi National Award winning actor revealed that it is because he is on a new health and diet regime for his warrior like role in Veer. A source reveals it has been Salman Khan who has been the inspiration for Mithun's new fitness regime.

Actor Mohit Raina seems be third time lucky with Star Plus's romantic thriller Chehra . Before this, he had debuted with sci fi TV show 'Antariksh' which bombed. Later he played the main lead in Mithun Chakraborty starrer, Don Muthuswami which sadly also tankked miserably.

Superstar Mithun Chakraborty has tied up with the Howrah Union Sports Club for Indian Cricket League (ICL) tournament. Mithun Chakraborty is the owner of the Royal Bengal Tigers and Howrah Union Sports Club is a major sports club in West Bengal.

Mithun Chakraborty is also a leading star of Bollywood as well as Bengali cinema. Howrah Union Sports Club is a leading football club formed before 86 years ago in Kolkata. The ICL team's website; www.theroyalbengaltigers.com was also released in the function.