These days the word superstar is used too often. After just a couple of hit movies some actors are called stars. A dance move going viral can make someone seem like a big deal overnight. But real stardom doesn’t come that easily — it takes years of effort dedication and a deep love for acting. Today let’s talk about an actor who wasn’t from the film world. He started with nothing and slowly worked his way up. He faced many failures before finding success. Nowadays if a new actor wins an award they might think they’ve already made it big. But this actors journey was different. He struggled for months to find work. He didn’t have a place to live had no money and wore worn-out clothes. Even when he finally got recognition and won a National Award for his first film he was still fighting hunger and poverty. The actor in question is none other than superstar Mithun Chakraborty whose real name is Gouranga Chakraborty. He came from Calcutta and started his acting career with the film Mrigya in 1976. It was an art film for his debut film he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his very first role. But even after winning such a big award Mithun was struggling during his early career. According to media reports it is said that Mithun hadn’t eaten properly for days. When a journalist came to interview him about his award the first thing Mithun said was If you buy me some biryani I’ll give you the interview. In another interview Mithun revealed that he had to sleep on the footpath during the early stages of his career. He said I have seen days when I had to sleep with an empty stomach and I used to cry myself to sleep. In fact there were days when I had to think about what my next meal will be and where I will go to sleep. I have also slept on the footpath for a lot of days. Take a look below: While Mithun Chakrabortys films performed well in big cities they were particularly popular in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities which are smaller towns and rural areas. In these areas movies like Gunda Jallad Dalaal and many more were particularly well-liked. In regions outside of the metropolis such as Uttar Pradesh he rose to great fame. As a result he was frequently referred to as the king of B-grade movies since no other performer at the time had such a firm grip on the B and C grades. Recently Mithun’s son Mimoh spoke about his father’s career on a podcast. He shared that there was a time when the Jallad actor was working on 18 films at once and managing 6 shifts a day. Mimoh also mentioned that after his own debut didn’t go well he noticed that some people started ignoring his father too. He said that in the film industry people are mostly professional and its b