Mithun Chakroborty a Naxalite?

It’s a little known fact that once a superstar in Bollywood Mithun was a staunch Naxalite in Bengal.He was in the hit list of the Bengal Police. It was after a tragedy when his only brother was electrocuted and killed in an accident he wanted to leave the Naxal movement.But the group made it harder for him because one was not allowed to just walk away from the Naxalite cause.Posing the risk to his life he left the Naxalite fold and returned to his family. He started his career in Bollywood in 1976 with Mrinal Sen-directed film ‘Mrigaya’, after which there was no looking back for him.He is one of the only actors to win a National Award for his debut film, Mrinal Sen's Mrigaya.This time Mithun has decided to enact the role of a naxalite. Seeing the sensitivity of the issue he has decided not to promote it. "Nakshal is a film that deals with lot of social issues and has a strong political edge to it. It's about two friends Anirban Sen (Mithun) and Siddhartha Chowdhury (Dhritiman), who were actively involved in the Naxalite movement from 1967 to 1971.