A file photo of Mithun Chakraborty in Mumbai.
Highlights
- Mithun Chakraborty has a hairline fracture in his spine
- The actor will stay in Los Angeles till the end of this month
- His last Bollywood film was Hawaizaada
New Delhi:
Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty is apparently unwell and he's is currently in USA recovering from a back ailment, reports
SpotboyE.
Mr Chakraborty's injury during the shooting of 2009 film
Luck is the apparent cause of the chronic back ailment. His manager told
SpotboyE: "Dada is unwell and not in Mumbai. He is not using his phone and has decided to rest in Los Angeles for at least a month. It's been nearly two weeks now since he flew out, and he will return only by end of this month. Dada also had a hairline fracture in his back, but thankfully he doesn't need a surgery."
Mithun Chakraborty, 66,
known for films like
Disco Dancer,
Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi and
Swami Vivekananda, started his career in 1976 film
Mrigaya. Since then he has starred in more than 350 films in Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri and other languages.
Mr Chakraborty's last Hindi film was
Hawaizaada co-starring Ayushmann Khurrana. In the last few years, he's also featured in
Salman Khan's Kick (2014) and Akshay Kumar's
Entertainment (2014) and
Boss (2013).
His last Bengali film was
Ek Nadir Galpo: Tale of a River.