Mithun Chakraborty & B. Subhash Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki; the 1990s to Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan. Mithun Chakraborty acted in every film; B. Subhash directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• B. Subhash cast Mithun in 'Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki' (1984) after seeing his raw energy in 'Meri Aawaz Suno' — but the film was originally meant to launch a new hero. Subhash changed his mind after Mithun personally begged for the role during a late-night phone call.
• On 'Dance Dance' (1987), Mithun and Subhash would fight over the choreography. Mithun wanted to bring in his own disco moves from Calcutta; Subhash insisted on Bollywood-style steps. They settled it by shooting both versions — and the final cut used Mithun's take for the climax song.
• The success of 'Dance Dance' (1987) directly inspired Subhash to make 'Commando' (1988) — a film that accidentally created the template for the 'one-man army' action hero in Hindi cinema. Every 'Dabangg'-style mass entertainer owes a little to this Mithun-Subhash experiment.
• During the shoot of 'Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan' (1990), Mithun and Subhash stopped talking for three weeks over a disagreement about the climax. They only patched up when the producer locked them in a hotel room until they sorted it out. They never worked together again after this film.
• B. Subhash once said: 'Mithun was the only actor who could make my ridiculous action scenes look believable. He'd jump off a building and land on his feet — and I'd just tell the cameraman to keep rolling.'