Mithun Chakraborty snubbed by Kolkata Film Festival, hits back

Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty has reacted to being left out of the Kolkata Film Festival with a sarcastic remark, Bollywood Hungama reports. Speaking to the media in Kolkata on Friday, he said he was not invited to the event, contrasting the snub with an invitation from the Moscow Film Festival.

"I am going to Moscow now, perhaps they will invite me," Chakraborty said. "Yet, here in Bengal, I wasn't invited." He added, "Main bahut chota artiste hoon, shayad isliye nahi bulaya" (I am a very minor artiste. Maybe that's why they didn't invite me). The actor suggested his limited number of Bengali film appearances could be the reason for his exclusion.

His comments came during a visit for meetings about the birth centenary of Bengali cinema icon Uttam Kumar. Chakraborty will next appear in a cameo in Rajinikanth's *Jailer 2*, scheduled for release in 2027.