Mithun Chakraborty's second National Award for Best Actor came from Buddhadeb Dasgupta's landmark work, Tahader Katha. The actor recalled the filmmaker fondly after his passing. Mithun told us, "Buddhada was one of the best directors I've worked with."
“He had enormous faith in me as a performer,” the actor remarked of Buddhadeb Dasgupta as a director. Because of him, I received my second National Award.”