Mithun's_Dream_Factory
Mithun's Dream Factory
Indian film studio
Mithun's Dream Factory is an Indian film studio based in Ooty.[citation needed]
Mithun Chakraborty left the Mumbai based film industry in the early 1990s as he shifted his base to Ooty to concentrate on his hotel business. He set up the hotel Monarch in Ooty[1][2] and chose to act only in films which were shot at Ooty and nearby locales. This strategy paid off as the film crew could stay in his hotel, the Monarch,[3] for discounted rates, and complete the film in a single schedule.[citation needed]
Chakraborty's limited budget movies soon started flowing, as every month saw a Chakraborty release. These movies were profitable, but were often ignored by critics and were categorized as B movies (low-budget films).[4] He paid more tax than anyone else in the Bollywood film industry in the country between 1995 and 1999.[5][6]
Chakraborty also holds the record of appearing in the highest number of Hindi films as hero (over 250 films).[7]