Mithun Chakraborty on Shastri: Astrology gives hope to poor people and insecure people like us

Pathikrit Basu’s Shastri features Mithun Chakraborty as Parimal Sanyal — an ordinary man who suddenly gets the power to see the future. Debashree Roy plays his wife. But does he believe in astrology? In a chat with OTTplay, the actor revealed his opinion. 

Mithun said that he believed in astrology. However, he does not wear any astrology-suggested stone rings. He believes that there is some amount of science in astrology. “I see astrology as a branch of science. The astrologers I know are always busy doing mathematical calculations, even when there was no Nasa, ancient wise men calculated and discovered so many things. If that was science, then this is also science,” he said. 

Meanwhile, he also believed that astrology gives hope to poor people. “Poor people, who are deprived of many things in life, look forward to getting something. That’s why we all want to go to astrologers. If astrology brings some hope, it works for us. Astrology works for poor people and people who are insecure like us. I met with an accident and broke my arms. Did any astrologer predict this for me? No. That’s when my faith in god comes,” he said. 

Revealing his ritual of practising faith, Mithun said, “I worship my god very differently. I don’t carry idols. I pray at Brahma moment — 96 minutes prior to sunrise. That’s when I get up, worship for around an hour, and then go off to bed again.”