After receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony, veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty shared that he had been discouraged from pursuing his career due to him being dark-skinned. "Many told me that dark-skinned actors wouldn't survive in Bollywood. I prayed to God, 'Could you change my colour?' [Then] I [became]...determined to become...remarkable," he added.