Claim: Mithun Chakraborty is an actor.

Swami Vivekananda is a 1998 Indian biographical film directed by G. V. Iyer and produced by T. Subbarami Reddy . It took Iyer 11 years to finish the research work required for the film and to write the screenplay .   The film starred Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Swami Vivekananda , the 19th-century Hindu monk , and Mithun Chakraborty as Ramakrishna , his guru . Even though the film was completed and was considered for 1995 national awards , the film got released on 12 June 1998 . The film was premiered on India 's public service broadcaster Doordarshan on 15 August 1998 , the country 's Independence Day .   The film received mixed , mainly negative , reviews from critics . Mithun Chakraborty 's acting in this film was widely appreciated and he won his third National Film Award .