Actor Mithun Chakraborty appointed advisor to West Bengal Info & Cultural Dept

Kolkata, Oct 7 (UNI) Veteran actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty has been appointed as an adviser to the West Bengal Information and Cultural Department with cabinet rank. The state, through a notification issued on October 6 at the behest of the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (PAR) Cell, appointed Chakraborty to the said post until further orders. The notification further stated that the appointment had been made in the 'public interest'. The appointment comes weeks after Chakraborty proposed a 30 per cent subsidy for films coming to West Bengal for shooting. At a programme held on September 3 to commemorate the birth centenary…