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Jeetendra

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Jeetendra (Punjabi: ਜੀਤੇੰਦ੍ਰ, Urdu: جييتيندرا, Hindi: जितेंद्र) born Ravi Kapoor (Punjabi: ਰਾਵੀ ਕਪੂਰ,Urdu:راوی کپور, Hindi: रवी कपूर) is an Indian actor and TV producer.



Early life

Jeetendra was born Ravi Kapoor on 7 April, 1941 in Amritsar, Punjab in 1942 to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor. Ravi Kapoor was born in aPunjabi business family that dealt with imitation jewellery. While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie "Navrang."

[edit]Career

He started in Bollywood in the late 1950s when filmmaker V. Shantaram gave him a chance as actress Sandhya's[disambiguation needed]double in Navrang (1959), but got his first big break when Shantaram cast him as hero in Sehra in 1963 & then in Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne(1964). Since then, he has appeared in almost 200 films. Jeetendra came into the spotlight in 1967 with Ravikant Nagaich's Farz, which went on to become a golden jubilee success. The tee shirt and white shoes he picked up from a retail store for the "Mast Baharon Ka Main Aashiq" number in Farz (sung by legendary Singer Mohd Rafi) became his trademark. His vigorous dancing in films like Farz, and Banphool won him the epithet of the Jumping Jack.
In the 1980s, Jitendra was frequently paired up with Sridevi or Jayapradha for remakes of South Indian potboilers courtesy of Rama Rao Tatineni, K. Bapayya and K. Raghavendra Rao; some of these films were produced by Padmalaya Productions. Featuring elaborate sequences with colorful clay pots, dozens of extras, electronic music by Bappi Lahiri, and lyrics by Indeewar, movies like Justice Chaudhry(1982), Mawaali (1983), Himmatwala (1983), Jaani Dushman, and Tohfa (1984) were huge hits despite low critical acclaim.
He appeared in the TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in the role of an old man. He was a judge of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, an Indian dance competition on Sony Entertainment Television.

[edit]Personal life

Born in Amritsar Punjab, India. There he was friends with Rajesh Khanna who was also born in Amritsar. Their mothers attended Kirtan at same place. Jeetendra spent his childhood in Girgaum, Mumbai. He used to live in Ramachandra Building in a middle class locality. He still cherishes his memories there and visits the place during Ganapati festival every year. In her authorized biography, Hema Malini claimed that they almost got married, but she backed out.[1] He then married his childhood sweetheart Shobha Kapoor, and has a son who is also an actor, Tusshar Kapoor and a daughter, Ekta Kapoor, who runs Balaji Telefilms. They producee popular TV serials in Hindi, Tamil, Kannadaand Telugu. They have also produced five Bollywood films, two of which have Tusshar in the leading role. Jeetendra made a brief appearance in one of his daughter's produced films Kucch To Hai (2002) where he appeared alongside his son Tusshar.

[edit]Awards, honours and recognitions

Jeetendra never won an award, except for Lifetime Achievement Awards because of the tough competition in Bollywood during his era.

[edit]Selected filmography

1959 - 1965
1966 - 1970
1971 - 1975
1976 - 1980
1981 - 1985
1986 - 1990
1991 - 1995
1996 - current

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