Jeetendra: Difference between revisions

| occupation        = Actor, [[Film producer|producer]]

| years_active      = 1959 - present

| children          = [[Ekta Kapoor]] (daughter)<br />[[Tusshar Kapoor]] (son)

| organization      = [[Balaji Telefilms]]<br />[[Balaji Motion Pictures]]<br />[[ALT Balaji]]

'''Ravi Kapoor''' (born 7 April 1942), best known by his stage name '''Jeetendra''', is an Indian actor and [[Film producer|producer]] who is known for his work in [[Hindi]] films. Famous for his dancing, he was awarded a [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2003 and the [[Screen Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2006. He is known for his appearance in the remakes of [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films during the 1980s, in which he was frequently cast opposite [[Jaya Prada]] and [[Sridevi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-07|title=Happy Birthday Jeetendra: When the actor called Jaya Prada and Sridevi his ‘bread and butter’, said he owed his career to Telugu films|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/happy-birthday-jeetendra-when-actor-called-sridevi-and-jaya-prada-his-bread-and-butter-7261328/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> He also serves as the chairman of the [[Balaji Telefilms]], [[Balaji Motion Pictures]] and [[ALT Entertainment]].

Jeetendra was born in a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Khatri]] family as Ravi Kapoor in [[Amritsar, Punjab]], to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor, whose business dealt with imitation jewellery, supplied to film industry. He attended St. Sebastian's Goan High School in Girgaum, Mumbai<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.com/jeetendra/biography-586.html|title=Jeetendra Biography, Jeetendra Bio data, Profile, Videos, Photos|publisher=in.com|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415075322/http://www.in.com/jeetendra/biography-586.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> with his friend [[Rajesh Khanna]] and then studied at Siddharth College in Mumbai. While supplying jewellery to [[V. Shantaram]], he was cast as [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]]'s character's double in the 1959 movie ''[[Navrang]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420090/bio|title=Jeetendra|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-date=25 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125150407/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420090/bio|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jeetendra's active acting career spanned the 1960s to the 1990s. Jeetendra got his first major breaks with V. Shantaram's ''[[Geet Gaya Patharon Ne]]'' (1964) and ''[[Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti]]'' (1967). However, it was the film ''[[Farz (1967 film)|Farz]]'' (1967) that served as his stepping stone to success. The tee shirt and white shoes he picked up from a retail store for the ''Mast Baharon Ka Main Aashiq'' number in ''Farz'', became his trademark. ''Farz'' was followed by films such as ''Caravan'' and ''[[Humjoli]]'', in which Jeetendra had more dance numbers. His vigorous dancing in the films won him the epithet; "Jumping Jack of Bollywood".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/jeetendra-2935.html|title=Jeetendra Biography – Jeetendra Childhood, Film Actor Jeetendar Profile|website=lifestyle.iloveindia.com|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007075207/http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/jeetendra-2935.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.com/jeetendra/biography-586.html|title=Jeetendra Biography, Jeetendra Bio data, Profile, Videos, Photos|publisher=in.com|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415075322/http://www.in.com/jeetendra/biography-586.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He has acted in nearly 200 films as the main lead, a feat matched by just a handful of his peers since the inception of Hindi cinema. Jeetendra was frequently paired with [[Jaya Prada]] or [[Sridevi]] for remakes of [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films by [[Rama Rao Tatineni|T. Rama Rao]], [[K. Bapayya]], [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] and [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]; these included ''[[Sanjog (1985 film)|Sanjog]]'', ''[[Aulad (1987 film)|Aulad]]'', ''[[Majaal]]'', ''[[Justice Chaudhury]]'', ''[[Mawaali]]'' (1983), ''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]'' (1983) and ''[[Tohfa]]'' (1984). He also acted in many remakes in [[Hindi]] of [[Krishna Ghattamaneni|Krishna]]'s [[Telugu language|Telugu]] movies and had very close association with him. Besides these south Indian remakes, there was a subdued side of Jeetendra whenever he'd worked with the writer/lyricist [[Gulzar]] in films such as ''[[Parichay (film)|Parichay]]'', ''[[Kinara (1977 film)|Kinara]]'' and ''[[Khushboo (1975 film)|Khushboo]]'' that had several beautifully penned songs such as "O Majhi Re", "Musafir Hoon Yaaron" and "Naam Gum Jaayega", composed by [[Rahul Dev Burman]] and sung by [[Kishore Kumar]].

Jeetendra and Shobha have two children from their marriage. Their daughter, [[Ekta Kapoor]], runs [[Balaji Telefilms]] and their son [[Tusshar Kapoor]] is also an actor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/actor-jeetendras-hand-imprint-tile-unveiled/440478-8-66.html |title=Jeetendras hand imprint tile unveiled |publisher=IBNlive |access-date=12 January 2014 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101054120/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/actor-jeetendras-hand-imprint-tile-unveiled/440478-8-66.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jeetendra made a brief appearance in one of his daughter's produced films ''[[Kucch To Hai]]'', a thriller movie released in 2002, where he appeared alongside his son Tusshar.

During the 6th November, 2021 episode of [[The Kapil Sharma Show]], when Jeetendra and Ekta Kapoor were the guests, he related an incident from 1975. He was supposed to go to [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) by flight on [[Karva Chauth]]. His flight got delayed and he went back home so that Shobha could perform the necessary rituals like viewing the moon and break her fast. Shobha refused to let him go back to the airport. So Jeetendra called his make-up man and told him to come back home, and that they would leave the next day. Around 10:30 or 11:00 PM, he looked outside from his flat (on a high-rise in Pali Hill, Bandra) and saw a fireball hurtling toward the airport. Later, after a couple of hours, his phone rang incessantly with people calling to find out what happened. The flight that he was supposed to have taken had crashed. Shobha's prescient insistence that he not go turned out to be a blessing. That flight was [[Indian Airlines Flight 171]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/jeetendra-reveals-how-karwa-chauth-ritual-saved-him-from-plane-crash-says-he-lost-co-star-in-tragedy-101636273852811.html|title=Jeetendra reveals how Karwa Chauth ritual saved him from plane crash, says he lost co-star in tragedy}}</ref>

== Awards, honours and recognitions ==

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