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Jeetendra

Birth Name:
Ravi Kapoor
Nickname:
Jumpin' Jack
Date of Birth:
April 7, 1942
Zodiac Sign:
Aries
Place of Birth:
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Sex:
Male
Hair Color:
Brown
Eye Color:
Brown
Nationality:
Indian
Religion:
Hinduism

Family

Jeetendra

Spouse:
Shobha Kapoor
Son:
Tusshar Kapoor
Daughter:
Ekta Kapoor

Career

Jeetendra

Profession:
Actor
Claim to Fame:
Farz - 1967
Debut:
Nav Rang - 1959

Awards

Jeetendra

2003 : Lifetime Achievement Award

1998 : Guest of Honor Award at the 18th Ujala Cinema Express Awards

2000 : Lifetime Achievement Award in film personalities

2002 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

2002 : Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zee Gold Bollywood Movie Awards, New York

2004 : "Legend of Indian Cinema" Award, Atlantic City, United States

2007 : Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award

2008 : Sansui Television Lifetime Achievement Award

Trivia

Jeetendra

Jeetendra got the first major break of his life with Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne, the 1964 film of V Shantaram.
submitted by - Amitabh Dhiman
However, it was the film ‘Farz’ (1967) that served as his stepping stone to success.
submitted by - Sneha Dhiman
The ‘cuckoo’ song in the film, in which he pranced around with Aruna Irani, became the biggest hit of its time.
submitted by - Sandeep Sandeep Singh
Along with that, the tee shirt, which he had picked from a retail shop, and white shoes, from his own collection, that he wore for the song became his trademark.
submitted by - Amit Sana
As Farz became a golden jubilee success, the industry found a new hero, in the form of ‘Jeetendra’.
submitted by - Nihaal Jain

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Biography

Jeetendra

Last Updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Jeetendra was born as ‘Ravi Kapoor’in Amritsar, Punjab. He took birth into a business family that dealt in imitation jewelry. Jeetendra was a science student who loved to roam around the back roads of Girgaum (in South Mumbai), along with his pals. Jeetendra also used to visit film studios occasionally, mainly for the purpose of supplying imitation jewelry. It was on one of these visits that he was discovered by filmmaker V Shantaram, who gave him the chance to play Sandhya's double in Navrang (1959) and Sehra (1963).

Shobha was only 14 when she met Jeetendra (that time Ravi Kapoor). By the time she turned 16, he had been rechristened as ‘Jeetendra’ and both of them were going steady. After much problem and obstacles, the couple got married on 31st October 1974, at Janki Kutir, in the presence of their immediate family and friends. Shobha first gave birth to a daughter, Ekta, and subsequently to a son, Tusshar. Today, Ektaa Kapoor runs the successful production house ‘Balaji Telefilms’ and Tusshar is a budding actor.

The ‘Jumping Jack’ of Bollywood, Jeetendra was one of the actors who wooed the Indian audience in the 1970s and 1980s. Touted to be the dancing star of his time, he was an extremely successful star of commercial films. Though Jeetendra was panned by critics for majority of his movies, the audience loved him and his onscreen persona. Credited with a list comprising of as many as 200 movies, he co-starred with the biggest heroines of his time - Rekha, Hema Malini, Sridevi and Jaya Prada. Today, he owns the production house ‘Balaji Telefilms’, along with his daughter Ekta Kapoor.