Ravi Kapoor, commonly and widely known by his mononymously screen name Jeetendra, is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema.
15 Facts About Jeetendra
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Jeetendra serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures.
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Jeetendra was born in a Punjabi Khatri family as Ravi Kapoor in Amritsar, Punjab, to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor, whose business dealt with imitation jewellery, supplied to film industry.
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Jeetendra attended St Sebastian's Goan High School in Girgaum, Mumbai with his friend Rajesh Khanna and then studied at Siddharth College in Mumbai.
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Jeetendra's active acting career spanned the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Jeetendra got his first major breaks with V Shantaram's Geet Gaya Patharon Ne and Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti.
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Farz was followed by films such as Caravan and Humjoli, in which Jeetendra had more dance numbers.
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Jeetendra 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.
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Jeetendra was frequently paired with Jaya Prada or Sridevi for remakes of Telugu films by T Rama Rao, K Bapayya, K Raghavendra Rao and Dasari Narayana Rao; these included Sanjog, Aulad, Majaal, Justice Chaudhury, Mawaali, Himmatwala and Tohfa.
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Jeetendra acted in many remakes in Hindi of Krishna's Telugu movies and had very close association with him.
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Jeetendra had met his wife, Shobha, when she was only 14.
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Jeetendra completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways.
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Jeetendra made a brief appearance in one of his daughter's produced films Kucch To Hai, a thriller movie released in 2003, where he appeared alongside his son Tusshar.
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Jeetendra was supposed to go to Madras by flight on Karva Chauth.
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Jeetendra's flight got delayed and he went back home so that Shobha could perform the necessary rituals like viewing the moon and break her fast.