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Jeetendra(I)

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Sagar Singh is a businessman who lives in scenic Simla with his widowed mom; brother, Bipin, his wife, Urmila; sister, Prema; and brother, Kishan. When he returns from USA, he meets with Prema's music teacher, Savitri C. Thakur, and falls head over heels in love with her. The Singhs approve of Savitri and soon the couple are married. What Sagar does not know is that Savitiri loves another man by the name of Manohar Dhani, who is the local tourist guide, but cannot marry him, as according to an astrology professor her husband is fated to die within the first 40 days of her marriage. She keeps her affair a secret from Sagar, but Manohar shows up - and he makes his intentions quite clear from the beginning - that he is here to marry Savitri, by hook or by crook, even if he has to kill Sagar, if necessary.
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Ravi Kapoor was born in a business family that dealt with imitation Jewelery and used to live in a chawl. While supplying jewelry to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie 'Navrang'.

His first break as a Bollywood leading man came in 'Geet Gaya Patharon Ne'. Although Ravi Kapoor was born on April 7, 1942, Jeetendra birth's took place in 1964.When he was to go for auditions, he used to seek help from his childhood friend Rajesh Khanna to mug up his dialog and get guidance to give expressions.Geet Gaaya Pattharonne was his first hit, but that didn't fetch him offers as lead hero. It was Farz released in 1967, which was his 4th film appearance and 3 rd as the male lead, which made him a known face in the public.

Ravi had met his present wife, Shobha, when she was only 14. She completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways.

Shobha gave birth to a daughter, Ekta, and subsequently to a son, Tusshar. While Ekta became a producer of TV serials, mostly starting with 'K', Tusshar followed in his dad's footsteps. Ekta and Jeetu run a production company by the name of Balaji Films, and have produced Bollywood movies. Their TV productions are usually in Hindi & Tamil languages.

Jeetendra has acted opposite Rajshree Shantaram, Mumtaz, Saira Banu, Mala Sinha, Nanda, Sharmila Tagore,Asha Parekh, Babita, Hema Malini, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy, Jaya Pradha, Sridevi, Komal, Rekha, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, Shabana Azmi, Padmni Kolhapuri,Bhanupriya, Madhavi, Anita Raaj, Sangeeta Bijlani, Ashwini Bhave.

Whether running around trees (Tumhari Kasam, Ek Hi Bhool, Mawaali),singing songs (Banphool, Humjoli, Jigri Dost) or playing serious characters (Parichay, Khushboo, Dulhan, Kinara, Meri Awaz Suno,Chhup) or doing old man leading roles (Udhaar Ki Zindagi, Santaan, Jeetendra has always proved himself as an excellent actor, a family man, whose marriage is still intact, and someone who has yet to be involved in any controversy. He did 93 films as the solo lead hero and 103 multi star films as the lead hero and 2 films as a supporting actor and made guest appearances in 26 films.

Ravi had met his present wife, Shobha, when she was only 14. She completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways. When Jeetendra was struggling between 1960-66 to establish himself as an actor, he was in relationship with Shobha and Shobha was his girlfriend till 1972. But in 1974, after having worked in films like Waris and Gehri Chaal, friendship between Jeetendra and Hema Malini grew and while shooting for Dulhan, both expressed love for each-other and decided to have a quick marriage.But soon this information reached Shobha and Dharmendra.Shobha asked Dharmendra to change Hema's mind as she was in love with Jeetendra since many years. Soon both Shobha and Dharemndra came by helicopter and convinced Jeetendra and Hema not to marry. Jeetendra promised Shobha that if Bidai becomes a hit, he would marry her in 1974. It was not until the release of 'Bidaai"(opposite Leena Chandavarkar) on October 18, 1974, that Jeetendra and Shobha decided to get married, which they did in a simple ceremony on at Janki Kutir with only a few family and friends present (Gulzar, Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar amongst the noted celebrities). The marriage was arranged hastily, as even Shobha's mom, who was in Japan at that time, could not attend.

Jeetendra's friendship with both actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini never got affected after this incident. All 3 remained friends. Jeetendra worked with Dharmendra and had hits like Dharamveer, Jaani Dost, Insaaf Ki Pukar, Nafrat Ki Andhi and flops like The Burning Train, Samraat, The Gold Medal, Jaan Hatheli Pe, Paapi Devtaa, Dharma Karma. Childhood school and college friends Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra worked together and gave 3 blockbusters in the 1980's- Dharam Kanta(1982), Nishaan(1983) and Maqsad(1984). Infact all 3 films revenue showed increasing trend. Maqsad was the highest box office earner in the year 1984. Jeetendra made guest appearances in Roti, Palkon Ki Chaon Mein and Begunaah - all three films which had Rajesh Khanna as the solo lead hero. Jeetendra-Rekha were romantically paired in 26 films and had 16 hits of the 26 films as lead pair starting from 1972-1998 and only 10 flops. In addition Rekha and Jeetendra worked in another 5 films where they were not paired opposite each-other.Jeetendra-Sridevi did 16 films together between 1983-88 and 13 of them were hits and 3 were flops. Jeetendra and Jaya Prada were romantically paired opposite each other in 24 films and 18 of them were box office hits and 6 were flops. In addition 2 more films they did together where they were not paired opposite each-other. Jeetendra gave 113 box office hits (excluding guest appearances in hits Navrang, Khilona, Roti, Umar Qaid, Rani Aur Lalpari,Naya Bakra, Anokha Bandhan, Begunaah and Om Shanti Om) as the lead hero from 1964-1997, off the 198 films he appeared till 2007 as lead hero.He appeared in guest appearance in 26 other movies from 1959 to 2007 and 2 more films in supporting role after 2000. Jeetendra was 2nd highest paid Hindi actor from 1980-89. He made a guest appearance in a TV serial 'Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki'.Hence his total film appearances were in 226 films and 121 of them were box office hits and 102 were flops.
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Jeetendra and Vidya Sinha
Rakesh Roshan, Jeetendra, and Govardhan Asrani
Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi, Jaya Prada, and Jeetendra in Maqsad (1984)
Jackie Shroff, Helen, Jeetendra, Dimple Kapadia, Asha Parekh, and Waheeda Rehman
Rakesh Roshan, Randhir Kapoor, Jeetendra, and Rishi Kapoor
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Sridevi, Jaya Prada, and Jeetendra in Aulad (1987)
Jaya Prada and Jeetendra in Nyay Anyay (1990)
Sridevi, Jeetendra, Kader Khan, and Padmini Kolhapure in Suhagan (1986)
Aruna Irani, Moushumi Chatterjee, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Reena Roy, and Deven Verma in Pyaasa Sawan (1981)
Sridevi and Jeetendra in Himmatwala (1983)
Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, and Raaj Kumar in Dharam Kanta (1982)

Known for

Kalyug Ke Avtaar (1995)
Kalyug Ke Avtaar
3.3
  • Pratap
  • 1995
Sridevi and Jeetendra in Mawaali (1983)
Mawaali
4.8
  • Ramesh
  • Gangu
  • 1983
Om Shanti Om (2007)
Om Shanti Om
6.7
  • Self
  • 2007
Jaani Dushman (1979)
Jaani Dushman
6.1
  • Amar
  • 1979

Credits

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Actor

  • Neeyat
  • Snehil Dixit Mehra, Arunoday Singh, and Saanand Verma in Apharan (2018)
    Apharan
  • Baarish (2019)
    Baarish
  • Mahabharat Aur Barbareek (2013)
    Mahabharat Aur Barbareek
  • Ho Jaata Hai Pyaar
    • (as Jitendar)
  • Sakshi Tanwar in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000)
    Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
  • Esha Deol and Tusshar Kapoor in Kucch To Hai (2003)
    Kucch To Hai
  • Jaydev (2001)
    Jaydev
  • Piyo Gayo Pardesh
  • Mother (1999)
    Mother
  • Dharma Karma (1997)
    Dharma Karma
  • Narugopal Mandal, Arup Pranoy, and M.N. Gopal in Krishna Arjun (1997)
    Krishna Arjun
  • Judge Mujrim (1997)
    Judge Mujrim
  • Chupp (1997)
    Chupp
  • Lav Kush (1997)
    Lav Kush
  • Mahaanta: The Film (1997)
    Mahaanta: The Film

Additional Crew

  • Govinda and Sushmita Sen in Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta (2001)
    Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta
  • Sridevi and Jeetendra in Sarfarosh (1985)
    Sarfarosh

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Mere Huzoor (1968)
    Mere Huzoor

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Personal details

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    • April 7, 1942
    • Amritsar, Punjab, British India
    • Shobha KapoorOctober 31, 1974 - present (2 children)
    • Ekta Kapoor
    • Gautam Sobti(Niece or Nephew)
  • Other works
    Starred in the shelved film,Sobti Film Combines "Aanchal"(1993) Starring Jeetendra,Mamta Kulkarni (Replaced Divya Bharti), Aneeta Ayoob, Jaideep Bika (Stardust Academy discovery),Kiran Kumar, Shakti Kapoor,Music by Amar Utpal,Produced by Gautam Sobti, Directed by V.K. Sobti.

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    He is the only Indian actor to have appeared as a hero in nearly 200 films, repeatedly costarring with the biggest heroines of his time: Rekha, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Sridevi, and Jaya Prada.
    • Unique break dance style.

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