Jeetendra

Jeetendra (born Ravi Kapoor ; 7 April 1942) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He also serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures. Early life 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. He attended St. Sebastian's Goan High School in Mumbai, Mumbai with his friend Rajesh Khanna and then studied at Siddharth College in Mumbai. While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's character's double in the 1959 movie Navrang after which his career never turned back. Career 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) 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". Jeetendra worked with Dharmendra and they had hits like Dharamveer, Jaani Dost, Insaaf Ki Pukar, Nafrat Ki Aandhi and flops like The Burning Train, Samrat, The Gold Medal, Jaan Hatheli Pe, Papi Devta, Dharam Karma. Childhood school and college friends Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra worked together and delivered 3 blockbuster films in the 1980, Dharam Kaanta, Nishan and Maqsad. In fact, all three films saw an increase in revenue. Maksah was the highest grossing film at the box office in the year 1984. Jeetendra made guest appearances in Roti, Palakon Ki Chhaon Mein and Begunah. all three films starring Rajesh Khanna as the solo lead. Jeetendra-Rekha had a romantic pairing in 26 films as the lead pair from 1972-1998 and out of their 26 films, 16 were hits and only 10 were flops. Apart from this, Rekha and Jeetendra worked in 5 more films, in which they were not paired with each other. Jeetendra-Sridevi did 16 films together between 1983-88 and out of them, 13 were hits and 3 were flops. Jeetendra and Jaya Prada paired each other romantically in 24 films and 18 of them were box office hits and 6 were flops.