Jeetendra was born on April 7, 1942. He is a popular Indain film actor. Jeetendra married Shobha Kapoor, and has two kids actor Tusshar Kapoor and daughter, Ekta Kapoor, who runs Balaji Telefilms. They make popular TV serials in Hindi, Tamil, and other languages. They have also produced five Bollywood films, two of which have Tusshar in the leading role. Jeetendra made a brief appearance in one of his daughter's produced films Kucch To Hai (2002) where he appeared alongside his son Tusshar.
Jeetendra started his career in Bollywood in the late 50s when filmmaker V. Shantaram gave him a chance as actress Sandhya's double in Navrang (1959), but got his first big break when Shantaram cast him as hero in Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964). Since then, Jeetendra has appeared in almost 200 films.
Jitendra came into the spotlight in 1967 with Ravikant Nagaich's Farz, which went on to become a golden jubilee 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. His vigorous dancing in films like Farz, Mere Huzoor, and Banphool won him the epithet of the Jumping Jack.
In the 1980s, Jitendra was frequently paired up with Sridevi or Jayapradha for remakes of South Indian potboilers courtesy of Rama Rao Tatineni, K. Bapayya and K. Raghavendra Rao; some of these films were produced by Padmalaya Productions. Jeetendra also did movies like Justice Chaudhry (1982), Mawaali (1983), Himmatwala (1983), Jaani Dost, and Tohfa (1984) all were huge hits despite low critical acclaim.
Jeetu also made an appearance in a popular TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He was a judge of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, an Indian dance competition on Sony Entertainment Television.
Jeetendra never won an award, except for Lifetime Achievement Awards.
1998 - Guest of Honour 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 in New York.
2004 - "Legend of Indian Cinema" Award at Atlantic City (United States).
2007 - Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award
2008 - Sansui Television Lifetime Achievement Award
Over the years, Jeetendra have got lot of love and respect from the people. He's certainly the jack of all trades
