Jitendra Kumar
Jitendra Kumar | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | IIT Kharagpur |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008-present |
Known for |
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Early life and career
While studying
Kumar starred in Munna Jazbaati: The Q-tiya Intern in 2013 which instantly went viral and crossed 3 million views. Since then, he has portrayed several characters in TVF videos which includes Tech Conversations With Dad, A Day With, TVF Bachelors, Kota Factory and many others.[4][5][6]
Apart from TVF videos on YouTube, Kumar has played a few significant roles in comedy sketches, movies and web series. He is predominantly famous for his character Jitendra Maheshwari, a frustrated corporate employee from TVF Pitchers, Gittu, a confused bridegroom from Permanent Roommates and Jeetu Bhaiya from Kota Factory. He made his film debut with Shuruat Ka Interval in 2014.[7]
He recently starred as the lead in the web-series
In 2020, he was seen as Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan opposite Ayushmann Khurrana[8][9] and then he played Billu in Chaman Bahaar.[10][11]
Filmography
Films
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2014 | Shuruaat Ka Interval | Laxman | |
2019 | Gone Kesh | Srijoy Roy | [12] |
2020 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Aman Tripathi | [13][14] |
Chaman Bahaar | Prem Kumar "Billu" Yadav | [15] | |
2022 | Jaadugar | Meenu Narang | [16][17] |
2023 | Dry Day | Gannu | [18] |
2024 | Lantrani | [19] |
Web series
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | Permanent Roommates | Prateek | [20] | |
2015 | TVF Pitchers | Jitendra "Jeetu" Maheshwari | [21] | |
2017 | TVF Bachelors | Jeetu | Season 2 | [22] |
Bisht, Please! | Girish Goyal | |||
F.A.T.H.E.R.S. | Jeetu | |||
2018 | Mr. & Mrs. | Viren | Season 1 | |
2019 | ImMature | Drama Teacher | [23] | |
TVF Tripling | Himself | Season 2 | ||
Humorously Yours | RJ Mastikhor Mishra | [24] | ||
Cheesecake | Neel | [25] | ||
2019–present | Kota Factory | Jeetu Bhaiya | [26] | |
2020–present | Panchayat | Abhishek Tripathi | [27] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor (Comedy Series) | Panchayat | Won | [28] |
2022 | 22nd Indian Television Academy Awards | Popular Actor - OTT | Nominated | [29] | |
Kota Factory | Nominated | [29] | |||
2022 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor in a Series (Male): Drama | Nominated | [30] | |
Best Actor in a Series (Male), Critics: Comedy | Panchayat | Won | [31] | ||
2023 | Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Emerging Icon | — | Nominated | [32] |
References
- ^ "Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Complete List Of Winners". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "TVF Star Jitendra Kumar Asked Himself "Kyun Pail Girau Main?" & That's How He Chose Acting". Koimoi. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "IIT Is Not The End Of The World: Jitendra Kumar". BW Education. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Ram, Sharmila Ganesan (16 February 2014). "Age of parody". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Meet Jitendra Kumar, the actor who faced off with Kejriwal, dressed as Kejriwal". Hindustan Times. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Panchayat Web Series movie review Trailer Release Date Cast Episodes – Amazon Prime". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "12 Things To Know About Jitendra Kumar : The Prince of TVF (The Viral Fever) | Tomatoheart". Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Jitendra Kumar about Ayushmann and homosexuality". Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Jitendra Kumar about his show Cheesecake and more". Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Meet Jitendra Kumar, the actor who faced off with Kejriwal, dressed as him". Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "'Loved seeing myself on the big screen': How TVF's 'Jeetu' went from IIT to web series to films". Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Gone Kesh Movie Review". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan pushed to March 13 next year; film to clash with Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl". Times Now News. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan makers looking for the right man to cast as Ayushmann Khurrana's love interest". Hindustan Times. 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Chaman Bahaar movie review: Jitendra Kumar plays Kabir Singh on a budget, in an equally bad film, out on Netflix". Hindustan Times. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Watch Love Goals | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "`Panchayat` star Jitendra Kumar`s `Jaadugar` to release on July 15". www.mid-day.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "'Dry Day' trailer: Jitendra Kumar, Shriya Pilgaonkar in comedy about alcoholism". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Actor Jitendra Kumar to feature in the anthology film Lantrani". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "It is self-destructive to become confident about acting: Jitendra Kumar". The Indian Express. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "TVF Pitchers actor Jitendra Kumar excited to make Bollywood debut". The Indian Express. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Jitendra Kumar movies and web series on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, TVF Play". GQ India. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "'ImMature' details revealed - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Times of India. 10 June 2019.
- ^ Cheesecake Review, retrieved 29 November 2019
- ^ Kota Factory Review, retrieved 29 November 2018
- ^ Panchayat Review, retrieved 3 April 2020
- ^ "Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Big Night For Paatal Lok And The Family Man. Complete List Of Winners". NDTV.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b "The 22nd ITA Awards". Indian Television Academy. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Filmfare OTT Awards 2022 - Nominations". filmfare.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Filmfare OTT Awards 2022 - Winners". filmfare.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Check out the complete list of winners of the Bollywood Hungama Style Icon Awards". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
External links
- Jitendra Kumar at IMDb
- Jitendra Kumar at Bollywood Hungama