Jeetendra (Actor) Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Wife, Family, Biography & More StarsUnfolded

Publish date: 2024-06-19

Bio
Real Name	Ravi Kapoor
Nickname	Jumping Jack, Jeetu
Profession	Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 72 kg in Pounds- 158 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	7 April 1942
Age (as of 2023)	81 Years
Birth Place	Amritsar, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Aries
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Amritsar, Punjab
School	St. Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum, Mumbai
College	Siddharth College, Mumbai K.C. College, Churchgate, Mumbai
Educational Qualifications	Graduation
Debut	Debut- Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964)
Family	Father- Amarnath Kapoor Mother- Krishna Kapoor Brother- Prasan Kapoor Sister- None
Children	Son- Tusshar Kapoor (actor, producer) Daughter- Ekta Kapoor (producer, managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Dancing, Listening to Music
Controversy	On 7 February 2018, his cousin filed a complaint against him, alleging that he molested her way back in 1971 in a Shimla hotel when she was 18 years old.
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Fish, Dosa
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Hema Malini (Actress)
Wife/Spouse	Shobha Kapoor (TV and Film Producer)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Range Rover

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jeetendra

Jeetendra and late veteran actor Rajesh Khanna were schoolmates. Interestingly, they completed their graduation from the same college as well, – K.C. College, Churchgate.

Jeetendra’s parents ran imitation jewelry business. Once he supplied jewelry to director V. Shantaram. Having been impressed by it and the gorgeous look of Jeetendra, the director offered him to play actress Sandhya’s body double in the 1959 project, Navrang.

V. Shantaram again cast him as the leading man in his 1964 venture, Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne. It was Shantaram who gave him the screen name Jeetendra.

His movie Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne was a flop at the box office. Thus Jeetendra had still no success. Jeetendra appeared in 1967 spy thriller Farz, that proved to be the big commercial success for Jeetendra.

Jeetendra had very energetic and enthusiastic dance moves in the song Mast Baharon Ka Main Aashiq in the movie Farz, that earned him the nickname Jumping Jack.

In 1984 drama Maqsad, Jeetendra and Rajesh Khanna came together. Jaya Prada and Sridevi were the leading actresses in the film but they both were not on the speaking terms. To bring them together, Khanna and Jeetendra locked them up in a room, hoping them to bury the hatchet and turn friends. After opening rooms, both the ladies were found sitting at the opposite corners of the room.

In the early 70s, Jeetendra and Hema fell in love. Hema claimed in her autobiography that they almost got married, but she backed out.

Actor Sanjeev Kumar fell in love with Hema Malini. He used Jeetendra as a conduit to woo Hema. But Hema refused. Hema fell in love with Jeetendra.

Jeetendra was the judge of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 2, an Indian dance competition on aired Sony Entertainment Television.

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