Jeetendra Struggle Story: When someone comes into the film industry with the intention of becoming something, then it does not matter what work he gets, because he accepts everything. This is because he has confidence in himself that one day he will definitely do something big. Keeping this intention in mind, this Bollywood actor used to work as the body double of heroines in the initial times. Within no time he became the jumping jack of Bollywood and today everyone knows him.
Yes, we are talking about Ravi Kapoor, who is generally known by the name ‘Jeetendra’. Jitendra not only started his career from a very small level but also started working as the body double of an actress, but later gave many films one after the other and became a star. Let us tell you the story of Jitendra from struggle to success.
Jitendra’s family background
Ravi Kapoor was born on 7 April 1942 in Amritsar in a Punjabi Khatri family. His father were Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor who started their jewelery business in Mumbai. According to reports, this jewelery was supplied to the film industry. Ravi Kapoor had studied from Mumbai only.
His classmate during college was Rajesh Khanna. Jitendra was inclined towards films and often when he used to go to give jewelery the thought of acting came to his mind. Actor Jitendra himself had told about this in one of his interviews. Jitendra was a fan of V. Shantaram and wanted to meet him once but no one allowed him to meet him. He would often carry artificial jewelery but the jewelery would be returned after delivery.
Jitendra got his first film after a lot of struggle
Jitendra, who wanted to work in films, once came to know that auditions for V. Shantaram’s film Sehra were going on. He took training in auditioning from his friend Rajesh Khanna because he had never done theater whereas Rajesh Khanna used to do theater at that time. After taking training, when he entered V Shantaram’s studio, he came to know that the heroine’s body double was being shot there and Jeetendra fit into it.
Jitendra had mentioned this in Kapil Sharma’s show. Jeetendra played the role of body double of actress Sandhya Shantaram. After this he worked as a junior artist in some films. One day came for which Jitendra was waiting. V Shantaram called him to his office and offered him a film. This was a jackpot for Jeetendra, he said yes without reading the script or hearing the role.
V Shantaram named Ravi Kapoor Jitendra and introduced him on screen as Jitendra. The film Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964) came and became a superhit. After this he did V Shantaram’s second film Farz and that too became a hit. After this, Jitendra did not look back and gave many superhit films back to back. In the 60’s, an actor entered the film industry who was good looking, danced well and his acting was amazing.
Jitendra’s love affairs
Jitendra was famous as a chocolate actor of that era. Girls were crazy about him and stories of his affairs with actresses were also heard. His stories were heard with many actresses like Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Babita but all these remained just rumours. Jitendra’s biggest affair during that period was heard about with Hema Malini, although both are good friends even today.
Jitendra had said in one of his interviews that he would never reveal the story of what used to happen because now time has passed and both their children have grown up. There was a time when Hema Malini’s parents considered Jitendra as their son-in-law, but in the year 1974, Jitendra married Shobha and all the rumors ended.
Jitendra’s wife and children
It is said that Jitendra and Shobha met through a common friend. Both of them also dated each other and got married in the year 1974. Jitendra and Shobha had two children, Ekta Kapoor and Tusshar Kapoor. Tusshar Kapoor is an actor while Ekta Kapoor is a famous TV producer and director. His home production Balaji Telefilms has given many daily soaps and films.
jeetendra’s movies
Jitendra started his career with the 1964 film Geet Gaya Patharon Ne. After this, ‘Farz’, ‘Hamjoli’, ‘Jeene Ki Raah’, ‘Tohfa’, ‘Himmatwala’, ‘Dharam-Veer’, ‘Aulad’, ‘Hatim Tai’, ‘Asha’, ‘Jaani Dushman’, ‘Arpan Gave many superhit films like ‘Parichay’, ‘Khushboo’, ‘Sanjog’, ‘Ek Hi Bhool’, ‘Ghar Sansar’.
Jitendra gave many films in the 70s, 80s and 90s but stopped appearing in films after 2000. Jitendra also produced many films and later started business in real estate. Apart from this, he also invested money in the home production of his daughter Ekta Kapoor. Hardly any producer-director would have achieved a position like Ekta Kapoor in the world of TV.
Jitendra’s net worth
Apart from Hindi films, Jeetendra has also worked in some Tamil and Telugu films. Jitendra has also given many memorable films and characters to the film industry. While working in films, he started Balaji Telefilms Production for his daughter, in which many superhit TV serials were made and the daughter made her own identity.
Apart from this, Jitendra has also earned a lot of money in real estate. According to a 2022 report of Celebrity Net Worth, 82-year-old Jitendra is the owner of $200 million i.e. about Rs 1600 crore.
