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ProfileBorn :- Ravi KapoorApr 7, 1942 Amritsar, Punjab
Residence :- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation :- Actor, (Chairman) Balaji Telefilms
Years activ :- 1960 – present
Spouse(s) :- Shobha Kapoor
Children :- Ekta Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor
Life begin
Jeetendra Kapoor was born on 7 April 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor whose business dealt with imitation jewellery. He attended St. Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum, with his friend Rajesh Khanna and later on went to K.C. College. While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie "Navrang"
Career
Jeetendra's active acting career spanned the 1960s to the 1990s. Jeetendra was frequently paired with Sridevi orJaya Pradha for remakes of South Indian films by Rama Rao Tatineni, K. Bapayya and K. Raghavendra Rao; these included Justice Chaudhry (1982), Mawaali (1983), Himmatwala (1983), Jaani Dushman, and Tohfa (1984). He also did many Telugu remakes in Hindi of Krishna's movies and had very close association with him.
Besides these south indian remakes, there was a subdued side of Jeetendra whenever he'd worked with the writer/lyricist Gulzar in films like Parichay, Kinara (1977 film) and Khushboo (1975 film) that had several beautifully penned songs like 'O Majhi Re', 'Musafir Hoon Yaaron', and 'Naam Gum Jaayega', composed by Rahul Dev Burman and sung by Kishore Kumar.
He appeared in the TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in the role of an old man. He was one of the judges of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Indian Dance Series), an Indian dance competition on Sony Entertainment Television.[citation needed] He was also a judge with Hema Malini of a competition called Dancing Queen.
Personal life
In her authorized biography, Hema Malini claimed that they almost got married, but she backed out He married his childhood sweetheart, Shobha Kapoor, and has a daughter, Ekta Kapoor, who runs Balaji Telefilms and a son who is also an actor, Tusshar Kapoor.
Jeetendra made a brief appearance in one of his daughter's produced films Kucch To Hai (2002) where he appeared alongside his son Tusshar.
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).
- 2005 – Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2008 – Sansui Television Lifetime Achievement Award
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