Indian
Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is better known for his work in web series and comedy sketches of The Viral Fever[1] where he portrayed characters such as Jeetu, Munna Jazbaati, Gittu[2] and Kejriwal,[3] (a parody version of Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician & Delhi Chief Minister). He is also known for his role of Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory, Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's Panchayat,[4] for which he has won a Filmfare OTT award in the category of "Best Actor Comedy Series (Male)"
Acting career
While studying civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur Jitendra kumar started liking acting. Kumar has done many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at IIT KGP where he met Biswapati Sarkar who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012.[5]
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 include 'Tech Conversations With Dad', 'A Day With' series, TVF Bachelor's series which crossed a million views, Kota Factory and many others.
Apart from TVF videos on YouTube, Kumar has played a few significant roles in comedy sketches, movies and web series.[6] He is predominantly famous for his character 'Jitendra Maheshwari', a frustrated corporate employee in the web series TVF Pitchers, 'Gittu', a confused bridegroom in Permanent Roommates web series and 'Jeetu Bhaiya' from Kota Factory. He has also been a part in the movie Shuruat Ka Interval.[7]
He recently starred as the lead in the web-series Panchayat on Amazon Prime. He plays, Abhishek Tripathi, the urban young secretary of a Panchayat office in the rural town of Phulera, Uttar Pradesh. The series revolves around his daily struggles adapting to village life and his new work as he tries to get away from all this by attempting the Common Admission Test to the Indian Institutes of Management. The series, produced by TVF, has been widely praised by viewers and critics alike.
He recently played the lead in Chaman Bahar. He plays Billu, a young small town paan-shop owner who falls in love with a pretty school girl who lives in a house opposite his shop. His shop becomes a hub of all the young boys of the locality to assemble there just to get a glimpse of the girl. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Filmography
Films
| Template:Dagger | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Character | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Shuruaat Ka Interval | Laxman | |
| 2019 | Gone Kesh | Srijoy Roy | |
| 2020 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Aman Tripathi | [15][16] |
| Chaman Bahaar | Prem Kumar "Billu" Yadav | ||
| 2021 | Jadoogar | Untitled Sports Man | [17] |
Web series
| Year | Title | Character | Ref | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Permanent Roommates | Prateek | 4 | |
| 2015 | TVF Pitchers | Jitendra "Jeetu" Maheshwari | [18] | All |
| 2017 | TVF Bachelors Season 2 | Jeetu | [19] | All |
| Bisht, Please! | Girish Goyal | 6 | ||
| F.A.T.H.E.R.S. | Jeetu | 4 | ||
| 2018 | Mr. & Mrs. Season 1 | Viren | 6 | |
| 2019 | ImMature | Drama Teacher | 2 | |
| TVF Tripling | Himself | 1 & 5 | ||
| Kota Factory | Jeetu Bhaiya | [20] | All | |
| Humorously Yours | RJ Mastikhor Mishra | 2 | ||
| Cheesecake | Neel | [21] | All | |
| 2020 | Panchayat | Abhishek Tripathi | [22] | All |
| 2021 | Kota Factory Season 2 | Jeetu Bhaiyya | [23] | TBA |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor (Comedy Series) | Panchayat | Template:Won | [24][25] |
References
- ↑ Age of parody. Times of India(16 February 2014). Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ↑ Permanent Roommates (TV Series 2014– ).
- ↑ Meet Jitendra Kumar, the actor who faced off with Kejriwal, dressed as Kejriwal. Hindustan Times(2016-10-28). Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ↑ Panchayat Web Series movie review Trailer Release Date Cast Episodes – Amazon Prime. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ↑ IIT Is Not The End Of The World: Jitendra Kumar. BW Education. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ↑ Jitendra Kumar. IMDb. Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ 12 Things To Know About Jitendra Kumar : The Prince of TVF (The Viral Fever) | Tomatoheart. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ Jeetu. IMDb. Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ Jitendra Kumar about Ayushmann and homosexuality. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ↑ Jitendra Kumar says he takes YouTube comments as reality checks. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ↑ About Jitendra Kumar. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ↑ Jitendra Kumar about his show Cheesecake and more. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
- ↑ Meet Jitendra Kumar, the actor who faced off with Kejriwal, dressed as him. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ ‘Loved seeing myself on the big screen’: How TVF’s ‘Jeetu’ went from IIT to web series to films. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ JITENDRAS JAADUGAR FILM ANNOUNCED, Vora, Kashyap. Republic World. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ↑ TVF Pitchers (TV Series 2015).
- ↑ TVF Bachelors.
- ↑ Kota Factory Review.
- ↑ Cheesecake Review.
- ↑ Panchayat Review.
- ↑ DELHI CRIME 2, KOTA FACTORY 2, Kriplani, Rhea. Republic World. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ↑ Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Big Night For Paatal Lok And The Family Man. Complete List Of Winners. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ↑ Winners of the Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards. filmfare.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.