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Born –
April 07, 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab, British India

Jeetendra is a movie actor, TV and movie producer and chairman of the Balaji Telefilms, Balaji Movement Footage and ALT Leisure. He was born Ravi Kapoor on 7 April 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab, to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor. Jeetendra bought his first main break in Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964). Nonetheless, it was the movie Farz (1967) that served as his stepping stone to success. He has performed almost 200 movies as the primary lead. A few of his well-known movie contains – Sanjog, Aulad, Majaal, Justice Chaudhry, Mawaali, Himmatwala, Jaani Dushman and Tohfa. His vigorous dancing within the movies received him the epithet, ‘Leaping Jack of Bollywood’. He was awarded a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and the Display screen Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He’s married to Shobha and the couple have two kids – daughter, Ekta Kapoor, who runs Balaji Telefilms and their son Tusshar Kapoor who can be an actor.

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