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A veteran actor of Bollywood is celebrating his birthday today, who started her career in films and bunny body of lead heroine. The first earnings in actor’s films were just 100 rupees and work in 80 remake films …Read more
Jitendra has given many superhit films during the 3 decades.
Highlights
- Jitendra started his career with heroine’s body double.
- Jitendra got only 100 rupees for the first film.
- Jitendra has set a record of working in 80 remake films.
New DelhiAmitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Jitendra are the names of the Hindi film industry which used to run in Hindi cinema at one time. All these actors have given one to one big hit films in the 70-80s, which the audience has not forgotten till date. These actors wrote the story of success with their struggle which is no less than an example for the new era actors. Famous Jitendra is celebrating his 83rd birthday in Bollywood today. On this occasion, today you are going to make you aware of the aspects of the life of actor who has worked in many films with Rekha, Sridevi and Jaya Prada about which you will rarely know.
The real name of the actor known as Jitendra on the film screen is Ravi Kapoor. His father used to make jewelery for films and one day, while delivering jewelery on the film set, he felt something like that Ravi Kapoor decided to become an actor. The start of the actor’s career in films was not easy. He worked for free in the first several films to make an identity between directors and producers.
V Shantaram gave a break
Jitendra appeared as the body double of the lead heroine in the film at the beginning of his career. He was seen as the body double of the lead actress Sandhya Shantaram in the 1963 movie ‘Sehra’. The following year, the actor made her acting debut in 1964 with the film ‘Geet Gaaya Patthar’, but she got the real identity on the screen with the film ‘Farz’. With this film, the actor tasted stardom in the industry.
The first salary was 100 rupees
The real credit for bringing Jampink Jack into the film industry goes to filmmaker V Shantaram. For the first time, he cast the actor in the lead role in his film ‘Geet Gaaya Patthar’. Jitendra, who ruled as the lead hero in the film industry for 3 decades, today is the owner of crores, but he started his career with a salary of just 100 rupees. The actor got only 100 rupees for his first film.
This record has not broken till date
Jitendra, who is seen in most films with Sridevi, Rekha, Jayaprada, is a record that no one has been able to break till date. He is the most remake of Bollywood in Bollywood. He has done 80 remake films during his long career, mostly South films and 5 Hollywood films. No one has broken this record of Jitendra till date.