Hiten Kumar
{{Short description|Indian film actor of Gujarati cinema}}
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Hiten Kumar, born Hiten Mehta,{{cite web | title=ઢોલીવુડના કલાકારોએ ગોવિંદ પટેલને અશ્રુ અંજલી અર્પણ કરી | website=m.newshunt.com | date=18 April 2015 | url=http://m.newshunt.com/india/gujarati-newspapers/gujarat-samachar/vadodara/dholivudana-kalakaroe-govind-patelane-ashru-anjali-arpan-kari_38563089/993/c-in-l-gujarati-n-gsamacha-ncat-vadodara | language=gu | accessdate=9 August 2015}} is an Indian actor in Gujarati cinema.{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77284-9|pages=95}}
Career
He started in the Gujarati film industry with a role in Unchi Medina Uncha Mol (1998). His 1998 film Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya was a commercial superhit.{{cite web | title=Gujarati tearjerker Des Re Joya Dada becomes a big grosser| website=India Today | date=22 June 1998 | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarati-tearjerker-des-re-joya-dada-becomes-a-big-grosser/1/262967.html | accessdate=9 August 2015}}
- {{cite web | title=ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મોમાં મેકિંગથી રિલીઝ સુધી મેકઓવર જરૂરી: હિતેન કુમાર | website=Khabarchhe.com | date=5 May 2015 | url=http://www.khabarchhe.com/news/gujarati-films-need-change-hiten-kumar/ | language=gu | accessdate=9 August 2015}} He acted in several Gujarati films in his long career.{{cite web | title=કોણ છે ઢોલીવૂડના સલમાન, શાહરૂખ અને આમીર ? | website=Divya Bhaskar | date=8 August 2015 | url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/madhya_gujarat/latest_news/ahmedabad/city-blogger/blog/100462 | language=gu | accessdate=9 August 2015}} The film won 11 of the Gujarat State Film Awards of the year, Film Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu Lagtu in 2001
He hosted a crime show, Crime Time... Fight Against Crime, on VTV Gujarati in 2014-2015.{{cite web | last= Malini | first=Navya | title=Hiten Kumar ready with Crime Time episodes | website=The Times of India | date=24 December 2014 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/trade-news/gujarati/Hiten-Kumar-hosting-Crime-Time/articleshow/45626812.cms | accessdate=9 August 2015}}{{cite web | last=Malini | first=Navya | title=Super star Hiten Kumar's telly stint | website=The Times of India | date=22 December 2014 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/Hiten-Kumar-made-his-Gujarati-TV-debut-recently/articleshow/45600252.cms | accessdate=9 August 2015}}
Personal life
He lives in Mumbai and married Sonal in 1989.{{cite web | last=Malini | first=Navya | title=Hiten Kumar's silver jubilee celebrations | website=The Times of India | date=2 December 2014 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/Hiten-Kumar-celebrates-marriage-anniversary-in-Pune/articleshow/45348060.cms | accessdate=9 August 2015}}
Filmography
- Halo manvyune mele (2007)
- Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya
- Daldu Chorayu Dhire Dhire (2000), directed by Jiten Purohit
- Me to Palavde Bandhi Preet (2005)
- Preet Jhuke Nahi Saath Chhute Nahi (2006)
- Ek Var Piyu Ne Malva Aavje (2006)
- Mota Ghar Ni Vahu (2007), written by Jiten Purohit
- Unchi Medina Uncha Mol
- Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu
- Mandavda Ropavo Manaraj
- Chundadi Odhado Ho Raj
- Panddu Leelu ne Rang Raato
- Dikro Maro Ladakvayo
- Chaar (2011)
- Preet Jhuke Nahi Saath Chhute Nahi (2011)
- Premi Zukya Nathi ne Zukshe Nahi (2011)
- Kon Halave Limdi Ne Kon Zulave Pipli (2014)
- Lohi No Nahi E Koi No Nahi (2014)
- Padkar.. The Challenge (2014)
- Dikri Ne Na Desho Koi Pardesh (2015)
- Taro Sur Mara Geet: Ek Sangeetmay Prem Katha (2015)
- Prem Rang (2016)
- Simran (2017)
- Hameer
- Chitkar (2018)
- Dhuandhaar (2021)
- Raado (2022)
- Vash (2023)
- Aagantuk (2023)
- Welcome Purnima (2023)
- Chupp (2024)
- Trisha On The Rocks (2024)
- The Great Gujarati Matrimony (2024)
- Taaro Thayo (2025)
References
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External links
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Indian male film actors
Category:21st-century Indian male actors