Jitendra Kumar
{{short description|Indian actor}}
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| name = Jitendra Kumar
| image = Jitendra Kumar snapped at the green carpet of IIFA Awards 2025 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jitendra in 2025
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| birth_place = Khairthal, Rajasthan, India
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| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
| known_for = {{ubl|Kota Factory|Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan|Panchayat}}
| years_active = 2008-present
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Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is best known for his role of Jitu in TVF Pitchers, Jeetu Bhaiya in the series Kota Factory, and for his roles in Amazon Prime's comedy series Panchayat and in the film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan. He has received several awards including two Filmfare OTT Awards. {{Cite web|title=Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Complete List Of Winners|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/filmfare-ott-awards-2020-paatal-lok-off-to-a-great-start-list-of-winners-2340941|access-date=2021-11-16|website=NDTV.com}}
Life and career
While studying civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur, Kumar started liking acting. Kumar has done many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at the IIT where he met Biswapati Sarkar, Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever{{Cite web|date=2021-06-03|title=TVF Star Jitendra Kumar Asked Himself "Kyun Pail Girau Main?" & That's How He Chose Acting|url=https://www.koimoi.com/television/tvf-star-jitendra-kumar-asked-himself-kyun-pool-girau-main-thats-how-he-chose-acting/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Koimoi|language=en-US}} who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012.{{Cite web|title=IIT Is Not The End Of The World: Jitendra Kumar|url=http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/IIT-Is-Not-The-End-Of-The-World-Jitendra-Kumar/08-07-2019-172962|website=BW Education|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}
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 includes Tech Conversations With Dad, A Day With, TVF Bachelors, Kota Factory and many others.{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Age-of-parody/articleshow/30505754.cms | title=Age of parody | work=Times of India | date=16 February 2014 | agency=TNN | access-date=5 May 2015 | author=Ram, Sharmila Ganesan}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/all-about-jeetendra-kumar-the-actor-who-faced-off-with-arvind-kejriwal-dressed-as-arvind-kejriwal/story-5HVLuhqf9JZIQ4ElAdwZAK.html|title=Meet Jitendra Kumar, the actor who faced off with Kejriwal, dressed as Kejriwal|date=2016-10-28|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslis.com/2020/04/panchayat-web-series-movie-review.html|title=Panchayat Web Series movie review Trailer Release Date Cast Episodes – Amazon Prime|access-date=2020-04-14}}
Apart from TVF videos on YouTube, Kumar has played a few significant roles in comedy sketches, movies and web series. He is predominantly famous for his character Jitendra Maheshwari, a frustrated corporate employee from TVF Pitchers, Gittu, a confused bridegroom from Permanent Roommates and Jeetu Bhaiya from Kota Factory. He made his film debut with Shuruat Ka Interval in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://tomatoheart.com/niti-jha/jitendra-kumar-tvf/|title=12 Things To Know About Jitendra Kumar : The Prince of TVF (The Viral Fever) {{!}} Tomatoheart|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24}}
He starred as the lead in the web-series Panchayat on Amazon Prime. He plays Abhishek Tripathi, a young urban secretary of a Panchayat office in the rural town of Phulera, Uttar Pradesh. The series produced by TVF, has been widely praised by viewers and critics alike.
In 2020, he was seen as Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan opposite Ayushmann Khurrana{{Cite web|title=Jitendra Kumar about Ayushmann and homosexuality|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/bollywood/jitendra-kumar-speaks-on-ayushmann-khurrana-and-homosexuality-in-shubh-mangal-zyada-saavdhan-interview/cid/1747276|access-date=2020-02-21}}{{Cite web|title=Jitendra Kumar about his show Cheesecake and more|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/jitendra-kumar-on-his-new-tvf-show-cheesecake-and-striking-gold-with-shubh-mangal-zyada-saavdhan-kota-factory-7715311.html|access-date=2019-11-20}} and then he played Billu in Chaman Bahaar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/all-about-jeetendra-kumar-the-actor-who-faced-off-with-arvind-kejriwal-dressed-as-arvind-kejriwal/story-5HVLuhqf9JZIQ4ElAdwZAK.html|title= Meet Jitendra Kumar, the actor who faced off with Kejriwal, dressed as him |access-date=2016-11-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/922067/loved-seeing-myself-on-the-big-screen-how-tvfs-jeetu-went-from-iit-to-web-series-to-films|title='Loved seeing myself on the big screen': How TVF's 'Jeetu' went from IIT to web series to films|date=4 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-04}}
Filmography
=Films=
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Awards and nominations
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| 2020
| Best Actor (Comedy Series) | rowspan="2" | Panchayat | {{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2022
| rowspan="2" |22nd Indian Television Academy Awards | rowspan="2" |Popular Actor - OTT |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |Kota Factory
|{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2022
| rowspan="2" |Filmfare OTT Awards |Best Actor in a Series (Male): Drama |{{nom}} |
| Best Actor in a Series (Male), Critics: Comedy
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| 2023
| Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Emerging Icon | {{NA}} | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| rowspan="2" |Filmfare OTT Awards |Best Actor in a Series (Male): Comedy |{{nom}} |
| Best Actor in a Series (Male): Drama
|{{nom}} |
References
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External links
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Category:Indian male comedians