Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is best known for his role of Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory, Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Meenu in Jaadugar, and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's Panchayat, for which he has won a Filmfare OTT award in the category of "Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male)".[1]
Jitendra Kumar | |
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![]() Jitendra in 2020 | |
Born | (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 32) Khairthal, Alwar, Rajasthan, India |
Alma mater | IIT Kharagpur |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008-present |
Known for |
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 the IIT where he met Biswapati Sarkar Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever[2] who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012.[3]
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.[4][5][6]
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.[7]
He recently 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[8][9] and then he played Billu' in Chaman Bahaar.[10][11]
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2014 | Shuruaat Ka Interval | Laxman | |
2019 | Gone Kesh | Srijoy Roy | [12] |
2020 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Aman Tripathi | [13][14] |
Chaman Bahaar | Prem Kumar "Billu" Yadav | [15] | |
2022 | Jaadugar | Meenu Narang | [16][17] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | Permanent Roommates | Prateek | [18] | |
2015 | TVF Pitchers | Jitendra "Jeetu" Maheshwari | [19] | |
2017 | TVF Bachelors | Jeetu | Season 2 | [20] |
Bisht, Please! | Girish Goyal | |||
F.A.T.H.E.R.S. | Jeetu | |||
2018 | Mr. & Mrs. | Viren | Season 1 | |
2019 | ImMature | Drama Teacher | [21] | |
TVF Tripling | Himself | Season 2 | ||
Humorously Yours | RJ Mastikhor Mishra | [22] | ||
Cheesecake | Neel | [23] | ||
2019–present | Kota Factory | Jeetu Bhaiya | [24] | |
2020–present | Panchayat | Abhishek Tripathi | [25] |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor (Comedy Series) | Panchayat | Won | [26] |
TBA | 22nd Indian Television Academy Awards | Popular Actor - OTT | Nominated | [27] | |
TBA | Kota Factory | Nominated | [27] |
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