Jitendra Kumar Biography
- Jitendra was born on 1st September 1990 in Jodhpur and belongs to a Hindu Family.
- Kumar is a famous Indian comedian, film as well as theatre actor who is known for his work in TVF bachelor series as well as Bollywood films.
- He is also known for his comedy sketches of The Viral Fever where portrays different characters like Arvind Kejriwal (chief minister of Delhi), Jeetu and Munna Jazbbati.
- Jitendra has become more popular after playing the role of Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory. He played the role of a physics teacher in this series.
Family & Personal Life
- His zodiac sign is Virgo and people often call him Jeetu
- Kumar’s father is a civil engineer and mother is a housewife.
- Jitendra’s hometown is in Khairthal, Alwar, Rajasthan and has two sisters named Ritu and Chinki.
Education & Qualification
- Jitendra has completed his schooling till class 10th from M.K. Memorial School and then class 12th from Shiv Jyoti School in Kota.
- After cracking his IIT-JEE, Kumar completed his graduation in B.Tech Civil Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal.
Physical Appearance
- Jitendra is a handsome looking actor with 5’6” or 166cm height.
- His hair and eye colour is black and weighs almost 68kg.
Acting Career
- Jitendra began his career in acting with TVF video named as Munna Jazbaati the Q Tiya Intern, playing the role of an overly sensitive corporate intern.
- Surprisingly, this video went viral within a few hours after the release as a result, it crossed 3 million views.
- Kumar often works on Digital platforms such as YouTube, while his first debut film is Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan starring Ayushmann Khurrana.
- Jitendra is widely famous for his character ‘Gittu’, a confused bridegroom in Permanent Roommates web series and ‘Jeetu Bhaiya’ from Kota Factory.
- In the web series “Panchayat” on Amazon Prime Video India, he is starred as a lead.
- After that, he also played the role of “Laxman” in his feature film Shuruaat Ka Interval.
- In Feb 2014, Jitendra featured in TVF episode named as “Bollywood Aam Aadmi Party: Arnub’s Qtiyapa”.
- In this episode, Kumar imitates Arvind Kejriwal and this video is viral and has 7.5 million views on Youtube.
- Jitendra is awarded by Talentrack Digital Content Awards for best performer-comic.
- He successfully made his silver screen debut in the year 2017 in film Gone Kesh.
- In the blockbuster Bollywood film ‘A Wednesday’, Jitendra did a minute role.
- Jitendra was offered a full-time paid job at TVF in Mumbai by Arunabh Kumar who is the founder of TVF and alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur. Aurnabh came to the college for offering him a job.
Intresting Facts about Jitendra Kumar
- From his childhood times, he likes to mimic some famed film stars like Nana Patekar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan.
- During his college days, he met Biswapati Sarkar who invited him for the first time to join TVF.
- He has also appeared in the television advertisement Voltas AC.
- Jitendra charges almost 50k for each episode.
- Kumar is also a popular social media personality, therefore has 1.1 Million followers on Instagram and 66.10 k followers on Twitter handle.
- Jitendra applied for admission in the National School of Drama, Delhi but due to the rejection he is settled in Mumbai.