FROM PITCHERS TO PANCHAYAT, JITENDRA KUMAR HAS LIT UP SCREENS OF ALL SIZES. NOW SET FOR A MAGICAL OUTING WITH JAADUGAR, 'JEETU BHAIYA' TELLS US ABOUT EMBRACING HIS FEMININE SIDE, FALLING SHORT OF RICKSHAW FARE AND ROMANCING LADY LUCK
LUCK. JITENDRA KUMAR BELIEVES IN IT. For every milestone in his career thus far, the actor has a luck by chance' story in support of it. He calls it "magic." We have a better word for it: talent.
Bursting on to the scene first as Munna Jazbaati in a TVF sketch, and then as Jeetu in TVF Pitchers, Jitendra Kumar is amongst India's early YouTube sensations. With a filmography that now includes Kota Factory and two spectacular seasons of Panchayat, you'll recognise the man even if you aren't familiar with his early work for The Viral Fever. Up there with colossal talents like Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey and Jaideep Ahlawat, Jitendra Kumar is charting his course to stardom.
His story starts out in the tiny town of Khairthal in Alwar. Raised in a home where his mother and her sister married two brothers (his father and tayaji), it was a tightknit joint-family unit. His father was a civil engineer who worked with the Public Works Department and was often transferred from one town to another within Rajasthan itself. It was at his school in Khairthal, in Grade 6, when a chance visit to the watercooler landed Jitendra a role in the year's biggest dramatic extravaganza: the annual Ramlila performance. "The girl who was meant to play the role of Taraka fell ill. She had fever and left for home in the middle of the school day.
She even took her costume with her. I left class to drink some water and found my class teacher pacing in the corridor.
This story is from the July 01,2022 edition of The MAN.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the July 01,2022 edition of The MAN.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
The 2023 Bucket List
Before the world as we know it changes forever, here's a partial list of experiences to try in the year ahead
Do You Have The Time To Read Your Watch?
Audemars Piguet Starwheel Code 11.59 is the latest among watches with unusual layouts
THEY CAME THEY RODE, THEY CONQUERED
FOUR WOMEN BIKERS TRAVERSING THE UNTOUCHED TERRAIN OF EASTERN ARUNACHAL ON THEIR DUCATI MULTISTRADA BIKES. THE 'EXPLORE BEYOND' BIKING EXPEDITION WAS AN INITIATIVE OF ARUNACHAL TOURISM TO SHOWCASE THE STATE AS A SAFE DESTINATION FOR SOLO WOMEN TRAVELLERS. THE RIDE WAS FLAGGED OFF BY CM PEMA KHANDU FROM THE BANKS OF THE SIANG AT PASIGHAT AND WOUND UP AT THE ORANGE FESTIVAL OF ADVENTURE & MUSIC, DAMBUK, WHERE THE BIKERS LET THEIR HAIR DOWN AND PARTIED LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW. YUP, GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN, AND IN ARUNACHAL THEY CAN - SAFELY
ΤΗΕ RIGHT ΤΙΜΕ
AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY BECOME BURNING ISSUES, WATCH BRANDS TOO ARE DOING THEIR BIT TO SUPPORT CAUSES, BOTH THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL THE TIMEPIECES THEY ARE CREATING AND THE INITIATIVES THEY ARE UNDERTAKING
THE GOLDENPASS EXPRESS
A LUXURY SWISS WINTER ESCAPE ROUTE
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
WITH BOUTIQUE LODGES AND ΝΟ CROWDS, THE MORE EXCLUSIVE TEHLA ZONE OF SARISKA NATIONAL PARK IS EMERGING AS THE DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR WILDLIFE ENTHUSIASTS
LAMBORGHINI HURACAN EVO SPYDER TOP-DOWN ADRENALINE MACHINE
A machine sculpted to perfection, the Lamborghini Huracan EVO Spyder is a sensational car in every sense. It is fast, it's beautiful, and it is just special
CARS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2023
WITH THE devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the acute supply chain disruptions caused by it beginning to ease, the automotive industry is rapidly accelerating out of the deep crisis it found itself two years ago.
DATING A SINGLE MOM
IT’S A COOL Friday evening. She is sitting with a cup of hot chocolate and unwinding with her phone. Her dating app has 10 unread messages. She hopes that at least one match will lead to a conversation and a date that weekend.
YOUR SHIP HAS COME IN
Go-karting, the world’s first freefall dry slide on sea, musical shows, spa, artwork... this new ship has raised the bar on many levels!
