Jitendra Kumar (Jeetu, TVF) Wiki, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor who is widely recognized for playing the role of ‘Jeetu Bhaiya’ in Kota Factory (2019). He made his  Bollywood debut with ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ (2020).

Wiki/Biography

Jitendra Kumar was born on Saturday, 1 September 1990 (age 29 years; as in 2019) in Khairthal, Alwar, Rajasthan. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He completed his schooling from Rajasthan and went to IIT Kharagpur to pursue his B. Tech. in Civil Engineering.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 5″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Jitendra Kumar’s father is a civil engineer. He has two sisters, Ritu and Chitra (Chinki).

He is in a rumoured relationship with his web-series co-star, Akanksha Thakur.

Career

Jitendra started his acting career in 2012 with TVF, a popular YouTube Channel. He played the role of an overly sensitive corporate intern in his first video, “Munna Jazbaati: The Q-tiya intern.” The video went viral instantly and crossed 3 million views on YouTube within a few hours of its release.

Subsequently, he played different characters in many YouTube videos, including “Tech Conversations With Dad” and “TVF Bachelors series.”

In 2014, he made a spoof video on Arvind Kejriwal along with Arvind Kejriwal.

In 2008, Kumar did a cameo in the Bollywood film, “A Wednesday,” in which he played the character of a taxi driver. In addition to TVF videos, he has played prominent roles in the web series like ‘Permanent Roommates’ (2014), in which he played the role of ‘Gittu,’ a confused bridegroom.

In 2019, he made his debut in the Bollywood film “Gone Kesh.”

Jitendra has also featured in various TV commercials like “Voltas AC.”

He gained immense popularity with the TVF web-series, ‘Kota Factory, (2019),’ which is considered the first black and white web-series in India. He played the character of ‘Jeetu Bhaiya’ in this web-series.

In 2020, he acted in the Bollywood film, ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan,’ along with Ayushmann Khurana. He did a lip-lock scene with Ayushmann in this film.

Favourite Things

Facts/Trivia

• One day while he was in his college, his seniors forced him to perform an English Elocution. He was supposed to deliver Al Pacino’s lines from the 1992 film ‘Scent of a Women.’ Although he was not so good at English, he impressed his seniors with his act. They suggested him to join the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society of his college. He even won a bronze medal in elocution during his graduation.

• After doing B. Tech., he worked for 8 months in a company, but he did not like his job and decided to quit. After that, he met Biswapati Sarkar, the creative director of TVF, who offered him to join TVF (The Viral Fever).

• Biswapati was Jitendra’s senior in college and used to do theatre plays with him. Jitendra was also a part of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at IIT Kharagpur.

  Jitendra Kumar with Biswapati Sarkar

• His hobbies include doing paper wall art, playing the guitar, and playing cricket.

  Jitendra Kumar playing the guitar

• Jitendra is very fond of dogs.

  Jitendra Kumar loves dogs

• His family and friends lovingly call him Jeetu.

• His college friends revealed that he was very lazy in his college days and never woke up before noon.

• He loves poetry, and his Twitter handle is #Farjigulzar; as he is a big fan of the lyricist Gulzar.

• He once applied for the National School of Drama, Delhi, but he got rejected in the second round. After getting rejected from NSD, he moved to Mumbai where he used to work as an actor for 5 days a week and used to teach Physics & Maths in the remaining two days to cover his expenses.

• He shared an old photo of his college days with the actor Ayushmann Khurrana on his Instagram account, which went viral on social media.

  An Old Picture of Jitendra Kumar with Ayushmann Khurrana

• He is often spotted drinking alcohol in parties.

  Jitendra Kumar in a Restaurant