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India.com
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Meet actor who once faced poverty, then became star, did 200 films, one mistake ruined his career, has not worked for last 25 years, name is....
Many Bollywood actors came from a very humble background and slowly rose to fame. These actors have always been the inspiration for those who aim to be a star in Bollywood, but their situations pull them back. Today, we will discuss about an actor who once witnessed extreme poverty and then his life changed after entering the Indian cinema. With his grit, resilience and power-packed performances, he won hearts of fans. However, his fate had something else stored for him. This actor whom we are discussing witnessed struggles even after entering the Indian cinema. However, after a certain point of time, he established himself as a known face in the industry. Now, it has been more than 5 decades of him being a part of the cinema and during this tenure, he did over 200 movies. If you are unable to take cues and wondering who this actor is, then let us tell you we are talking about the legendary Jeetendra. Jeetendra made his acting debut in the 1964 Hindi film Geet Gaya Patharon Ne. However, the film turned out to be a huge flop. His major breakthrough in Bollywood came with the film Farz (1967). Over the years, he did many films and was even compared with leading actors such as Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Manoj Kumar and Dharmendra. In an interview, Jeetendra said that he acted in movies to overcome his financial crisis. In the initial days, media reports claim that the actor lived in slums, had no money, no food and yet he did not give up. Jeetendra's life turned when he ventured into production. In 1982, he produced Deedar-e-Yaar. However, it failed at the box office. As a result, the actor faced massive financial loss. After this, Jeetendra did not produce a single film for 25 years. He handed over the production work to his daughters Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. Out of these, Ekta is the most successful TV producer and she mostly produces serials. She also produced various web series.
India.com
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Meet Bollywood legend who once lived in a chawl, did over 200 films, founder of a leading production house, his son is an actor.., he is…
Meet Bollywood legend who once lived in a chawl, did over 200 films, founder of a leading production house, his son is an actor.., he is… In the glitzy and glamorous world of Bollywood, success is always fleeting. And with the success comes money. While one day a star could be nothing, another day, on a Friday, one box office hit can turn around their entire career trajectory and their life. Many such tales belong to actors of the Hindi Film Industry who, at one stage, were barely making ends meet, but later they managed to become a stars in the film. Many of them only spent moments, days, or weeks of their childhood and/or early youth in poverty, but they had their moment to shine in Bollywood. You can find lots of instances of this in Bollywood. One such actor who had a similar tale was Jeetendra, who went through poverty but later got Bollywood success. In an interview, Jeetendra said that he lived in a dilapidated apartment, but when he had a fan installed in his apartment, the entire dilapidated building came to look at the fan. Jeetendra encountered difficult times even after being successful in his industry, and he starred in 60 movies in 8 years. 60 films in 8 years Jeetendra began his journey as a Bollywood actor in 1964 with I.V. Shantaram's film 'Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne'. He achieved success in Bollywood quickly. Later, he also became active as a producer. However, in 1982, after the failure of his film 'Deedar-e-Yaar,' Jeetendra experienced a major blow. His finances suffered. To remedy this, he continued working on blind films. A veteran actor had mentioned this insecurity in an interview: 'I did 60 films continuously in 8 years because it is true, I was insecure, very insecure in the 1980s.' When the fan was fitted into the house, everyone in the chawl came to see it In the same interview, Jeetendra shared an anecdote associated with his hardships. The actor said, 'I am a person who came from a chawl in Goregaon. I have seen the time when a fan was fitted in my house, and people from the entire chawl came to see it. I have gone through the bad time very closely, that's why I used to work like a madman.' Jeetendra has not worked in films for almost 25 years The actor Jeetendra ruled the Hindi film industry for so many years. Now that the actor has stayed away from the industry for two and a half decades. But he earns crores from his production houses, Balaji Telefilms, Alt Balaj,i and Balaji Motion Pictures. His daughter Ekta Kapoor and wife Shobha Kapoor look after this work.
