Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is better known for his work in web series and comedy sketches of The Viral Fever where he portrayed characters such as Jeetu, Munna Jazbaati, Gittu and Kejriwal, (a parody version of Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician & Delhi Chief Minister). He is also known for his role of Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory, Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime’s Panchayat, for which he has won a Filmfare OTT award in the category of “Best Actor Comedy Series (Male)”
Acting career
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 IIT KGP where he met Biswapati Sarkar who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012.
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 include ‘Tech Conversations With Dad’, ‘A Day With’ series, TVF Bachelor’s series which crossed a million views, Kota Factory and many others.
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 in the web series TVF Pitchers, ‘Gittu’, a confused bridegroom in Permanent Roommates web series and ‘Jeetu Bhaiya’ from Kota Factory. He has also been a part in the movie Shuruat Ka Interval.
He recently starred as the lead in the web-series Panchayat on Amazon Prime. He plays, Abhishek Tripathi, the urban young secretary of a Panchayat office in the rural town of Phulera, Uttar Pradesh. The series revolves around his daily struggles adapting to village life and his new work as he tries to get away from all this by attempting the Common Admission Test to the Indian Institutes of Management. The series, produced by TVF, has been widely praised by viewers and critics alike.
He recently played the lead in Chaman Bahar. He plays Billu, a young small town paan-shop owner who falls in love with a pretty school girl who lives in a house opposite his shop. His shop becomes a hub of all the young boys of the locality to assemble there just to get a glimpse of the girl.
Filmography
Jeetu with Ayushmann Khurrana and Neena Gupta promoting Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Films
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Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Character | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Shuruaat Ka Interval | Laxman | |
| 2019 | Gone Kesh | Srijoy Roy | |
| 2020 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Aman Tripathi | |
| Chaman Bahaar | Prem Kumar “Billu” Yadav | ||
| 2021 | Jadoogar | Untitled Sports Man |
Web series
| Year | Title | Character | Ref | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Permanent Roommates | Prateek | 4 | |
| 2015 | TVF Pitchers | Jitendra “Jeetu” Maheshwari | All | |
| 2017 | TVF Bachelors Season 2 | Jeetu | All | |
| Bisht, Please! | Girish Goyal | 6 | ||
| F.A.T.H.E.R.S. | Jeetu | 4 | ||
| 2018 | Mr. & Mrs. Season 1 | Viren | 6 | |
| 2019 | ImMature | Drama Teacher | 2 | |
| TVF Tripling | Himself | 1 & 5 | ||
| Kota Factory | Jeetu Bhaiya | All | ||
| Humorously Yours | RJ Mastikhor Mishra | 2 | ||
| Cheesecake | Neel | All | ||
| 2020 | Panchayat | Abhishek Tripathi | All | |
| 2021 | Kota Factory Season 2 | Jeetu Bhaiyya | TBA |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor (Comedy Series) | Panchayat | Won |