Jeet (actor)
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Jeet | |
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 Jeetendra Madnani (Jeet) | |
| Born | Jeetendra Madnani November 30, 1978 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Spouse | Mohona Ratlani (2011-present) |
| Website | www |
Jeet (Template:Lang-bn) (born Jeetendra Madnani on 30 November 1978) is a Bengali film actor, producer and television presenter from Kolkata, India. Jeet began his acting career in 2002 with the film Saathi directed by Haranath Chakraborty, where he played the lead role for which he received the BFJA - Most Promising Actor Award for his performance in Saathi (2002). With the commercial success of Saathi, there was no looking back for Jeet. He gave the chain of hits at the box office in upcoming years with the films like Champion (2003), Naater Guru (2003), Shongee (2003), Premi (2004), Bondhon (2004), Juddho (2005), Hero (2006), Wanted (2010), Josh (2010), Dui Prithibi (2010), Fighter (2011), Shotru (2011), 100% Love (2012), Awara (2012), Deewana (2013) etc. Over the years he has established himself as one of the biggest superstars in Tollywood.
Early life
As a child he studied at St. Joseph & Mary's School, New Alipore later in National High School, Hazra Road and completed his graduation from the Bhawanipur Education Society College of the University of Calcutta. However, his academic life was interrupted soon after for joining his family business. Nevertheless, he had a renewed interest for Creative Art since his early days. He enjoyed watching dramas and movies. Sometimes he would try the styles and mannerisms of leading stars on himself. His friends insisted him to try his luck in Creative World.
Career
Jeet started with modelling assignments and then shifted to serials like Bishabriksha in 1994-95 directed by Bishnu Palchaudhuri in which he played Taracharan, Janani by Bishnu Palchaudhuri in which he played Anil and Daughters Of The Century by Tapan Sinha in which he was cast in the roles of Champiya and Kadambini. In order to pursue a career in acting, Jeet left for Mumbai. He stayed there for five years without getting the breakthrough that he was looking for.
In a vacation back in Kolkata, he started meeting directors and producers. In the meanwhile, to pursue his acting, he became associated with an organization called the Prosenium Art Centre. It was at this time that he acted in two English dramas - 'Arms And The Man' and 'Man At The Floor'. Thereafter he left for Mumbai again. He started giving regular auditions over there. In this process he came to meet a producer from South India who cast him in the Telugu film Chandu, which was released in 2001. However, the film did not manage to garner him the kind of plaudits he needed to increase his acting cache in a dramatic manner.
In October 2001 when he was back to Kolkata once again he suddenly he received a call from Haranath Chakraborty to come up and meet him at NT1 Studio. The shooting of Sathi commenced from 15 January 2002 and with that film Jeet made a big splash on Bengali screen. The film created box office records. The youth of Bengal went crazy with the new avatar of a Bengali hero. Jeet's simple yet powerful acting appealed across masses. Though initially he mainly played romantic characters, he soon expanded his acting skills and successfully transformed into an action hero. In 2005, a special Durja Puja campaign of Thums Up launched Jeet as their brand ambassador in West Bengal. The ad was enormously popular in regional channels and remains one of the most loved Bengali ads to date. However, Jeet was not a newbee to ads. A relatively small budget ad of a regional brand of men's innerwear had jeet in the lead. That was in the mid-1990s. The ad showed him in a not-so-prevalent-then sexy macho masculine avatar, together with a raunchy female model on a bike. The ad still remains a remembered ad for its outrageous appeal during those days. In 2012 he became a successful producer with his Blockbuster hit movie named 100% Love. His second film in 2012 was Awara, which has broken all the records in the history of Bengali cinema.His upcoming projects are Boss with Subhasree Ganguly which in turn is a remake of Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu's blockbuster movie Businessman which was released in 2013. The film is going to be directed by Baba Yadav under the banner of Reliance Entertainment.
Personal life
Jeet married Mohana Ratlani, a school teacher from Lucknow on 24 January 2011. He became the father of a baby girl on December 12, 2012. His baby's name is Heer.
Filmography
Jeet made his debut in the 2002 Bengali film Sathi directed by Haranath Chakraborty opposite to Priyanka Trivedi.
Awards and Nominations
- BFJA - Most Promising Actor Award for his performance in Saathi (2002).
- Kishore Kumar Award for best actor for Saathi (2002).
- Uttam Kumar Award for best actor for Saathi (2002).
- Kalakar Award for best actor for Saathi (2002).
- Anandolok Awards 2003 for Best Actor for Saathi (2002).
- KMP International Indo - Bangla Kala Music Award held at Manhattan, New York.
- Uttam Kumar Award for best actor for Naater Guru.
- Anandolok Awards 2004 for Angry young man.
- Anandolok Awards 2005 for Best Actor for Maanik
- Kalakar Award 2006 for best actor for Bondhon
- Lux Etv Award 2006 for best actor for the film Maanik
- BFJA 2006 - Icon of the year award.
- Uttam Kumar Award 2007 for best actor for Pitribhoomi
- Star Jalsha Paribar Award for Best Anchoring in the Bengali TV Show Koti Takar Baji (2012).
- Tele Cine Awards for best actor for Deewana.
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