Jeetendra

[3] He consistently starred in several top–grossing Indian films from the late-1960s to the 1980s, such as Jeene Ki Raah, Khilona, Caravan, Bidaai, Udhar Ka Sindur, Dharam Veer, Swarg Narak, Jaani Dushman, Aasha, Meri Aawaz Suno, Farz Aur Kanoon, Himmatwala, Tohfa, Maqsad, Swarag Se Sunder, Khudgarz and Thanedaar,[4][5] as well as some of his acclaimed performances, include Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti, Mere Huzoor, Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, Humjoli, Parichay, Khushboo, Kinara, Priyatama, Lok Parlok, Takkar, Jyoti, Pyaasa Sawan and Sanjog.While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's character's double in the 1964 movie Geet Gaya Patharon Ne after which his career never turned back.While, Suhaag Raat and Aulad were critical and commercial failures, the lattermost co-starring Raaj Kumar and Mala Sinha received positive response from reviewers and did decent business at the box office.[26] Despite kicking off the new decade on a successful note, Jeetendra saw a bad phase from 1972 to 1973 as majority of his films, such as Ek Hasina Do Diwane (1972), Shaadi Ke Baad (1972), Yaar Mera (1972), Roop Tera Mastana (1972), Anokhi Ada (1973) and Gehri Chaal (1973), all flopped commercially.[27] During this phase, he saw moderate successes in Bhai Ho To Aisa (1972) and Jaise Ko Taisa (1973) and received praise for his portrayal of a kind-hearted tuition teacher in Gulzar's light-hearted drama Parichay (1972).[37] He concluded the decade on a high with one more blockbuster in Rajkumar Kohli's ensemble horror thriller Jaani Dushman and a hit in Anil Ganguly's drama film Khandaan.[43][44] His next release was Ravi Chopra's big-budget action thriller The Burning Train in which he co-starred alongside Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi and Neetu Singh.[45] The film did average business at the time of release, but received praise for its well-choreographed action sequences as well as performances of the cast and attained cult status in later years.[46] After having fair runners in the form of Takkar and Nishana, he concluded the year with three back-to-back hits in Jyoti Bane Jwala, Judaai and Maang Bharo Sajana.[48] A remake of mega hit Kannada film Antha, it ran into controversies due to its bold subject, but opened to excellent audience response and proved to be a huge blockbuster at the box office.The film which also had Rekha, Rishi Kapoor and Tina Munim in the lead, failed to live up to the expectations and proved to be a major box office flop with minimal recovery of the investment.[62] The following year, he added one more blockbuster in his kitty with K. Bapayya's family drama Swarag Se Sunder co-starring Mithun Chakraborty, Jaya Prada and Padmini Kolhapure.[64] After the underperformance of Dharm Adhikari, he reunited with T. Rama Rao for Dosti Dushmani alongside Rajinikanth and Rishi Kapoor, which emerged a box office hit.[73] Post-1990, Jeetendra kapoor star power began to wane as his subsequent releases like Begunaah (1991), Ranbhoomi (1991), Sapnon Ka Mandir (1991), Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi (1992), Rishta Ho To Aisa (1992) and Insaaf Ki Devi (1992) failed to do well commercially.It was not until the release of Bidaai on 18 October 1974, that Jeetendra and Shobha decided to get married, which they did in a simple ceremony at Janki Kutir with only a few family members and friends present.[82] During an episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, when Jeetendra and Ekta Kapoor were the guests, he related an incident from 1976 where he was supposed to go to Madras (now Chennai) by flight on Karva Chauth.