Jitendra Kumar is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

actor. He is best known for his role of Jitu in ''

TVF Pitchers ''TVF Pitchers'' is an Indian Hindi-language web series created by The Viral Fever (TVF) and developed by Arunabh Kumar. It features Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar and Abhay Mahajan along with Maanvi Gagroo and Riddhi Dogra. ...

'', Jeetu Bhaiya in ''

Kota Factory Kota Factory is an Indian Hindi-language streaming television series created by Saurabh Khanna, directed by Raghav Subbu & produced by Arunabh Kumar for The Viral Fever. The story is set in Kota, Rajasthan, an educational hub famous for its ...

'', Aman Tripathi in '' Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan,'' Meenu in ''Jaadugar'', and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's ''

Panchayat The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical men ...

'',. He has received several awards including two ''

Filmfare OTT Awards The Filmfare OTT Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language original programming over-the-top space. The first edition of the awards were held on 19 December 2020. It included films and web ser ...

''.

Early life and career

While studying

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

IIT Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a Public university, public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the Indi ...

, Jitendra Kumar started liking acting. Kumar has done many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at the IIT where he met

Biswapati Sarkar Biswapati Sarkar is an Indian script writer, who previously worked as the Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever (TVF), and is presently working at Posham Pa Pictures, a new studio he started along with Sameer Saxena, Amit Gol ...

Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever 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 includes ''Tech Conversations With Dad'', ''A Day With'', ''TVF Bachelors'', ''

'' 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 from ''

'', Gittu, a confused bridegroom from ''

Permanent Roommates ''Permanent Roommates'' is an Indian romantic comedy web series produced by The Viral Fever Media Labs. It was created by Arunabh Kumar, the founder of TVF, who also worked as the executive producer of the series. Written and developed by Bisw ...

'' and Jeetu Bhaiya from ''

''. He made his film debut with ''Shuruat Ka Interval'' in 2014. He recently starred as the lead in the web-series ''

'' on Amazon Prime. He plays, Abhishek Tripathi, a young urban secretary of a

office in the rural town of Phulera,

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. The series produced by TVF, has been widely praised by viewers and critics alike. In 2020, he was seen as Aman Tripathi in '' Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' opposite Ayushmann Khurrana and then he played Billu' in Chaman Bahaar.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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