Jeet (actor)

Jeet (Jeetendra Madnani) is an Indian actor, producer, television judge and television presenter. He is a superstar in the Tollywood film industry.

Career

Jeet started his modeling career in 1993. His first acting assignment was ''Bishabriksha'' (199495), a Bengali TV series directed by Bishnu Palchaudhuri. He made his big screen debut with ''Chandu'' (2001), a Telugu film. His first success came in 2002, opposite Priyanka Trivedi, through '' Sathi'', a highly successful romantic drama, directed by Haranath Chakraborty, for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Actor Award and Anandalok Awards for Best Actor. In the same year, he acted in the Bengali remake of ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar''. This initial success was followed by other critical and commercial successes, including ''Nater Guru'', ''Sangee'', '' Bandhan'' and ''Yuddho''. In 2005, he acted alongside Koel Mallick in ''Nater Guru'', which released to critical and commercial success and fetched him his second Anandalok Award for Best Actor. This success was short-lived as Jeet starred in some commercial failures, including ''Saathihara'', ''Priyotoma'' and ''Ghatak'' but this failure was short-lived as Jeet starred in '' Jor'', which became a box office hit.

2010 proved to be a commercially successful year for Jeet as he starred in '' Wanted'' and '' Dui Prithibi'', both of which were critically and commercially successful ventures; the latter being the highest grosser of 2010, according to a study conducted by FICCI & Deloitte. In 2013, he appeared in the crime thriller '' Boss: Born to Rule'', which was Jeet's first pan-India release. The film proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2013, grossing and also earned him his first Filmfare Awards East nomination.

From 2014 to 2016, he has starred in many films, including four critically and commercially successful ventures – the psychological thriller ''The Royal Bengal Tiger'', the comedy thriller '' Bachchan'', the action comedy '' Badsha The Don'' and more recently the action drama '' Abhimaan'' and in 2018 the action thriller film Bagh bandi khela released on 16 November 2018. He also worked with Adil.

In television, he appeared on several reality shows and also hosted some, including '' Koti Takar Baaji'' and ''Bigg Boss Bangla''.

Personal life

Jeet was born into a Sindhi family. He had reportedly been in a relationship with his co-star Swastika Mukherjee during the shooting of the film ''Mastan''. Jeet subsequently married Mohna Ratlani, a school teacher from Lucknow, India, on 24 February 2011. They became parents to a daughter on 12 December 2012.

Filmography

1993–96

Jeet started with modelling assignments and then shifted to serials like ''Bishabriksha'' in 1994–95, directed by Bishnu Palchaudhuri, in which he played Taracharan; In ''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

2001–04

Jeet collaborated with Haranath Chakraborty for '' Naater Guru'', which had the debutante Koel Mallick in the female lead. He later acted with Priyanka Trivedi in the film ''Sangee'', released on 26 December 2003. In 2004, his first film was with Raima Sen, named ''Shakti''. His other films of the year include ''Premi'' (opposite debutant Chandana Sharma), ''Mastan'', ''Aakrosh'', and '' Bandhan''.

2005–08

In 2005, he acted in ''Yuddho'' along with Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy and Koel Mallick. In 2005, Jeet collaborated with Koel Mallick in ''Shubhodrishti'' and '' Manik'', both directed by Prabhat Roy. Jeet won the Anandalok Awards for Best Actor for '' Manik''.

Jeet again acted with Koel Mallick in two consecutive films – ''Ghatak'' and ''Hero''. He played Govindlal in Raja Sen's directional venture ''Krishnakanter Will'', which starred Swastika Mukherjee and Monali Thakur as female leads. His next film was with Hrishitaa Bhatt, titled ''Bidhatar Lekha'', which starred Priyanshu Chatterjee as the main antagonist. The film explores two lovers and their relationship in their last life that had come to a tragic end, and the pair confronts each other again in the current incarnation. He again collaborated with Swastika Mukherjee for the film ''Partner'' in 2008. Jeet collaborated with Varsha Priyadarshini for '' Jor'' which, made on a budget Rs. 1.25 crore, crossed seven weeks in theater and proved to be a hit in the box office.

2009–present

Jeet appeared with Koel Mallick in the films ''Saat Paake Bandha'' and ''Neel Akasher Chandni''. He starred in '' Dui Prithibi'', which was released on 14 October 2010. ''Dui Prithibi'' was the highest grosser of 2010, according to a study conducted by FICCI & Deloitte.

Jeet next starred with Srabanti Chatterjee in '' Fighter'', the remake of the Telugu film '' Lakshyam''. He worked with Nusrat Jahan in Raj Chakraborty's action film ''Shotru'', which was a remake of the Tamil film ''Singam''. Roshni Mukherjee of ''The Times of India'' gave the film a positive review. Jeet reappeared with Priyanka Trivedi in ''Hello Memsaheb''. In 2012 he became a producer with the movie '' 100% Love'', in which he also acted together with Koel Mallick. His second film in 2012 with Sayantika Banerjee was '' Awara'', which was the highest-grossing film of the year 2012. In 2013, he appeared in the gangster action film ''Boss'' with Subhashree Ganguly which was a remake of Mahesh Babu's ''Businessman''. Although the film received mixed reviews from critics, Jaya Biswas of ''The Times of India'' wrote that "Jeet ..can dance, fight and emote as well." Jeet won the Kalakar Awards for The King of Tollywood for the film. He was also nominated for Best Actor in the inaugural ceremony of Filmfare Awards East.

Jeet acted in an extended special performance with Abir Chatterjee and Shraddha Das in Neeraj Pandey's debut Bengali production venture ''The Royal Bengal Tiger''. Produced by Neeraj Pandey's Friday Filmworks and Jeet's Grassroot Entertainment and distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, the film turned out to be a critical and commercial success. Jeet's performance of a suave and slightly dangerous Anjan who completely transforms the main protagonist in the film, received critical acclaim. He also acted in Baba Yadav's second directional venture ''Game'', in which he played an officer of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) working in the Indian Army. In 2014, Jeet co-starred with Aindrita Ray (in her debut Bengali film) in the film '' Bachchan'', which released on 3 October 2014, to positive response from critics as well as from audiences.

In 2021, he starred in '' Baazi'', a film made under his production house Jeetz Filmworks, opposite Mimi Chakraborty. It was released in October during Puja holidays.

In 2022, he starred in '' Ravaan'', a film made under his production house Jeetz Filmworks. It released on Eid al-Fitr. He is currently working with director Rajesh Ganguly for his upcoming film titled ''Chengiz'', an action thriller. In the end of the year 2022 another film named '' Kagojer Nouko'' opposite Rukmini Maitra and Tridha Choudhury with the director Souvik Kundu is scheduled to be released.

Other works

Brand endorsements

A relatively small budget ad of a regional brand of men's underwear had Jeet in the lead. He became the brand ambassador of Fashion at Big Bazaar (a unit of Future Group) on 18 September 2013. In 2005, a special Durga Puja campaign of Thums Up launched Jeet as their brand ambassador in West Bengal. Jeet launched the Times Food Guide 2012 in Kolkata.

Sports ventures

Jeet was also the ex-captain of the Bengal Tigers in the Celebrity Cricket League. Jeet had also acquired the Kolkata franchise of the first-ever multi-nation 2016 Premier Futsal season that started on 15 July 2016. The team is known as "Kolkata 5s" as each franchise was similarly named in the inaugural season.

Television appearances

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Living people
1978 births
People from New Alipore
Indian people of Sindhi descent
Male actors from Kolkata
Male actors in Bengali cinema
Bhawanipur Education Society College alumni
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award winners
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