Jeetendra was born Ravi Kapoo r on 7 April, 1942 in Amritsar , Punjab to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor. Ravi Kapoor was born in a Punjabi business family that dealt with imitation jewellery. While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram , he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie "Navrang."