Jitendra Kumar

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== Introduction ==
Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is better known for his work in web series and comedy sketches of The Viral Fever where he portrayed characters such as Jeetu, Munna Jazbaati, Gittu and Kejriwal, (a parody version of Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician & Delhi Chief Minister). He is also known for his role of Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory, Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's Panchayat, for which he has won a Filmfare OTT award in the category of "Best Actor Comedy Series (Male)"
== Acting Career ==
While studying civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur Jitendra kumar started liking acting. Kumar has done many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at IIT KGP where he met Biswapati Sarkar 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 include 'Tech Conversations With Dad', 'A Day With' series, TVF Bachelor's series which crossed a million views, Kota Factory 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 in the web series TVF Pitchers, 'Gittu', a confused bridegroom in Permanent Roommates web series and 'Jeetu Bhaiya' from Kota Factory. He has also been a part in the movie Shuruat Ka Interval.
He recently starred as the lead in the web-series Panchayat on Amazon Prime. He plays, Abhishek Tripathi, the urban young secretary of a Panchayat office in the rural town of Phulera, Uttar Pradesh. The series revolves around his daily struggles adapting to village life and his new work as he tries to get away from all this by attempting the Common Admission Test to the Indian Institutes of Management. The series, produced by TVF, has been widely praised by viewers and critics alike.
He recently played the lead in Chaman Bahar. He plays Billu, a young small town paan-shop owner who falls in love with a pretty school girl who lives in a house opposite his shop. His shop becomes a hub of all the young boys of the locality to assemble there just to get a glimpse of the girl.
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Year	Title 	Character 	Ref
2014	Shuruaat Ka Interval 	Laxman 	
2019	Gone Kesh 	Srijoy Roy 	
2020	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	Aman Tripathi 	
2020	Chaman Bahaar 	Prem Kumar "Billu" Yadav	
=== Web series ===
Year	Title 	Character 	Ref	Episode
2014	Permanent Roommates 	Prateek 	 	4
2015	TVF Pitchers 	Jitendra "Jeetu" Maheshwari	 	All
2017	TVF Bachelors Season 2	Jeetu 	 	All
2017	Bisht, Please! 	Girish Goyal 	 	6
2017	F.A.T.H.E.R.S. 	Jeetu 	 	4
2018	Mr. & Mrs. Season 1 	Viren 	 	6
2019	ImMature 	Drama Teacher 	 	2
2019	TVF Tripling 	Himself 	 	1 & 5
2019	Kota Factory 	Jeetu Bhaiya 	 	All
2019	Humorously Yours 	RJ Mastikhor Mishra 	 	2
2019	Cheesecake 	Neel 	 	All
2020	Panchayat 	Abhishek Tripathi 	 	All
== Awards and Nominations ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result	Ref(s)
2020	Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Actor (Comedy Series)	Panchayat	Won 	
2020	GQ award 	Breakthrough Talent 	all 	Won