Jitendra Kumar


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 Arjun Kejriwal,. 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.

Acting career

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

YearTitleCharacterRef
2014Shuruaat Ka IntervalLaxman
2019Gone KeshSrijoy Roy
2020Shubh Mangal Zyada SaavdhanAman Tripathi
2020Chaman BahaarPrem Kumar "Billu" Yadav

Web series

YearTitleCharacterRefEpisode
2014Permanent RoommatesPrateek 4
2015TVF PitchersJitendra Maheshwari All
2017TVF Bachelors Season 2JeetuAll
2017Bisht, Please!Girish Goyal6
2017F.A.T.H.E.R.S.Jeetu4
2018Mr. & Mrs. Season 1Viren6
2019ImMatureDrama Teacher2
2019TVF TriplingActor1 & 5
2019Kota FactoryJeetu BhaiyaAll
2019Humorously YoursRJ Mastikhor Mishra2
2019CheesecakeNeelAll
2020PanchayatAbhishek TripathiAll