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Starred in shelved movie Chanda Ki Chandni (1996) starring Jeeteendra, Reena Roy, Saaed Jaffery, Ashok Kumar, Sharmilee Raj, Aditi Sengupta.Music Laxmikant Pyarelal. Producer ; Ehsaan Khan. Directed; Raja Nawathe.

Narayana Rao Dasari directed Jeetendra for first time in the hit film Swarag Narak and delivered 6 more blockbusters like Jyoti Bane Jwala, Pyaasa Sawan, Mehndi Rang Layegi, Prem Tapasya, Haisiyat, Santaan(1993). Their only commercial failures were Zakhmi Sher and Sarfarosh(1985).

Starred in the shelved film M.R.S.Movies "Buddha Mil Gaya" (1992) Starring Jeetendra, Vicky Arora, Jay Mehta,Tisca Arora, Farheen,Salim Sheikh,Shakti Kapoor, Prem Chopra,Ranjeet, Ishrat Ali, Pran, Puneet Issar,Pramod Moutho, Music by Hari Arjun, Produced by Raj,Directed by Raj. 10 Reels.

Starred in the shelved movie,Akruti Films International,"Tarazu"(1990). Starring Jeetendra, Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar,Om Shivpuri, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Rajiv Kumar Choudhary, Directed by Sinkander Bharti.

Brother in law of Mumbai film distributor Ramesh Sippy ( Not the director). Shobha and Raksha are sisters. Raksha is married to Ramesh Sippy. They have 2 older daughters and a son. Ramesh was infamous for his involvement with Moushami Chatterjee in 1988.

Jeetendra and Jaya Prada were romantically paired opposite each other in 24 films and 18 of them were box office hits and 6 were flops.They also worked in two more hit films - Sindoor where Shashi Kapoor was paired opposite Jaya Prada and Jeetendra was supporting actor and in Hoshiyar(1985) - Jaya Prada was paired with Shatrughan Sinha and Jeetendra with Meenakshi Seshadhari. The 18 box office hits of Jeetendra-Jaya Prada were Lok Parlok(1979),Takkar(1980), Mawaali(1983),Tohfa(1984),Maqsad(1984),Haisiyat(1984), Mere Saathi(1985), Pataal Bhairavi (1985), Sanjog (1985), Singhasan (1986), Swarag Se Sunder (1986), Aulad (1987), Majaal (1987), Souten Ki Beti (1989), Nyay Anyay (1990), Thanedaar (1990), Khal-Naaikaa (1993), Lav Kush (1997) and 6 flops were Haqeeqat (1985), Majboor (1989), Sapnon Ka Mandir (1991) , Maa (1992), Chauraha (1994), Paappi Devataa (1995).

Maqsad was the highest box office earner in the year 1984. Jeetendra made guest appearances in Roti, Palkon Ki Chaon Mein and Begunaah - all three films which had Rajesh Khanna as the solo lead hero.

Jeetendra-Sridevi did 16 films together between 1983-88 and 13 of them were hits and 3 were flops. Jeetendra and Jaya Prada were romantically paired opposite each other in 24 films and 18 of them were box office hits and 6 were flops. In addition 2 more films they did together where they were not paired opposite each-other.

Starred in the shelved movie Movie Matter's "Heere Jawahrat"(1981) Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan,Music Rajesh Roshan,Directed by R.Jhalani. 14 Reels.

Childhood school and college friends Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra worked together and gave 3 blockbusters in the 1980's- Dharam Kanta(1982), Nishaan(1983) and Maqsad(1984). Infact all 3 films revenue showed increasing trend.

Producers like D. Rama Naidu, Prasan Kapoor, Tirupati Pictures, Padmalaya Studios, G.A. Sheshagiri Rao kept casting Jeetendra in their films and made many blockbusters with him as the lead hero in the period 1977-1989.

The directors who constantly gave box office hits with Jeetendra in the period 1976-1989 were J. Om Prakash, Narayana Rao Dasari, Rama Rao Tatineni, K. Raghavendra Rao and K. Bapaiah.

But in 1974, after having worked in films like Waris and Gehri Chaal, friendship between Jeetendra and Hema Malini grew and while shooting for Dulhan, both expressed love for each-other and decided to have a quick marriage. But soon this information reached Shobha and Dharmendra. Shobha asked Dharmendra to change Hema's mind as she was in love with Jeetendra since many years. Soon both Shobha and Dharemndra came by helicopter and convinced Jeetendra and Hema not to marry.

Jeetendra promised Shobha that if Bidai becomes a hit, he would marry her in 1974.

It was not until the release of 'Bidaai"(opposite Leena Chandavarkar) on October 18, 1974, that Jeetendra and Shobha decided to get married, which they did in a simple ceremony on at Janki Kutir with only a few family and friends present (Gulzar, Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar amongst the noted celebrities). The marriage was arranged hastily, as even Shobha's mom, who was in Japan at that time, could not attend. Jeetendra's friendship with both actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini never got affected after this incident. All 3 remained friends. Jeetendra worked with Dharmendra and had hits like Dharamveer, Jaani Dost, Insaaf Ki Pukar, Nafrat Ki Andhi and flops like The Burning Train, Samraat, The Gold Medal, Jaan Hatheli Pe, Paapi Devtaa, Dharma Karma.

Jeetendra-Rekha were romantically paired in 26 films and had 16 hits of the 26 films as lead pair starting from 1972-1998 and only 10 flops. In addition Rekha and Jeetendra worked in another 5 films where they were not paired opposite each-other.

His career's first blockbuster, without being a remake of a Tamil Film, was Caravan in 1970.

After Rajesh Khanna became the first superstar in 1969, all the actors except Devanand, had to suffer Rajesh Khanna onslaught in the period 1969-1975. Jeetendra had 22 flops and 21 solo hero film hits of the 43 films he did as the solo lead hero in period 1967-1979. Jeetendra had only 16 hits and 7 flops from the 23 multi star films he did from 1969-1979. In short, Jeetendra had done 66 films as lead hero between 1964-1979, of them 38 were hits and 29 were flops.

Jeetendra's successful films in 1968-71 Jeene Ki Raah, Jigri Dost, Humjoli were remakes of M.G.R blockbusters Naan Yen Pirenden, Maatkara Velen and Periya Edathu Pen respectively. Hindi remakes were also successful and this helped him forge strong relations with Southern producers. His career's first hit Farz in 1967 was remake of Telugu film Goodachari 116 starring Krishna Ghattamaneni.

It was Farz released in 1967, which was his 4th film appearance and 3 rd as the male lead, which made him a known face in the public. Ravi had met his present wife, Shobha, when she was only 14. She completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways. Shobha gave birth to a daughter, Ekta, and subsequently to a son, Tusshar. While Ekta became a producer of TV serials, mostly starting with 'K', Tusshar followed in his dad's footsteps. Ekta and Jeetu run a production company by the name of Balaji Films, and have produced Bollywood movies. Their TV productions are usually in Hindi & Tamil languages. Jeetendra has acted opposite Rajshree Shantaram, Mumtaz, Saira Banu, Mala Sinha, Nanda, Sharmila Tagore,Asha Parekh, Babita, Hema Malini, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy, Jaya Pradha, Sridevi, Komal, Rekha, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, Shabana Azmi, Padmni Kolhapuri,Bhanupriya, Madhavi, Anita Raaj, Sangeeta Bijlani, Ashwini Bhave. Whether running around trees (Tumhari Kasam, Ek Hi Bhool, Mawaali),singing songs (Banphool, Humjoli, Jigri Dost) or playing serious characters (Parichay, Khushboo, Dulhan, Kinara, Meri Awaz Suno,Chhup) or doing old man leading roles (Udhaar Ki Zindagi, Santaan, Jeetendra has always proved himself as an excellent actor, a family man, whose marriage is still intact, and someone who has yet to be involved in any controversy. He did 93 films as the solo lead hero and 103 multi star films as the lead hero and 2 films as a supporting actor and made guest appearances in 26 films. Ravi had met his present wife, Shobha, when she was only 14. She completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways.

Jeetendra gave 113 box office hits (excluding guest appearances in hits Navrang, Khilona, Roti, Umar Qaid, Rani Aur Lalpari,Naya Bakra, Anokha Bandhan, Begunaah and Om Shanti Om) as the lead hero from 1964-1997, off the 198 films he appeared till 2007 as lead hero.

When Jeetendra was struggling between 1960-66 to establish himself as an actor, he was in relationship with Shobha and Shobha was his girlfriend till 1972.

Ravi Kapoor was born in a business family that dealt with imitation Jewelery and used to live in a chawl. While supplying jewelry to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie 'Navrang'. His first break as a Bollywood leading man came in 'Geet Gaya Patharon Ne'.

He appeared in guest appearance in 26 other movies from 1959 to 2007 and 2 more films in supporting role after 2000.

Although Ravi Kapoor was born on April 7, 1942, Jeetendra birth's took place in 1964. When he was to go for auditions, he used to seek help from his childhood friend Rajesh Khanna to mug up his dialog and get guidance to give expressions. Geet Gaaya Pattharonne was his first hit, but that didn't fetch him offers as lead hero.