Jeet (Jeetendra Madnani) is an
Indian actor, producer,
television
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judge and
television presenter
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. He is a superstar in the
Tollywood
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* Tollywood (Bengali cinema), the Bengali-language film industry based in West Bengal.
** Tollygunge
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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
Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada Language films.
Early life
Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten yea ...
, through ''
Sathi'', a highly successful romantic drama, directed by
Haranath Chakraborty
Haranath Chakraborty ( bn, হরনাথ চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial succes ...
, 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
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* Bengali language, the language they speak
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remake of ''
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar''. This initial success was followed by other critical and commercial successes, including ''
Nater Guru'', ''
Sangee
''Sangee'' () is an Indian Bengali-language romantic emotional drama film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Featuring Jeet and Priyanka Trivedi in their second film together,
it served as the Bengali remake of the 1998 Tamil film '' Kannedhir ...
'', ''
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
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. 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
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'' 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
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, 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
Haranath Chakraborty ( bn, হরনাথ চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial succes ...
for ''
Naater Guru'', which had the debutante
Koel Mallick in the female lead. He later acted with
Priyanka Trivedi
Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada Language films.
Early life
Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten yea ...
in the film ''
Sangee
''Sangee'' () is an Indian Bengali-language romantic emotional drama film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Featuring Jeet and Priyanka Trivedi in their second film together,
it served as the Bengali remake of the 1998 Tamil film '' Kannedhir ...
'', released on 26 December 2003. In 2004, his first film was with
Raima Sen
Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in the Hindi and Bengali films.
Early life
Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma ...
, 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
Prabhat Roy ( bn, প্রভাত রায়; born 1946 in Jamshedpore) is a former Indian director who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.
He received several awards including two National Awards and BFJA Awards.
He began his care ...
. Jeet won the
Anandalok Awards for Best Actor for ''
Manik''.
Jeet again acted with
Koel Mallick in two consecutive films – ''Ghatak'' and ''
Hero
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''. 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
''Neel Akasher Chadni'' is a 2009 Bengali romantic comedy film, directed by Sujit Guha and produced Pijus Saha. The film features Jeet, Koel Mallick, and Jisshu Sengupta in leading roles. It was Jeet and Koel's ninth film. The film won best ...
''. 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
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.
Jeet next starred with
Srabanti Chatterjee in ''
Fighter'', the remake of the
Telugu film ''
Lakshyam''. He worked with
Nusrat Jahan in
Raj Chakraborty
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's action film ''
Shotru'', which was a remake of the
Tamil film ''
Singam
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''. Roshni Mukherjee of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave the film a positive review. Jeet reappeared with
Priyanka Trivedi
Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada Language films.
Early life
Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten yea ...
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
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'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
Jeet is an Indian Bengali film actor, producer and television presenter. He made his film debut with a Telugu film, named ''Chandu'' that was released in 2001 which did not do that well at the box office. Further, Jeet moved on to do Bengali ...
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
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in the film, received critical acclaim. He also acted in Baba Yadav's second directional venture ''
Game
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'', in which he played an officer of the
Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) working in the
Indian Army
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. 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
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* Rajesh (Kannada actor), Kannada actor
* Rajesh Bishnoi, Indian cricketer
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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
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campaign of
Thums Up launched Jeet as their brand ambassador in
West Bengal
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. Jeet launched the Times Food Guide 2012 in
Kolkata
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.
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
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Mumbai won the inaug ...
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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