While studying civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur, Kumar started liking acting. Kumar has done many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at the IIT where he met Biswapati Sarkar, Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever[3] who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012.[4]
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 includes Tech Conversations With Dad, A Day With, TVF Bachelors, Kota Factory and many others.[5][6][7]
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 from TVF Pitchers, Gittu, a confused bridegroom from Permanent Roommates and Jeetu Bhaiya from Kota Factory. He made his film debut with Shuruat Ka Interval in 2014.[8]
Kumar's most notable role came with the series Panchayat, where he portrayed Abhishek Tripathi, a young urban secretary of a Panchayat office in the village Phulera, Uttar Pradesh.[13][14] The series has been expanded to four seasons and received positive responses.[15] Tanisha Bagchi of The Quint noted, "It’s refreshing to see Jitendra Kumar on screen every time. Kumar portrays Abhishek’s frustration with such ease that we can’t help but feel for this young guy who had to leave a bustling metro and make a desolate and gloomy panchayat office his home."[16] The series earned him Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Actor – Comedy Series and Best Actor Critics – Comedy Series.[17][18]
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