Jeet

Jeetendra Madnani, mononymously known as Jeet, is an Indian actor, film producer, singer, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Bengali cinema.

He owns the production houses "Grassroot Entertainment" and "Jeetz Filmworks".

He is also the Executive Secretary of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum".

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

Jeet collaborated with Haranath Chakraborty for Naater Guru, which had the debutante Koel Mallick in the female lead.

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 films and had his first breakthrough by portraying the lead character in Sathi, which became one of the highest grossing Bengali films of all time.

In a career spanning over two decades, he has become one of the biggest stars Bengali cinema through the years, with critically and commercially successful ventures like - Awara, Boss: Born to Rule, Bachchan, Boss 2: Back to Rule, Game: He plays to win, Badsha – The Don, Jor, Besh Korechi Prem Korechi, Fighter, Dui Prithibi, Sultan: The Saviour, Deewana, Raavan, Chengiz to his credit, all of them being Blockbuster Hits.

In 2022, he starred in Raavan and next he worked with director Rajesh Ganguly for Chengiz, an action thriller.

Chengiz became the first Bengali film to get a simultaneous Hindi release and became a commercial success.

Now he is working for his upcoming film "Boomerang".

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.

He later acted with Priyanka Trivedi in the film Sangee, released on 26 December 2003.

In 2004, his first film was with Raima Sen, named Shakti.

His other films of the year include Premi (opposite debutant Chandana Sharma), Mastan, Aakrosh, and Bandhan.

In 2005, he acted in Yuddho along with Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy and Koel Mallick.

In 2005, Jeet collaborated with Mallick in Shubhodrishti and Manik, both directed by Prabhat Roy.

Jeet won the Anandalok Awards for Best Actor for Manik.

Jeet again acted with Mallick in two consecutive films – Ghatak and Hero.

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 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 at the box office.

Jeet appeared with Mallick in the films Saat Paake Bandha and Neel Akasher Chandni.

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 and Deloitte.

Jeet next starred with Srabanti Chatterjee in Fighter, the remake of the Telugu film Lakshyam.

He worked with Nusrat Jahan in Raj Chakraborty's action film Shotru, which was a remake of the Tamil film Singam.

Roshni Mukherjee of The Times of India gave the film a positive review.

Jeet reappeared with Priyanka Trivedi in Hello Memsaheb.

Jeet subsequently married Mohna Ratlani, a school teacher from Lucknow, India, on 24 February 2011.

They became parents to a daughter on 12 December 2012.

In October 2023, Jeet and Mohna welcomed their second child and become parents to a son.

In 2012 he became a producer with the movie 100% Love, in which he also acted together with Mallick.

His second film in 2012 with Sayantika Banerjee was Awara, which was the highest-grossing film of the year 2012.

He has been a recipient of numerous awards including Tele Cine Awards, Anandalok Puraskar for the Best Actor and Kalakar Awards (2014) for "King of Tollywood" and many others.

He is one of the few actors known for doing commercial action films in Tollywood.