Happy Birthday Jeetendra: When the actor referred to as Sridevi and Jaya Prada his ‘bread and butter’, mentioned he owed his profession to Telugu movies

Jeetendra, who has labored in a number of Hindi remake of Telugu movies, spoke about how he owes his profession to Telugu filmmakers. The actor’s well-liked movies — from Himmatwala, Justice Chaudhury to Tohfa — have been directed by Ok Raghavendra Rao, a well-liked filmmaker down south. On his 79th birthday, we revisit an previous interview wherein the actor spoke about how he owes his profession to the South movie business.
“Telugu is a very beautiful word for me. I owe a lot of things to Telugu people because my first big hit was with the legendary filmmaker LV Prasad,” he mentioned including “LV Prasad is my guru. If I called anybody my father after my own, it is him.”

“I got a lot of love from Telugu people. In my worst crisis, these people have come to my help. So, I am indebted to them,” Jeetendra continued on Ok Raghavendra Rao’s speak present referred to as Soundarya Lahiri.
The actor, who has collaborated with the filmmaker on over 11 movies, referred to as him as “the finest person I have met.” Even the director was all reward for the actor and said how his mixture with Jeetendra was hottest after his movies with legendary actors NT Rama Rao and Chiranjeevi.
As the video progresses, Jeetendra recall how he had labored on a movie referred to as Deedar-E-Yaar, which took 5 years to be accomplished however when it launched it was an enormous flop. “It bombed so badly. I lost Rs 2.5 crore in those days,” Jeetendra remembered. However, across the identical time, the actor was capturing for Himmatwala with Raghuvendra Rao in Rajahmundary. The movie, which was shot in simply 42 days, went onto develop into Jeetendra’s profession’s largest hit.
“With the release of Himmatwala, I bounced back. I made so much money. I forget my loss. And life went on. Two things – Raghavendra Rao and Telugu brought me back to life. Himmatwala was a roaring success,” the Kaamyab actor narrated.

He additionally remembered how he felt when Raghuvendra Rao mentioned he could be sharing the display screen house in Himmatwala with Sridevi, who was then the highest actress in South movie business.

“I was so happy when he said Sridevi was going to star next to me. I used to call Sridevi and Jaya Prada as my bread and butter,” mentioned the actor who went on to collaborate with Sridevi and Jaya in a number of movies.
Jeetendra starred in a number of movies with Sridevi. (Photo: Express Archive)
A nonetheless from Jeetendra and Jaya Prada’s movie Thanedaar. (Photo: Express Archive)
Jeetendra ended the dialog by stating that he would fortunately function in a Telugu movie if Raghuvendra Rao ever makes a movie with Mahesh Babu in it.