Born : November 30, 1978 (age 30)
Kolkata, India Occupation Actor Years active 2002 - present Spouse(s) None
Jeet or Jeetendra Madnani }),(Born: 30 November 1978) Calcutta, West Bengal, India,. is an Indian actor from Kolkata. Although, of non-Bengali origin, he is a leading actor in the Bengali film industry.[1][2] Jeet received his first BFJA - Most Promising Actor Award for his performance in Saathi (2002), his biggest commercial success so far.
He studied first at St. Joseph & Marry's School, New Alipur later in National High School, Hazra Road and finally completed his Graduation from Bhawanipur Educational Society, Elgin Road.However, his academic life was interrupted soon after for joining his family business.Nevertheless, he had a renewed interest for Creative Art since his early days.He enjoyed watching dramas and movies. Sometimes he would try the styles and mannerisms of leading stars on himself.His friends insisted him to try his luck in Creative World. Filmy career
In the beginning he took up some modelling assignments then came some serials like Bishabriksha in 1994-95 directed by Bishnu Palchowdhury in which he played Taracharan, Janani by Bishnu Palchowdhury in which he played Anil and Daughters Of The Century by Tapan Sinha in which he was cast in the roles of Champiya and Kadambini.But somehow at that time he felt to move ahead from the periphery of modellings and serials. Jeet left for Mumbai. There amongst much hardships he struggled for 5 years to establish himself but never compromised to any circumstances.
In a vacation coming back to Kolkata he started meeting directors and producers over here. In the meantime to pursue his acting he became associated with an organization- Prosenium Art Center.It was at this time that he acted in two English dramas-'Arms And The Man' and 'Man At The Floor'. Thereafter he left for Mumbai again.He started giving regular auditions over there. In this process he came to meet a producer from South who cast him in the Telegu film, Chandu released in 2001. However, the film couldn't give him the required strike