Jeet (actor)

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

[4][5] He is the Executive President of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum"[6] since 2022 and is one of the few actors known for doing commercial action films in Tollywood.

In a career spanning over two decades, he has become one of the highest paid and biggest stars of Bengali cinema throughout the years, receiving both critical acclaim and commercial success.

[10][11] Some of his commercially successful ventures includes Nater Guru (2003), Sangee (2003), Shubhodrishti (2005), Jor (2008), Dui Prithibi (2010), Josh (2010), Awara (2012), Fighter (2012), Boss: Born to Rule (2013), Deewana (2013), Bachchan (2014), Game (2014), Badsha – The Don (2016), Boss 2: Back to Rule (2017), Raavan (2022), Chengiz (2023) and Boomerang (2024).

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

[35][36] He played Govindlal in Raja Sen's directional venture Krishnakanter Will, which starred Swastika Mukherjee and Monali Thakur as female leads.

[39] Jeet collaborated with Varsha Priyadarshini for Jor which, made on a budget ₹1.25 crore, crossed seven weeks in theater and proved to be a hit at the box office.

[citation needed] In 2013, he appeared in the gangster action film Boss with Subhashree Ganguly which was a remake of Mahesh Babu's Businessman.

[50] 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 acted in an extended special performance with Abir Chatterjee and Shraddha Das in Neeraj Pandey's debut Bengali production venture The Royal Bengal Tiger.

[52] Produced by Friday Filmworks and Jeet's Grassroot Entertainment 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 in the film, received critical acclaim.

[53] He also acted in Baba Yadav's second directional venture Game, in which he played an officer of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) working in the Indian Army.

[59] 2017 onwards all his films have been released under the banner of his own production houses "Grassroot Entertainment" and "Jeetz Filmworks".

An India-Bangladesh joint production directed by Baba Yadav, it features Subhashree Ganguly and Bangladeshi actress Nusraat Faria in the leading roles.

An action thriller directed by debutant Anshuman Pratyush, although majority of the audiences appreciated it, critics gave it overwhelmingly negative reviews.

In 2021, he starred in Baazi, a film made under his production house Jeetz Filmworks, opposite Mimi Chakraborty.

[72] His second film in 2023 was "Manush: Child of Destiny" with Jeetu Kamal, Sushmita Chatterjee and Bidya Sinha Saha Mim.

Jeet during a shooting for his film in 2009