Jitendra Kumar (born on 1 September 1990) is an Indian model and actor. He is mainly known for his work in web series and comedy sketches of The Viral Fever where he portrayed characters such as Jeetu, Munna Jazbaati, Gittu and Arjun Kejriwal, (a parody version of Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician & Delhi Chief Minister). He is also known for his role of Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory, Aman Tripathi in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's Panchayat. Kumar is from Khairthal in Alwar, Rajasthan. He graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has done so many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at IIT KGP where he met Biswapati Sarkar who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012. Jitendra Kumar also starred in 'Munna Jazbaati : The Q-tiya intern' in 2013 which got instantly went viral and crossed 3 million views. Since then, he worked in several characters in TVF videos which include 'Tech Conversations With Dad', 'A Day With' series, TVF Bachelor's series which crossed a million views, Kota Factory and many others. Kota Factory was one of his biggest hits Apart from TVF videos on YouTube, Kumar has played a some significant roles in comedy sketches, movies and web series. He is mainly famous for his character 'Jitendra Maheshwari', a frustrated corporate employee in the web series TVF Pitchers, 'Gittu', a confused bridegroom in Permanent Roommates web series and 'Jeetu Bhaiya' from Kota Factory. He was also part in the movie Shuruat Ka Interval.

He currently stars as the lead in the web-series Panchayat on Amazon Prime. He acted, Abhishek Tripathi, the urban young secretary of a Panchayat office in the rural town of Phulera, Uttar Pradesh. The series involve around his daily struggles adapting to village life and his new work as he tries to get away from all this by attempting the Common Admission Test to the Indian Institutes of Management. The series, produced by TVF, has been largely praised by viewers and critics alike.

Jitendra Kumar does not have any previous connections with Bollywood or star kid status but his net worth is $ 02-10 million. Which is higher than some star kids. He started his career from minor roles in TVF then got the lead actor role!

Jitendra Kumar Controveries:
Affairs: Like all the actors he never involves in affair controversy. He only dated his co-actress Akanksha Thakur.
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020): He acted in the movie Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020) this got big controversy because it is India's first Homosexual movie.

Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar  kissing scene: He acted in the movie Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020) this got big controversy because it is India's first Homosexual movie. There was big controversy because of the scene of kissing of Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar. Jitendra Kumar also shared he had to kiss 4 boys during his college days. [Source]