His vigorous dancing in the films won him the nickname 'Jumping Jack of Bollywood'. He is also known as the 'Remake King' of Bollywood. In today's times, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn are called remake kings but there was also a time when this tag was given to Jeetendra.
According to the reports, over 8.8 crore tickets of 'Caravan' were sold in China, while about 1.9 crore tickets were sold in India when the film had released in India in 1971.
As Jeetendra celebrates his 81st birthday today, here s the interesting story behind the actor s Bollywood debut playing Sandhya s double in V. Shantaram s Navrang.