actor, he was in a relationship with Shobha and she was his girlfriend until 1972. It was not until the release of Bidaai on 18 October 1974, that Jeetendra and Shobha decided to get married, which they did in a simple ceremony at Janki Kutir with only a few family members and friends present. In her authorized biography, Hema Malini claimed that they almost got married, but she backed out. Jeetendra and Shobha have two children from their marriage. Their daughter, Ekta Kapoor, runs Balaji Telefilms and their son Tusshar Kapoor is also an actor. Jeetendra made a brief appearance in one of his daughter's produced films Kucch To Hai, a thriller movie released in 2003, where he appeared alongside his son Tusshar. During the 6th November, 2021 episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, when Jeetendra and Ekta Kapoor were the guests, he related an incident from 1976. He was supposed to go to Madras (now Chennai) by flight on Karva Chauth. His flight got delayed and he went back home so that Shobha could perform the necessary rituals like viewing the moon and break her fast. Shobha refused to let him go back to the airport. So Jeetendra called his make-up man and told him to come back home, and that they would leave the next day. Around 10:30 or 11:00 PM, he looked outside from his flat (on a high-rise in Pali Hill, Bandra) and saw a fireball hurtling toward the airport. Later, after a couple of hours, his phone rang incessantly with people calling to find out what happened. The flight that he was supposed to have taken had crashed. Shobha's prescient insistence that he not go turned out to be a blessing. That flight was Indian Airlines Flight 171. Filmography Awards and honours 1998 – Guest of Honour Award at the 18th Ujala Cinema Express Awards 2002 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zee Gold Bollywood Movie Awards in New York. 2003 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 – "Legend of Indian Cinema" Award at Atlantic City (United States). 2005 – Screen Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 – Sansui Television Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 – Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement 2012 – Lions Gold Awards: Most Evergreen Romantic Hero References External links Indian male film actors 1942 births Living people Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award winners Film producers from Punjab, India Male actors in Hindi cinema Male