Did you know ‘Panchayat 3’ actor Jitendra Kumar was rejected from the National School of Drama and Film and Television Institute?

‘

Panchayat Season 3

‘ has been receiving honest reviews and praises from fans since its OTT release on May 28. Actor

Jitendra Kumar

became familiar to fans and audiences after his remarkable performance in the series. Now, the actor has made a shocking revelation: he was rejected from both the

National School of Drama

and the

Film and Television Institute

of India.
Jitendra, who played Sachiv Ji in ‘Panchayat Season 3’, faced

rejection

from

NSD

and

FTII

, as per a recent report by The Better India. He dropped working in an MNC after nine months and took

acting

seriously. The actor had applied to institutions such as the National School of Drama (NSD) in Delhi and the Film and Television Institute (FTII) in Pune.

Jitendra mentioned that the experience at NSD was humbling, but he felt he wasn’t prepared enough to get into NSD. He added that one needs to have additional skills like dance and classical music in addition to acting to make it into NSD. When asked why he decided to pursue acting, dropping his engineering field, he didn’t take that review seriously and instead returned to TVF and pursued his passion for acting.
Jitendra Kumar’s major breakthrough came with the series “Pitchers”, which was also produced by the same production house as “Panchayat”.
He used to take classes at various coaching institutes for students preparing for competitive exams until 2015.