‘
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.
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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.
