B4U Music will celebrate the birthday of Jeetendra on 7 April and pay a tribute to Shakti Samanta on 9 April. Both the programmes would be aired between 9 pm to 12 am on the respective days.

Jeetendra, born as Ravi Kapoor is better known as the Jumping Jack of Bollywood. He has a film career spanning 50 years. He was one of the fastest and best dancers of his time.

A versatile actor, Jeetendra has worked in different genres of cinema. Caravan, Justice Choudhary, Judaii and Himmatwala among other being some of his memorable films. His performance in offbeat films like Kinara brought him critical acclaim too.

Jeetendra is the chairman of Balaji Telefilms a leading production house that his wife Shobha Kapoor and daughter Ekta Kapoor look after as managing director and joint managing director respectively. His son Tushhar Kapoor is an actor.

Shakti Samanta was a renowned producer director who contributed some memorable films to Bollywood and gave some brilliant music too.

Aradhana , An evening in Paris, Kashmir ki Kali, Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kati Patang Amar Prem are some of his masterpieces.

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