Jitendra Kumar opens up about ‘strange’ small-town romances, says he once ‘fell in love’ with a girl simply because she got a scolding in class

Jitendra explained that “these strange reasons” to develop a crush on someone can only be found in places where there are few co-ed schools, and where girls and boys are kept in separate sections. “If you are restricted from the beginning, and are told that boys and girls will be in different schools or sections, then you will always find such reasons to fall in love.”

The actor then recalled a hilarious story about one of his IIT Kharagpur friends, who is still in love with a girl whose laptop was stolen on a train. “There was a train from Jaipur to Kolkata, which we would board for IIT Kharagpur. Ten or twelve of us were there, including this girl. She’d just got a new laptop after our Diwali break. All of us were happy for her, but then in the morning, we saw her crying because her laptop had been stolen. Woh roh rahi thi aur bas, aaj tak pyaar hai use, woh move on nahi kar paya (She started crying, and my friend fell in love. He’s still in love with her to this day)!” he added.

On the work front, the actor will soon return with the third season of the fan-favourite show Panchayat, which will stream on Prime Video later this year. Jitendra will also be seen in the third season of Kota Factory, due out on Netflix.