MUMBAI: 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.

Mere sapnon ki rani, Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu,Tareef karu kya uski, these melodies are the backbone of Bollywood music and this contemporary music thrives even after three decades and gives the current music trends stiff competition.

Three of his classics, Howrah Bridge, Aradhana and Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee, are to be turned into animation films by ?Pritish Nandy Communications.

Samanta received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana, Anuraag and Amanush. He has also received several Lifetime Achievement awards, including the Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002 and several other awards from Zee and other Indian organizations.

Some of his films have been shown at international festivals in Berlin, Tashkent, Moscow, Cairo and Beirut.