indian celebrities: Vijeta Pandit

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Vijeta Pandit

Vijeta comes from a musical family originating from Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana state. Pandit Jasraj is her uncle. Her older sister is Sulakshana Pandit, and like her, is an actress and playback singer. Her brothers are music directors Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit, better known as Jatin-Lalit.Rajendra Kumar cast her alongside with his son Kumar Gaurav in Love Story (1981), which became a "blockbuster" at the box office.^[1]She and Gaurav played star-crossed lovers, and they also developed a relationship off-screen. After the film became a hit, she turned down film offers wanting to be with Gaurav. But the relationship ended, due tofamily tensions.^[2] Vijeta went back to films and had another hit Mohabbat (1985).She was also briefly married to film director Sameer Malkan who directed her in the flop Car Thief (1986). After a few more films, she quit acting and concentrated on playback singing. Her husband, composer Aadesh Shrivastava has produced a pop album titledPropose - Pyaar ka Izhaar which marks Vijeta's debut as a pop singer. Actress Madhuri Dixit launched the album for the press in February 2007.