Vijeta Pandit

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Vijeta Pandit (sometimes spelled Vijayata, Vijayta, Vijayeta, Vijeyta, Vijeyata) is an actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film Love Story (1981).

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Vijeta comes from a musical family. Her older sister is Sulakshana Pandit, and like her, is an actress and playback singer. Her brothers are Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit, known as the former composing duo, 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, probably due to family tensions. 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 titled "Propose - Pyaar ka Izhaar" which marks Vijeta's debut as a pop singer. Actress Madhuri Dixit launched the album for the press in February 2007.

Some films wherein Vijeta played the lead are Jeete hain shaan se(1986) Deewana tere naam ka(1987),Zalzala(1988),Pyar ka toofan(1990). She also sang for films like Jo Jeeta wohi Siqander(1992),Kabhi haan kabhi naa(1993),Saazish(1998),Dev(2004) and Chingari(2005)

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