She was among the most charming performers of the 1980s. She made everyones hearts skip a beat when she debuted in the 1981 picture alongside Kumar Gaurav. With the success of the film she garnered overnight recognition. After starring in her first movie she received other film offers and went on to star in films including Zalzala Jeete Hain Shaan Se Mohabbat Car Thief and Deewana Tere Naam Ka. In fact she was once considered bigger than her contemporaries Madhuri Dixit Jayaprada and Sridevi. The actor in question is Vijayta Pandit! Despite having an extraordinary work life she experienced numerous tragedies making her personal life nothing less than a roller coaster. Following the premiere of her movie Love Story Vijayta Pandit and her co-star Kumar Gaurav were connected. There were rumours that the couple was considering marriage because they were so serious about one another. Rajendra Kumar Gauravs father was opposed to their alliance though. In an interview with Lehren she said He (Kumar Gaurav) was my first love. He used to be a very charming boy. Eventually we fell in love. Rajendra Kumar guessed that we were in love and he was against it. He told him - You are my prince and Ill get you married to a princess someone who belongs to an affluent family. Despite her fame Vijayta Pandit found it difficult to score another hit because she believed Rajendra Kumar had her removed from the movies after learning about her and Kumars off-screen relationship. She remembered that she was supposed to collaborate with acclaimed director Ramanand Sagar on a movie called Romance but Poonam Dhillon took her place. She also spent ten days in Goa filming the movie Rahi. She did however assert that Rajendra Kumar forced her out of the movie. Additionally Vijayta Pandit temporarily married Sameer Malkan a film director. Later Kumar Gaurav exchanged wedding vows with Namrata Dutt Sanjay Dutts sister and Sunil Dutt-Nargis daughter. Vijayta Pandit left up acting to pursue a career as a playback singer following her 1990 marriage to composer Aadesh Srivastav. Since then she has sung for movies including Dev (2004) Saazish (1998) Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993).