Vijayta Pandit says ‘money minded’ Rajendra Kumar destroyed her career, ‘brainwashed’ son Kumar Gaurav into marrying Sanjay Dutt’s sister: ‘My life became tragedy’

Veteran actor Vijayta Pandit — sister to actor Sulakshana Pandit and music composer duo Jatin-Lalit — recently revealed the real reason behind her short-lived career in the Hindi film industry. In an interaction with Vickey Lalwani, Vijayta accused late legendary actor Rajendra Kumar of ruining her career because he disapproved of her relationship with his son, actor Kumar Gaurav. Vijayta made her acting debut alongside Kumar Gaurav in the 1981 film Love Story, and the two fell in love while working together. The film was a blockbuster at the time and both Kumar Gaurav and Vijayta became stars overnight. However, their stardom was shortlived, while Gaurav will deliver another hit Naam with brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt, Vijayta vanished from the scene. Their real-life love story was equal