Vijayta Pandit reveals Kumar Gaurav ‘swore’ he would only marry her even after he got engaged to Raj Kapoor’s daughter | Bollywood FilmyMeet

Vijayta Pandit has opened up about her relationship with her first co-star Kumar Gaurav. They became overnight sensations after their debut film Love Story (1981). In a new interview with Lehren Retro, the former actor, who was married to late music composer Aadesh Shrivastava for over two decades, clarified she had nothing to do with Kumar Gaurav and Raj Kapoor’s daughter Reema Jain’s engagement being called off, despite the rumours. Also read | ‘Shah Rukh Khan promised my husband he’d look after our son, now his number isn’t working’: Vijayta Pandit

On dating ‘very charming boy’ Kumar Gaurav

She said, “Bunty (Kumar Gaurav) was the first boy I hugged during the shoot for Love Story. Any love stories you look at, be it Rishi Kapoor-Dimple Kapadia’s Bobby, Sunny Deol-Amrita Singh’s Betaab, Sanjay Dutt and Tina Munim’s Rocky, all these actors fell in love in real life. With such films you have to get into it, feel the romance… that was the first time a boy was touching me, so we both fell in love… Bunty was very fond of me; he would keep following me, holding my hands and dancing… he used to be a very charming boy. But his father and the film’s producer Rajendra Kumar was very angry over our relationship. He would drink alcohol and tell Bunty, he was his prince, and that he should marry a princess. He said he will find his son a girl who belongs to a reputed family. When I used to hear all this, I used to be so scared, but Bunty would retaliate and tell his father that he loves me; they used to drink together and argue; I used to try and get away from this situation.”

‘I got to know he was having an affair with Namrata’

She added, “Rajendra Kumar saw his son getting head over heels in love with me, so him and Raj Kapoor decided to get Kumar Gaurav and Reema engaged. I even attended the ceremony, I saw the huge diamond ring (Reema) she made him wear. I told him it looked so beautiful, and then he got angry said, ‘If you don’t like it, I will throw it away’… I ran away thinking he was going crazy… even after the engagement, Bunty would come to my house, I never went to his home. My mother and father were so upset and scared. My father said he will ask Rajendra Kumar to ensure his son does not visit us now that he is engaged to be married. Bunty told my mother he would marry only me, despite his engagement. She told him this was impossible and then he swore that he would marry me. And then I don’t know what happened. I got to know that he was having an affair with Namrata Dutt. So he broke off his engagement with Reema, and I had absolutely no involvement with that.”

While Vijayta and Aadesh married in 1990 and had two children, Kumar Gaurav went on to marry Sanjay Dutt’s sister and daughter of veteran actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt, Namrata, in 1984; they also have two children. Meanwhile, Reema is married to businessman Manoj Jain since decades now. They are parents to actors Aadar and Armaan Jain.