Vijayta Pandit discusses her untold love tale with spouse Aadesh Shrivastava for the first time in an exclusive conversation with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan for Lehren Retro. The veteran actress remembers the occasion when Aadesh asked her to marry him and shares some special information about her enchanted relationship with her spouse and kids. While Concluding, Vijayta also discusses the difficult moments the family went through following Aadesh Shrivastava's blood cancer diagnosis.
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00:00I have to ask you, how did you meet Badesh? I'm sorry, but I have to go there.
00:13This is the sad part of my life.
00:18But it's also a very happy part of your life. You spent 25 years together.
00:24Yes, 24 years.
00:28How did you meet him?
00:32We met in America. He was a friend of my brother's.
00:37As a musician, we were doing shows in America.
00:42I found him very nice and he always made me laugh.
00:47He had such a happy personality.
00:52He was a very funny person.
00:59I liked him.
01:02I was a heartbroken woman.
01:04I was happy to play with him.
01:09He proposed to me.
01:12Jatin Lalit told everyone that I wanted to marry Vijay Dutt.
01:16I told my mother that my mother was offering me to marry him.
01:21My mother asked me, what should I do?
01:26I told her, let's get married.
01:28He is Karan Mithu.
01:31I asked her, what is Karan Mithu?
01:33She said, look at his wrist.
01:35Karan Mithu has a very sweet voice.
01:39She said, your children will be very good.
01:41He has such a thick wrist.
01:44She said, let's get married.
01:46My mother said, let's get married.
01:51I was very happy with him.
01:53When did you get married?
01:55In 1991.
01:57After marriage, I was very happy.
02:00I had children.
02:02We used to travel to America and London.
02:06He made a big house for me.
02:08Ardesh's career also took off.
02:10Yes, it took off.
02:12I was very lucky for him.
02:15We became a couple.
02:17He earned a lot.
02:19He bought a lot of properties.
02:22He gave me a Mercedes car as a birthday gift.
02:26He bought a Hummer from London.
02:30We were very happy.
02:32But all of a sudden,
02:34You had two lovely sons.
02:37Yes, my younger son.
02:39When he died, he was just schooling.
02:42I wanted to educate my children.
02:47Even after his death,
02:49I educated my younger son.
02:51Today, he is an MA.
02:53You named them after Ardesh.
02:57Avitesh and Anivesh.
02:59My elder son, Avitesh, is very talented.
03:03He has composed 300 songs.
03:09He writes, he composes, and he sings.
03:13Avitesh has music from both sides.
03:19Yes, father and mother.
03:21My family has been together for 7 generations.
03:24You are Pandit Jasraj's niece.
03:27My grandfather's road is in Hyderabad.
03:31Pandit Jyotiram Jyotiram Street.
03:34The street goes on for half an hour.
03:37Then there is Ardesh's Chowk.
03:39My father's house is on this side.
03:41On this side is Pandit's house.
03:44Pandit Jasraj was your uncle, right?
03:46He was my real uncle.
03:48My uncle's house is on the other side.
03:51His house is called Sat Bangla.
03:53His name is Pandit Maniram Chowk.
03:56Usha, I am sorry to take you back to something very sad.
04:00But you had a very happy life with Ardesh.
04:03Very happy life.
04:06His career took off.
04:08And you both went around the world together.
04:12Everything was fine.
04:14So, how did you suddenly come to know that he has cancer?
04:19And do you remember when and how it happened?
04:23I remember.
04:24I am sorry, I have to take you back there.
04:26We both went to Kokila to get a full body check-up.
04:29Just like that?
04:30All of a sudden, we said, let's go and have a check-up.
04:34There were no symptoms?
04:36There were no symptoms of anything.
04:38We got a check-up done.
04:40We came to know that Ardesh has cancer.
04:43He has blood cancer.
04:45So, your reports were all normal?
04:47My reports were all normal.
04:49Everything was fine.
04:50Ardesh's platelet is like this.
04:53What is it? What disease is it?
04:56I was asking, what is the problem?
04:58He said, it's blood cancer.
05:00I could not take it.
05:03I could not imagine.
05:05What is he saying?
05:07He is such a stubborn person.
05:09He was so energetic.
05:11He was so energetic on stage.
05:14What am I hearing?
05:16I could not believe.
05:19I did not eat for a week or 10 days.
05:22You won't believe.
05:23I just used to cry.
05:25Ardesh, what has happened to us?
05:27What have we done?
05:29God has given us such a big punishment.
05:31We got such news.
05:35After that.
05:37When did this happen?
05:39This was detected in 2010.
05:42So, we did a lot of things in India.
05:47We went to America, London.
05:49We went to Canada with him.
05:51We used to travel with his family.
05:54We did not go alone.
05:56The doctors everywhere said,
05:59he has blood cancer, which is not curable.
06:05Like Chintuji Kapoor.
06:07Rishi Kapoor.
06:08Rishi Kapoor.
06:09How much did he do?
06:10He had no shortage of money.
06:12We had difficulties.
06:14Ardesh said, Usha, we have to go to America.
06:17We don't have money.
06:18Should I sell my car?
06:20He said, Ardesh, sell your car.
06:22My car.
06:24Sell it.
06:25Ardesh, you will get well.
06:27Then we will buy the car.
06:29Whatever was there, Bharti put it all.
06:33Ardesh.
06:34A 3 lakhs injection used to come from America for Ardeshji.
06:41It used to be put, but it was not cured.
06:47It was not left.
06:49Whatever was there, everything was finished.
06:51Our condition, to be frank, is not as strong as it used to be.
07:01These topics make me sweat.
07:03Obviously.
07:06And today I am alone.
07:08I have raised my two children with my own heart.
07:12They are your pillars.
07:13Your two sons are your pillars.
07:15I hope my son becomes something.
07:17He will get all the happiness.
07:19I have lost so much.
07:21That's true.
07:22God will do something good.
07:24You will be alright. Don't worry.
07:26I am so scared to live.
07:28God, how will I move forward?
07:31Now everything is gone with Ardesh.
07:36I remember when I came to meet you after Ardesh passed away.
07:41You took me to his wardrobe.
07:44You showed me what he used to wear on stage.
07:50You kept all his jackets.
07:52I still have them.
07:53You still have them?
07:54I still have his clothes.
07:56Everything is intact.
08:02I remember everything.
08:04He used to wear it here.
08:06That's true.
08:14I remember everything.