THIS Bollywood star-kid's incessant stalking compelled Shahid Kapoor to lodge police complaint against her

Vastavikta Pandit, daughter of yesteryear Bollywood icon Raaj Kumar [known for hits such as Waqt (1965) and Mother India (1975)], first came into prominence in 2012 after Shahid Kapoor lodged a complaint against her for allegedly stalking him. She is a failed actress who had been struggling to get a foothold in the industry since 1996. Vastavikta's filmography is not a very glorious one and those who have worked with her recall her as an extremely quiet person.

She was seen in a small role in a 1996 film Aisi Bhi Kya Jaldi Hai, directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar. Ten years later, she got her first break as a lead actress in Karan Razdan's supernatural dud, Eight: Shani. Before this movie, however, Saajan director Lawrence D'Souza had in 2000 launched a film titled Dil Bhi Kya Cheez Hai with Vastavikta as the heroine opposite actor Arjan Bajwa, who was known as Deepak Bajwa those days. D'Souza, however, replaced Vastavikta with Sanobar Kabir after shooting for a few days owing to her "lack of acting ability".

"I signed her for the film because she was Rajkumar's daughter. However, she failed to impress in front of the camera. I had to drop her after a few days of shooting," D'Souza said. Many in the industry feel Vastavikta's withdrawn attitude bordering on psychotic spurts could be because of the over-protected childhood she has had.

"Rajkumar was very protective about his three children - Puru, Panini and Vastavikta. Leave alone exposing them to the film world, he wouldn't even let them venture out of home. As long as he was alive, he never allowed his daughter to consider the idea of working in films," an old time publicist was qouted as saying by India Today.

The first time the world got to see Vastavikta was apparently at the launch of Puru's debut film, Bal Brahmachari. Vastavikta went missing from her Versova house in 2012 where she used to live with her brother, actor Puru Rajkumar, and mother Gayatri.

Vastavikta first met Shahid at Shiamak Davar’s dance classes and allegedly fell in love with him and started stalking him.

In the 2012 complaint filed at Mumbai’s Versova police station, Shahid said that a girl by the name of Vastavikta Pandit had been harassing him. He claimed that when he leaves his house, Vastavikta often blocked his way and sat on his car’s bonnet, repeating that she is his biggest fan. 

On one occasion, Vastavikta allegedly scaled the wall of the building where Shahid lived and kept knocking on his door.

"She moved into a house next to his building, introduces herself as his wife, blocks his car’s path and even follows him to his shoots," a source had told PTI then.

After nine months of being stalked by Vastavikta, Shahid was left with no choice but to take legal action against her. The police registered a non-cognisable offence. It's said they have been trying to trace her since then.