Early Life and Background
Born and raised in the famous Bollywood resident area, Juhu Scheme in Mumbai, India, where she studied at Utpal Shanghvi School and briefly at Mithibai College. She is the fourth generation of vocalists in her family of music maestros.
Her great grandfather was the Hindustani Classical Legend of the Mewati Gharana - Pandit Motiram and his younger brother Pandit Jyotiram. Her great-uncle is Padma Vibhushan, Sangeet Martand and legendary Hindustani Classical Vocalist, Pandit Jasraj (1930). She learnt music since the age of 8 from his elder brother, Sangeet Acharya - Pandit Pratap Narayan (1918–2002). Her Father, Vishwaraj Pandit is a Classical Tabla Player and a Music Director in the late 70's. Shweta's aunt Sulakshana Pandit, was a household name in the 70's as one the biggest singing sensations in Bollywood, who also acted in movies like Uljhan, Sankoch, Manoranjan, Hera Pheri and Apnapan. She acted opposite Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna and sung songs with music legends like Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Mohammad Rafi.
Shweta is the youngest and has an older brother, Yash Pandit (Television and Film Actor since 2002) and sister, Shrraddha Pandit (Playback Singer since 1997 - Khamoshi, Delhi 6, Sangharsh, Khoobsoorat, Band Bajaa Baraat, Heroine etc.) and Composer with Hollywood film, Hisss (2010).
She has sung in various films even as a child, including Pardes, Raju Chacha, Dil Kya Kare and Saaz (where she collaborated with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain).
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