
Rakhi Sawant (Devanagari: राखी सावंत, born on November 25, 1978) is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, item girl, model and television talk show host. She revealed in her show and subsequent interviews that she is a follower of Jesus Christ and reads the Bible.
Biography
Sawant was born as Neeru Sawant to Jaya Sawant and a Mumbai policeman who Sawant has described as "very strict".[2] Hailing from a poor family, she had only a few years of formal education. She is the sister of film director Rakesh Sawant and former actress Usha Sawant.
Sawant started her career as a cabaret dancer. She dated Abhishek Awasthi with whom she participated in Nach Baliye 3. After the couple lost the contest against Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aamir Ali in 2007, they filed a suit against Star Plus accusing the channel of tampering with the audience voting system.
On August 2, 2009 Sawant chose her life partner on her show Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. She chose to marry a contestant from Markham, Canada, Elesh Parujanwala.
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1920 2008 DownloadGenres: Romance, Mystery, Horror, Thriller Director: Vikram Bhatt Artists: Rakhi Sawant, Amin Jensen, Rajneesh Duggal, Bob Feit Show description |