Rakhi Sawant ( 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.
Rakhi Sawant
Born Neeru Sawant
25 November 1978 (1978-11-25) (age 30)
Other name(s) Rakhi Sawant
Occupation Actress
Years active 1997 – present
Biography
Sawant was born as Neeru Sawant to Usha Sawant and a Mumbai policeman who Sawant has described as “very strict”.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 Jaya 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 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
Rakhi Sawant
Published: 17 August 2009 7:55 AM UTCPosted in: Indian Actors & actress