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Rakhi Sawant
Date of Birth 3 February 1980, Mumbai, India
Known as the "Item Girl" of Bollywood, Rakhi has been
charged for Obscenity for her gestures and skimpy costume
at a stage show in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
Rakhi Sawant was born to a Marathi Hindu family in Mumbai.
Her father is an ACP with the Mumbai Police. She has a
brother, Rakesh and a sister, Jaya. Rakhi studied in
Goklibai School, Vile Parle and later studied Arts at
Mithibai CollegeFamily
Sawant was still in school when director Suneel Darshan
offered her an Item Number opposite Govinda in Joru ka
Gulam. Three years later, she auditioned four times before
winning her breakthrough Item number Mohabbat hai Mirchi
in Chura Liya Hai Tumne in 2003.
During this period she fell out with her father who
despised the film industry. ACP Sawant, a conservative
man, felt that acting was not a respectable profession.
Her mother, Usha Sawant, had no such qualms however,
having herself received offers to act in Gujarati cinema.
After her first role, she gave up acting at her husband’s
insistence, but harboured hopes that her children would
make it big in the industry.
After Sawant insisted on continuing her career, her father
left home in protest, and now lives alone in a Government
apartment. He visits his wife, who lives with Sawant, only
on festivals. Sawant is now effectively the head of the
household. Her sister Jaya also acted in two films but
quit after her marriage.
Rakesh is a director awaiting the release of his
controversial debut Hot Money, which stars his sister.
Rakesh lives with his wife in an apartment purchased by
his sister, who is also funding his career |
