

| Rakhi is a daughter of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and Usha Sawant who grew up in Mumbai. |
| Rakhi shot to fame when she was still in school, when Bollywood director Suneel Darshan cast her as an item number opposite Govinda in 'Joru Ka Ghulam'. |
| In May 2006, she was booked for obscenity by the Kolhapur Police, after a stage show in the city. |
| In June, 2006 Rakhi Sawant was in the news when she filed a molestation case against pop singer Mika, who according to her forcibly kissed her at his birthday party, where she was a guest. |
| On a talk show on Zoom TV (November, 2008), she confessed to breaking up with her boyfriend Abhishek. |


