Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant often remains in the headlines for some reason or the other. Actually Rakhi has a long association with controversies. Perhaps that is why Rakhi Sawant is called the controversy queen of B-town. But Rakhi's childhood was spent in poverty, which was revealed by Rakhi Sawant herself in a show.
Very few people know that Rakhi's real name is Neera Bheda. Rakhi's mother Jaya Bheda was married to a police constable. Rakhi's father was posted at Worli Police Station in Mumbai. The name of that police station was Anand Sawant from where Rakhi also took her surname Sawant.
A waiter at Ambani's wedding
Rakhi started earning money at the age of 10. For this Rakhi used to work with a caterer. Rakhi's daily earning as a waiter was Rs 50. Meanwhile, Rakhi served food to the guests as a waitress at the wedding of Anil Ambani and Tina Ambani. Who would have thought at that time that this same waiter would later become a famous actress of the film industry.
Debuted in 1997
Rakhi Sawant debuted on the big screen in 1997 with the film Agnichakra. Rakhi's family was very angry with her decision. But Rakhi did not listen to anyone and started making her mark in the film industry. During this period, Rakhi played side roles in superhit films like Rakhi Joru Ka Ghulam, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai, Masti and Main Hoon Na. But he got real recognition from the song Mohabbat Hai Mirchi released in 2003. After this Rakhi was seen in the superhit music video Pardesiya.
In 2006, Rakhi became a part of the famous small screen show Bigg Boss. This season of the show was hosted by Arshad Warsi. After some time, Rakhi's swayamvar came into discussion. Rakhi got engaged to Ritesh Singh in 2019, after which the two separated. Eventually Rakhi married Adil Durrani. Rakhi had accused Adil of extra marital affair. Now Adil has left Rakhi and married someone else.