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Rakhi Sawant ( born on February 3, 1980) is an item girl, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host. Sawant was born as Neeru Sawant to Jaya Sawant and S.P Sawant, a Mumbai policeman, who has been 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 Usha Sawant.
She dated Abhishek Avasthi 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 Toronto, Canada, Elesh Parujanwala .
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