Rakhi Sawant is one of the most popular item girls in the Bollywood Film Industry in the recent era. She catapulted to fame with the dance number `pardesiya` in one of the very popular albums. Unlike other popular Bollywood actresses she is proud to be an item girl and claims that to be an item girl is a big time credit as it signifies that the persona is not only beautiful and has a great figure but is also a fabulous dancer. She feels proud to be an item girl and declared in a recent interview that one needs guts to be called an item girl. It is not everybody`s cup of tea. She also referred to Bindu and Helen who were popular item girls of the yester years. She also hinted at the vivacious Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai who was recently seen in the `Kajrare kajrare` number in the superhit Bollywood flick `Bunty Aur Bubli`.

This popular glam doll attributes her success both to her sex appeal and to her talent. She claims that both are inter-related to each other. She also remarked that to be an item girl one not only needs a great body but should also require something termed as `talent`. She also does not mind shedding off her clothes like neer before on screen. She believes that she has got a great body by the blessings of God and she would love to flaunt. She further adds that people love to see not only her body but also her dance. She also receives many calls from her fans who say that she is simply awesome in her work. It makes her feel proud.

Rakhi Sawant has completed her graduation from Mithibhai College. She made her acting debut with `Joru Ka Ghulam` and then she catapulted to fame with `Main Hoon Na` and `Masti`. She is a simple person by nature and likes to spend most of her time at home. She also hates the nightlife and one will never find her in the nightclub or discos. The fact unknown to most of her fans as well as her critics is that she is an extremely religious person and walks to Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai once in a week without shoes, all the way from Oshiwara. She has qualms about flaunting her sexuality to climb up the ladder of success in the `city of dreams`. She claims that if the Hollywood actresses can flaunt their sexuality to their interests then there is no harm in doing it even in India. For this reason she claims she is more in demand for shows overseas.

Currently she is busy with shows music videos and events all over the world. In her present life Rakhi Sawant is sharing a cozy relationship with another struggling actor in Bollwyood Abhishek Awasthi. As she is still in the process of establishing her footage in the industry she does not want to tie the knot so soon. They might consider going for a live-in relation. She defends this approach of hers by saying that they share a very good relationship and she does not want to tie the tag of marriage unnecessarily. Her fans also hopes that she will go miles ahead in her career and wishes her to be extremely successful in life.