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She was first noticed in a tiny role in Farah Khan's Main Hoon Na. Then came the remixed version of Pardesiya, where she donned the role of a sexy secretary. While she wasn't popular, Rakhi Sawant had arrived. Her journey from a random item girl to reality television's drama queen is quite a tale. We take a look at some of the shows that increased her popularity and got her into more reality shows. | |||
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Bigg Boss season 1 The season launched in 2006 and was based on the UK show Big Brother. Rakhi, who was one of the contestants, made such a huge impact that the TRPs of the show shot up. Her constant tantrums, cries of 'Oh Jejus' and random one-liners are still used by people today. On the show, she had a crush on Amit Sadh and also had a fight with him. She also had a fight with fellow housemate Kashmera Shah. She even managed to scare Carol Gracias. Her constant dramatics ensured that the doors to reality television were open to her. | |||
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Koffee with Karan Rakhi was a celebrity guest on Karan Johar's Koffee With Karan. Here she, in typical Rakhi style, with loads of crying and drama discussed her life to Karan. Some of her dialogues like 'Jo Bhagwan Nahi De Sakta Hai Woh Doctor Zaroor Dega' are still laughed at today, as much as the sari she wore on the show. | |||
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Nach Baliye 3 Rakhi and Abhishek took part in Nach Baliye 3 as one of the celebrity couples and everyone assumed that she would win the show, given her brilliant dancing skills. Rakhi managed to impress every judge and the guests, especially Madhuri Dixit and Shah Rukh Khan. However, when the winner of the show was declared, she wasn't happy and created such a scene on the show, that people remembered her dramatics over her dance performance. | |||
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Dus Ka Dum season 1 She appeared on the finale of the show with Pakistani standup comedian Shakeel. Here she proposed marriage to Salman Khan for n her own unique style. She even cried on the show, which prompted large-hearted Salman to do what he could to make her laugh. The show was quite hilarious. | |||
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Rakhi Ka Swayamvar Rakhi went on record saying that she would get married on television as her mother was not concerned about her marriage. The show launched by Imagine TV saw the channel rule the primetime slot in terms of TRPs. Her dramatics didn't bother the contestants who were smitten over her. She finally chose a contestant from Toronto, Elesh Parujanwala. The media was invited for the finals and the engagement. | |||
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Pati Patni Aur Woh Following the success of the show, she and Elesh were invited to participate in Pati, Patni aur Who where they had to raise a child as a couple. However, Elesh wanted Rakhi to comeback to Canada and settle down, which resulted in the breakup of the celeb couple, much to the disappointment of her fans, who wanted to see her settle down. Some people say that all this was decided and she did all this for publicity. | |||
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Zara Nachke Dikha Rakhi's team of girls was teamed up against a team that comprised of ex boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi. She once again started crying on live television when Abhishek praised her much to the amusement of the audience. | |||
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Rakhi Ka Insaaf This is the latest reality show in which she is anchoring and acting as the problem solver. Rakhi Sawant will be seen solving all the cases, with the final verdict being given by her. It will have no legal involvements. The show has barely completed two weeks and is now facing the wrath of law. A city lawyer Sushan Kunjuaraman has filed a case in Public Interest Litigation against 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf' in High Court demanding that the show be taken off air. | |||
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