She is an Indian dancer, model, Hindi film and television actress and television talk show host who has arise in many Hindi and a few Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Telugu and Tamil films. Rakhi has established herself as a sex symbol and was a contestant on the first season of the controversial Indian reality television series Bigg Boss 1. She began her film debut in Agnichakra. Rakhi went on to other small roles and dance numbers in Bollywood films Joru Ka Ghulam, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain, and Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke. Rakhi Give audition for an item number in the Bollywood film Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne. She auditioned about four times before being selected for her breakthrough item number, Mohabbat Hai Mirchi . Sawant acted in small roles in films including Masti and Main Hoon Na. Rakhi appeared in the music video Pardesiya from the album D.J. Hot Remix - Vol 3. Rakhi later participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye with Abhishek Avasthi and emerged as the first runner up. She materialize in the film Krazzy 4 for the item song Dekhta Hai Tu Kya. She is a regular stage performer and she did a comedy act with Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor at the 57th Filmfare Awards and entry dance performance with Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor in Malaysia.