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Item girl Rakhi Sawant is all set to star in the Bengali remake of "The Dirty Picture" to be directed by Bengali actress-turned-politician Shatabdi Roy. The sizzling queen of item girls who is all set to turn a full fledged actor said that she will be better than the National Award winning actress Vidya Balan.

"The film is based on the life of an item girl and it is only befitting that I take on the role as I am the original item girl of Bollywood. I admire Vidya a lot. I think she is a great actress and she did a great job in the film. But now it is my turn and I will do a better ooh lala than her. After this film I am hoping that everyone will chant only my name," said Rakhi Sawant, the 33 year old sex siren.

"Although I'm best known for my bold image, I'm very nervous and thrilled about filming intimate kissing and love making scenes that I've never done before. I have only done item songs and done small parts in films."


"I have already done an item song in Shatabdi's film 'Om Shanti'. I am learning Bengali because I want to dub for myself. I have asked the director to give me the full Bengali script written in Hindi," boasted the item girl turning actor who is all set to get more tongues wagging than the original.

Ever since the leading entertainment channel decided to shutdown, Veena Malik is in a fix. The Pakistani drama queen was to figure in her own 'Swayamvar' on a reality show scheduled to be aired on the channel. However, before Veena Malik could air her reactions on the same, India's drama queen Rakhi Sawant has bombarded 'Veena Malik' with accusations of being responsible for the channel's closure.

According to reports, Rakhi mentioned Veena Malik to be a 'Pakistani Panauti' (ill omen from Pakistan) blaming her to have brought bad luck to the channel. In her trademark diatribe she said that entering into talks with the Pakistani lass for a show spelled doom for the channel.

The quintessential Rakhi did not miss the opportunity to boast about herself saying that it was her 'Swayamvar' that brought the highest TRPs for the channel. Not only this, Rakhi also claimed that her shows like 'Ghazab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaaniyan', 'Pati, Patni Aur Woh' and 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf' helped the channel gain ground on the popularity charts.

Besides blaming actress Veena Malik to be a 'Panauti' that changed the fate of the channel, Rakhi Sawant added that she has a solution!

"If the channel brings me back to the grid, I would like to put on another dhamakedar show "All Over Again" to boost the TRPs. I can certainly turn the fate of the channel," said Rakhi praying for all those who have lost their jobs and for their families.

Perhaps the channel can take this chance.

Imported queen of sleazy antics, Veena Malik, who was earnestly looking forward to meet her prospective life partner through reality TV show ‘Swayamwar’, will now have to consider putting her profile up on matrimonial sites to find that “someone special”.

The TV channel that was supposed to air the show titled ‘Swayamwar Season 4- Veena Ka Vivah’ has shut down for good.

India’s original drama queen Rakhi Sawant was almost like the “brand ambassador’ of the channel that had aired shows of hers life ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamwar’, ‘Ghazab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaaniyan’, ‘Pati, Patni Aur Woh’ and ‘Rakhi Ka Insaaf’.

Describing her contribution to the channel that has now closed, Rakhi while talking to a daily described of her efforts that took the channel to newer heights with Imagine TV's team to make ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamwar’ a superhit show with such high TRPs.

“I really hope some other channel takes over Imagine TV. They should bring Team Imagine TV back, I would like to do another dhamakedar show for the channel all over again, that will make the boost the TRPs," said Rakhi Sawant praying for all those who have lost their jobs and for their families.

Controversy queen Rakhi Sawant, who is said to be upset with southern star Dhanush for cancelling a performance with her at the last minute, says the singer-actor must have felt threatened by her.

"Actually he thinks that he can't dance and he thought that I will overshadow him. That's why he did this, but I love his song," said the 33-year-old sizzler.

Rakhi is said to have been upset with Dhanush for cancelling a performance that he was supposed to perform with Rakhi on "Kolaveri di". However, Rakhi has now forgiven Dhanush, whose hit bi-lingual song has crossed over 50 million hits on YouTube. She now hopes to work with him in future.

"I love Dhanush and Rajinikanth. I don't want to comment on him because I really liked his song. Whatever he did to me, it's okay. I have forgiven him," said Rakhi adding "Dhanush even called me later and said that he didn't have time, so he couldn't make it. ... Maybe it's because his film was also going to release, but he said that he'd do it the next time."

Rakhi was last seen in an item number in the film "Loot". Her TV show "Gajab Desh ki Ajab Kahaaniyan" kept her busy in 2011, and she also made an appearance on the finale of "Bigg Boss 5".

Those who goggled and gaped at the bare-all cover pics of Veena Malik on the cover of a magazine were surprised to learn that the Pakistani sex-bomb claimed she hadn’t posed for the pic at all and that the photos had been morphed!

Amidst news that Veena was suing the magazine for ten crore rupees, allegations and counter-allegations swirled around, with everyone who had an opinion getting into the act.

Which reminds us of an earlier, similar incident. Even as fans grabbed an eyeful of a topless Kajal Aggarwal on the cover of (not-so-coincidentally?) the same magazine, as she barely managed to cover her modesty with her arms, came news that the photos had been morphed.

But Kajal didn’t protest too much and there were many who felt that there had been collusion. Before the pictures, Kajal was perceived as just another fledgling starlet down south, making her way into Bollywood. Could the risqué photoshoot have been a part of a well-calculated plan?

Chances are no one will know for sure. Kajal’s popularity did get a big boost after the pics. In Veena’s case, she was already famous, but then she’s a known publicity hunter.

The kind of attention that Veena has garnered, especially with ISI tattooed on her arm in the picture, has been unprecedented. While the international media has gone berserk with tales of who is suing whom, Veena is now a household name in India.

Fashion photographer Karthik Srinivasan, cynically shreds the veneer of glitz and glamour when he says, “This is not exploitative. It’s a publicity stunt that could possibly have both parties involved. A stunt like this assures an actress of fame within minutes and the magazine gets its mileage too. Everyone is aware of what they are getting into.”

It can’t be denied that a magazine does gain some popularity out of such a stunt. But does an international magazine need to stoop to this, that too twice in a row?

Actress Janani Iyer of Avan Ivan fame has read of both the morphing incidents and believes, “No actress desires such infamy. I know of actresses constantly coming across their morphed pictures online and I understand how infuriating it is. To objectify women and exploit them for a few bucks is certainly unethical.”

Ad man Prahlad Kakkar looks at the whole brouhaha as an invasion of a person’s privacy. “In this male-dominated world, the woman only has the vestiges of dignity to hold on to. Even that is robbed when you invade her space and expose her in such a manner in the public domain.”

The celebrated ad man adds, “Not all publicity is good publicity. Not everyone can be a Rakhi Sawant!”

Rakhi Sawant feels that the censor board isn't fair to her.

The item girl is particulary ticked off that they have bleeped the word 'choos le' from a song in her next film Loot.

Rakhi feels that while they have been strict towards her, the members have passed off a song titled Jhak maar ke picturised on John Abraham and Deepika Padukone in Desi Boyz.

Rakhi says, "I don't know why they found the words 'choos le' so offensive that they had to bleep it. In fact, Jhak maar ke is a vulgar phrase but the censors have allowed it to pass because the film has big stars in it!"

Rakhi adds that John's dance steps in the song too are in bad taste. "He's making a particularly distasteful action with his hand. I have no such thing in my song." We wonder if the censors will give her another chance?

After Rakhi Sawant, Rahul Mahajan and Ratan Rajput, speculation is rife that Pakistani import Veena Malik will scout for a life partner in Season 4 of Swayamvar.

Mika, Raja Chaudhary and Rakhi Sawant were other probable contenders for the forthcoming season.

Shweta Tiwari's estranged husband Raja Chaudhary and Mika had approached the channel and so did Rakhi Sawant to be a part of Swayamvar season 4.

Rakhi Sawant, who got engaged to Elesh Parujanwala on national television with the 1st season of Swayamwar, didn't get married and wanted another chance to find herself a husband after her experience with Elesh. She also told the channel that she would want to run a background check on the candidates and has even agreed to sign a pre-nuptial agreement with the groom and a contract to ensure she would get married this time.

Probably Veena's popularity in the country from her appearance in Color's controversial reality show Bigg Boss worked in her favour.

"Finally, the channel decided on Veena."

Will Veena, who is rumoured to be dating Ashmit Patel, really tie the knot? Wait and watch!

The return of the item girl!

Rakhi Sawant looks smokin’ hot as she gyrates to the tune of Jawani Ki Bank Loot Le from the upcoming film Loot.

Guess who wields the microphone for Rakhi?

It is none other than the famous Munni Badnaam Hui singer Mamta Sharma.

Loot lo! It was during the shoot of this song when Rakhi Sawant claimed that she is ‘Chammak Challo’ and not Kareena Kapoor.

In an unabashed manner Rakhi spoke about the item song Jawani Ki Bank Loot Le in the film ‘Loot’, and also made some controversial statements against Bollywood actresses and Shahrukh Khan.

Rakhi says that she came to the industry for being an item girl but is very angry with the actresses who are doing item songs.

Speaking about the song, Rakhi says that it’s a track where all the heroes come to watch her dancing and get looted by her. Rakhi has shown terrific dance moves in the song, and is thrilled to be a part of it.

The song also features Govinda and Sunil Shetty along with Javed Jaffrey and Mimoh Chakraborty.

Have a look at Rakhi Sawant doing what she is best at - dirty dancing!

Firecracker Rakhi Sawant is cracking up over a forced wardrobe malfunction.

Apparently, some freelance photographers at a promotional event of her forthcoming film Loot, clicked some compromising shots of Rakhi and passed them off on websites as a wardrobe malfunction.

The pictures showing Rakhi posing on a big purple chair wearing a bright red dress have a glimpse of her panties.

"On spotting Rakhi wearing a short dress, the photographers seemed to have had a gala time clicking her from lower angles. Rakhi is a bit angry but more amused that people are calling this a wardrobe malfunction," remarked her publicist Dale Bhagwagar.

"Why all this zabardasti ka hungama? Main toh waise hi itni hot hoon. What was the need to do something as creepy as this," questioned Rakhi in her trademark style, seeing the pictures termed as 'Rakhi Sawant's first wardrobe malfunction' on the Internet.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has lashed out at item girl and media hog Rakhi Sawant for using his name to gain publicity for her show.

We all know how bombastically Rakhi Sawant boasted about Baba Ramdev’s hotness, his ‘sexy’ tummy-deflating breathing exercises, and even went on to say that she wants to marry the yoga guru. She did this while promoting her telly show Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaniyaan.

Baba Ramdev had not responded to Rakhi Sawant’s statements but when he appeared at a special episode of the telly show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs on Monday, the mediapersons asked for his reaction to Rakhi’s boast.

“Agar Rakhi mera naam leke apne show ka promotion karwana chahti hai toh yeh kaafi ochi baat hai. Ek sant ko Rakhi apna target bana rahi hai (If Rakhi is using my name to promote her show, then it’s a cheap thing to do. Rakhi is targeting a saint),” Baba Ramdev is quoted to have said.

Meanwhile, Baba Ramdev did show his singing talent on the show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs by singing patriotic and spiritual songs.

Unruffled by any sort of competition and famous (or rather infamous) for shooting her mouth off, Rakhi Sawant has finally started feeling the heat of competition.

And this rivalry is coming from across the border. Apparently, Ms Sawant is miffed with Pakistani actress Veena Malik as she feels that the latter has been hogging limelight which she believes is solely her birth right. An amused Rakhi was seen brokering peace between two warring neighbours on her show Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaniyaan, who have been sending ghosts to each other houses to trouble the other.

However, she is so convinced with the idea of creating mayhem at one's detractor's house by sending ghosts at his/her house that she inquired with those around if it really works. When probed about the unfortunate one, she told our sources, "It's Veena Malik. How can she hog all the media attention when I am around? I am going to send ghosts to her place to teach her a lesson." Over to you Veena.

Rakhi has extended an olive branch to Shraddha Sharma, Raja Chaudhary's ex, who came on her show recently.

In the past, Sawant had called her names and accused her of luring Abhishek Awasthi (Rakhi's ex-boyfriend). But all is well now. Says a source, "Shraddha was initially apprehensive about Rakhi's behaviour on the show, but was in for a pleasant surprise."

Item girl Shradha Sharma may be in news very often for her relationship status with ex-beau Raja Chaudhary, but the hottie thrashing the rumours clarifies, "I feel very bad when people talk about my personal life because it's my life and it's very personal.

I don't want anybody to talk about it and laugh. Even reports about me getting married to Raja were rubbish. I never said I would marry Raja. I don't know from where these rumours sprout. Many a time, I don't react to such rumours or articles published about me and Raja because if I react, things would get worse. I only want to react on my work or dance, not my personal life. I just wanna clarify that I am very much single and I am really not interested in being associated with anybody right now." The sad Shradha adds, "Till the time everything goes better for me, I want to just concentrate on my career and work."

Rakhi Sawant recently shocked the makers of her new show Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaniyan by demanding C-string panties. She’s now revealed her inspiration behind the unique thong.

Rakhi is inspired by the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

“I’ve been inspired by reality TV star Kim Kardashian to wear C-string panties in my show. Usme strings nahi hai, use pehnna daring wala kaam hai,” Rakhi is quoted to have said.

What’s funnier is that the item girl wants panties in three colours: red, pink and purple. She claims that she will be the first Indian actress to wear these weird thongs. The producers are believed to have spent about Rs. 75 lakh on Rakhi’s dresses only.

The item girl has sprung back into headlines with her sensational statements about wanting to marry Baba Ramdev.

Rakhi Sawant was at her motormouth best in Delhi. And some brave guy apparently stole her sari!

Meri sari chori ho gayi. Aap hi batao main kya karti?" That's what Rakhi Sawant asked the press at the launch of her upcoming reality show, " Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaaniyaan".

The event was slated to start at 3pm on Tuesday in Delhi, but got delayed by two hours. Only when a few mediapersons walked out that the event started. "Main bahut maafi chahti hoon ki thoda late ho gayi," Rakhi said, to which the press retorted, "Do ghante ho gaye. Yeh kya thoda late hai?" After a brief pause, Rakhi tried to placate them as she said, "Aap jaan hi lelo meri.

I don't want to cry here, but you won't believe that this press conference got delayed because my sari got stolen. Mere saath yeh tragedy ho gayi. You might think this is a publicity gimmick, but trust me, this is what has happened." On being asked why she couldn't wear something else, she replied, "Aise kaise kuch bhi pehen ke aa jati? Why didn't you send me your shirt?" came her rejoinder. "You won't believe it, I even asked the channel representatives to let me attend the press conference in my gown. I didn't want to keep my friends waiting."

But the press was in no mood to forgive her and continued to ask her a string of weird questions such as "Do you think Abhishek Awasthi got this done?" "Will you be getting an FIR lodged?" to annoy her.

Rakhi also rebuked Delhi designers for charging her about `1.5 lakh for the sari she finally wore, which she said they would have offered to any Bollywood A-lister without charging a single penny. "Just because Rakhi Sawant wanted a sari, they had to charge over a lakh. Isn't this bizarre? I mean, Delhi designers have been blackmailing me. Had Kareena or Katrina been in a similar situation, they would not have had to pay anything," Rakhi retorted.

When it comes to wardrobe and dressing up, celebrities take extra steps to make sure they are well turned out. But item girl and television actor, Rakhi Sawant has gone a step ahead.

The producers of a show that Sawant has been roped in for were in a tizzy with her when she made a bizarre demand.

Sawant has been preparing to host Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaniyan and has lost a lot of weight to look slim and svelte.

While she has told the production house about her demands when it comes to clothes and accessories, the crew became apparently miffed with the starlet as her bills shot up beyond the estimated budget.

A source from the production house says, “Rakhi, who’s hosting the show, put forth her demands in terms of clothes and accessories.

The cost of her wardrobe is around Rs70 lakh, way beyond what we had expected it to be… We are still negotiating. As if all this wasn’t enough, Rakhi recently read a lot about C-string and wants them to be included in her clothes. While her clothes aren’t a problem, getting a C-string is difficult. It’s not available in the Indian markets yet, but she has issued us an ultimatum and will refuse to shoot unless she gets them.”

C-string is a modified version of G-string lingerie and is already a rage abroad. And Sawant apparently wants to be the first Indian actor to wear the strangless thongs. She has told the production house to get her lingerie piece in three colours — red, pink and purple, and won’t start shooting for the show until she gets them. Since then the entire crew apparently has been grappling to fulfill her demands.

They took on the Censor Board together last year but 'Item girl' Rakhi Sawant and Ishq Bector are now at loggerheads after the rapper went on a expletive ridden rant against her on air.

The Canada-born 'Hip hopper' singer made uncharitable remarks against the reality TV star during an interview on the radio channel BIG FM and Sawant has threatened to take him to court. "I am going to sue Ishq Bector. The attack was totally unwarranted and he will have to pay for it. The hurtful part is that I considered him a friend but I am going to take him to court," said Sawant who added that she is a soft target for publicity seekers like Bector.

"He is from Canada and is disrespectful towards our culture. But now he will know the consequences of it. Because I do not have a godfather, I am a soft target for people like him who want to gain publicity by insulting me," said the 31-year-old.

The two had collaborated on Bector's last album 'Jhagde' and had sent a legal notice to the Censor Board when they banned one of their songs, 'Bhoot'.

Sawant herself is not new to controversies and had earlier grabbed headlines with her TV 'Swayamvar' and the 'kiss' controversy with Punjabi singer Mika.

One may or may not like the hyped item girl Rakhi Sawant. However it will not take much for one to admit that she neither can be ignored. Be it negative or positive the ever incorrigible Rakhi is never far from the focus of attention.

The same old saga of her “swayamvar” has again brought her into news. The story goes something like this. The man who claims to have originally masterminded the script of the famous reality show Rakhi Ka Swayamvar is being threatened by the actress. He seemed to have sued the house in charge of production for using his script without his prior permission.

The actress who happened to be in spotlight on account of the show is allegedly threatening the man so that he withdraws the case against the concerned production house. The allegation was formerly lodged by the victim in the civil court. Consequently the police have been directed to file an F.I.R against the accused party. Both threatening and copying come under the purview of offences. Apart from the actress many others have also been sued on the similar charge of threatening.

In Indian history Swayamvar was looked up to with high regard as a possible platform for finding an eligible bridegroom. It is sad and ironical that the same concept is being exploited by a few for publicity gimmicks

Rakhi Sawant has stirred the hornet’s nest again. Not long after she was in the dock for allegedly driving a young man to suicide after she called him impotent, the starlet, 32, has been accused of molesting a Delhi-based guru, Swami Arvind, giving him a panic attack that landed him in hospital. The two were part of a reality show on India TV — Bigg Toss — loosely based on Bigg Boss, which makes contestants stay together in a villa in Noida.

“I have left the show because Rakhi, whom I treated like my daughter, sat on my lap and made me do a close dance with her. I kept on saying, ‘for God’s sake, leave me, I am not here to do these cheap and obscene acts’, but she did not listen and humiliated me in front of so many viewers. I was shocked to see a woman molesting a man like this,” says the 48-year-old. The Shraddha channel show host was admitted to the Geeta Gupta Nursing Home in Shahdara last week after he suffered an angina attack and his blood pressure shot up.

Sawant, however, denies the allegations. “By accusing me of molesting him, he is only gaining mileage in my name. Rakhi Sawant ke saath naam juda toh popular ho jayega (If you get linked with me, you will get popular),” she says, adding, “He was not fit for the show. Main us dhongi-paakhandi baba ka asli chehra saamne laayi hun (I have ripped the mask off that fraudulent priest). Why did he not raise the issue while he was in the house?”

Some are sure that it’s just another publicity gimmick. “It’s a new show and it’s Rakhi Sawant, so it’s obviously all a tamasha,” says Nitesh Singh, 21, a viewer of the show. “Rakhi Sawant can go to any extent to gain attention. But if the priest is indeed in hospital, this is just not on,” says Bobby Darling, former Bigg Boss contestant.