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When Rakhi Sawant made headlines

TNN | Last updated on - Oct 5, 2018, 13:10 IST
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Rakhi Sawant files police complaint after receiving threatening calls

Rakhi Sawant is known as the queen of controversy and with good reason. Even recently, when the whole Tanushree Dutta and Nana Patekar row broke out, she was the only one supporting Nana and MNS. Now, she in the news once again as she contacted the Oshiwara police.

According to reports, the actress went to the authorities to file an official police complaint as she had been receiving threatening calls. Apparently, she even said that it was from supporters of Tanushree as she had taken a stand against her. She also took to Instagram to share a picture of herself with the cops as she wrote, “Today filed a official written complaint with the Oshiwara police station in regards with the threatening and violent abusive phone calls for last few days as the unknown person calling in support of #tanushreedutta is angered with me because I took a stand in support of #MNS & #Nanapatekar #willnottoleratenonsens. Thanks #mumbaipolice #mns.”

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When Rakhi Sawant made headlines

One of controversy's favourite child, Rakhi Sawant loves to call a spade a spade. With her outspoken nature and an entertaining social media presence, Rakhi has all the reasons to grab one's attention. You can hate her, you can love her but you can definitely not ignore her and that's the reason why she always makes headlines. Though there are many controversies that put her in the eye of a storm, we put together a few instances when the actress-dancer made headlines.
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Rakhi Sawant's obsession about Prime Minister Narendra Modi

It was when India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was yet to be elected as a PM, that Rakhi said she wanted Modi to win the election as she is a huge fan of him and wants to make him her boyfriend. After which she also got into controversy as she sported an interesting dress with Narendra Modi's photo printed on it. An FIR was also filed against her but the controversy just faded away with time.
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Rakhi Sawant speaks about Sunny Leone

From being a waitress in a catering company to becoming one of the popular dance number specialists of Bollywood is not an easy task. Keeping all her efforts and hard times in mind, Rakhi once made a comment on Sunny Leone, who was just claiming fame in Bollywood. Without going into detail about Sunny Leone's prior profession, Rakhi said that she has paved her way in the entertainment industry by participating in reality shows, featuring in music video albums, doing roles in Bollywood films and many other shows and not like Sunny Leone (who was a former adult star prior to entering in Bollywood industry)
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Rakhi Sawant's insensitive remarks about Baba Ramdev

Rakhi Sawant once jovially said that she wants to marry Baba Ramdev as she just loves the way he blinks his one eye. Talking about Baba Ramdev, Rakhi said, "Mujhe nahin lagta Soniaji ke saath meri daal galegi. So I wouldn't mind marrying Swami Ramdev. He has loads of money and drives expensive cars. If this wedding happens, you all will get to see a glamorous sadhvi. Wouldn't that be interesting?" She further went on to add, "I find him hot. He is sexy. Haven't you ever seen his flat tummy? Bas ek baar shaadi ki mala unpe daal doon, unki aankh fadakna bhi band ho jayegi. And I can vouch for the fact that the yoga DVD which we will release will be far more sensuous and hot than Shilpa's. It will find several takers."
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Rakhi Sawant - Mika Singh's kiss episode

The 'kiss' drama between Rakhi Sawant and singer Mika Singh flashed a controversy. It was a headline on every news channel way back in 2006, when Mika landed himself in trouble after forcibly kissing Rakhi Sawant. The incident saw Mika forcibly landing a kiss on Rakhi Sawant's lips during his birthday bash. Rakhi filed a case of molestation against the singer. On the other hand, Mika said that Rakhi had kissed him first, prompting him to reply in kind, she said that he misbehaved with her.
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When Rakhi Sawant aired her opinion on and Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have still not come in open about their alleged relationship. Reacting to this, Rakhi Sawant once said that since Anushka is hiding her relationship with Virat, maybe she has a chance with the star cricketer as she confessed her love for him.
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2790 days ago
Well another gimmick by her to get into News. She hadn''t been in news for quite some time. Ugly kid ...what to do.....keeps thinking of gimmicks
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