I will never go nude: Rakhi Sawant

Ye toh hona hi tha...” sings Rakhi Sawant, who is celebrating the lifting of the ban by the Censor Board on her song Bhoot which had the word ‘kamini’ in it. Ask her if she was sure about winning the battle against the Censor Board (CB) and she says confidently, “I had no second thoughts about my win. I knew that the CB will have to lift the ban and accept their fault. I was confident about my research work.”

Research work? “Yes, I gave the Censor Board a list of 200 movies which had abusive words being used against women. Various words which are far more worse than ‘kamini’ have been passed by the CB, then why raise a finger on my album alone? Abusive language has been a part of our society and in movies it is now a part of the creative sphere. Creativity is all about experimentation, in any sense. It is high time that the outdated minds in our CB accept this fact and stay mum on such issues henceforth.”

Rakhi, who has been socially quite active otherwise, completely denies that such a social responsibility of not-using foul language exists anymore in the society. “Our society wants to hear abusive language and see short clothes. Ab main saree pehen ke album mein aaungi toh album flop ho jayegi. Reason? Social responsibility.” Point taken, lady! But will she do anything in the name of ‘social responsibility? “No way! I will never go nude even if that is the trend in the industry. There is a limit to everything,” she stresses.

And though Rakhi has won one this battle, she is ready to fight another. Yes, you read it right! The lady who is all set to participate in a dance reality show soon is all set to take revenge on Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh, against whom she once lost the dance battle in a reality show. “I could not do much at that point as I was in a shocking state but now that I have an opportunity, I will make the most of it- whether with my dance or with my words. I don’t believe in leaving anything pending.”

This is not the first time

This is not the first time when that the CB has has to retract on their objections... Here are some of the bans by the CB that were later revoked...

In 2002, the film War And Peace, depicting scenes of nuclear testing and the 11 September atrocities, by Anand Patwardhan, was asked to make 21 cuts before it was allowed to have the certificate for release. Patwardhan objected, saying, “The cuts that they asked for are so ridiculous that they won’t hold up in court,” and “But if these cuts do make it, it will be the end of freedom of expression in the Indian media.” The court decreed the cuts unconstitutional and the film was shown uncut.

In 2004, the documentary Final Solution, which looks at religious rioting between Hindus and Muslims, was banned. The film follows 2002 clashes in the western state of Gujarat, which left more than 1,000 people dead. The CB justified the ban, saying it was “highly provocative and may trigger off unrest and communal violence.” The ban was lifted in Oct ’04 after a sustained campaign.

The promos of Ishqiya ran into heavy weather with the CB because it had a line that went ‘tumhara ishq ishq aur hamara ishq sex?’. However, film went ahead without cuts and snips.

Recently, the Salman Khan-Ajay Devgn-Asin starrer London Dreams had run into a trouble with the CB for its promos which showed Salman chanting the Hanuman Chalisa during a rock concert. The promos were immediately pulled down by the censor jury. However, it was only when the producer-director appealed to the court that the promos were cleared.

Sanjay Gupta’s English film, The Great Indian Butterfly, has run into CB problems over certain expletives. In one of the scenes, Sandhya Mridul tells her husband Aamir Bashir that her mother had called and she’d told her that they had stopped having sex. The censors want the word ‘sex’ beeped out. However, Sanjay is in no mood to beep the S-word as according to him the censor has passed a whole movie not only with the title Love Sex Aur Dhoka but also various dialogues in it.

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Rakhi-Kashmera catfight continues

The Rakhi Sawant-Kashmera Shah controversy has raised it ugly head once again. On one of the recent promos of the reality show Pati, Patni Aur Woh, Rakhi Sawant was shown boxing a doll, calling it Kashmera. When Kashmera saw the promo she was seething with rage. A source said, “Kashmera is very upset with the entire episode. She can’t understand why Rakhi had to do such a thing, especially when things between the two had died a natural death.”
When contacted, Kashmera admitted that she was indeed “very upset”.
“If I ever bump into her I will give her one tight slap.”
The Rakhi Sawant-Kashemra Shah controversy dates back to the Bigg Boss days when both were participants in the contest. They were good friends initially. But soon cracks developed. The friendship soured further during the Nach Baliye contest when the two openly took pot shots at each other on the reality show.

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Rakhi, Elesh smooch on camera

After the much hyped and famous kiss-and-tell episode between Rakhi Sawant and Mika Singh, we got to know about a liplock between the recently-engaged couple Rakhi and Elesh.If rumours are to be believed, Rakhi and Elesh have called off their relationship, but sources from the production house say that there is a twist in the story.

Apparently, Rakhi and Elesh were caught on camera getting cosy and intimate during the shoot of NDTV Imagine’s reality show Pati Patni Aur Woh. During the shoot, Rakhi was made to wear an empathy belly to have a first-hand experience of pregnancy. She felt the effects of pregnancy like morning sickness, swelling of feet, backache, etc, but she was touched by the concern Elesh showed. He took good care of her and ensured that she was comfortable. Elesh earned brownie points from her, by doing the household chores to ease her burden. Within a few hours they let their emotions get the better of them.

The couple forgot that they were being watched and were caught on camera in a liplock. To find out more about the couple, tune in to Pati Patni Aur Woh, on NDTV Imagine.


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Real again: Rakhi Sawant to live out marriage on TV

It's barely a week since starlet Rakhi Sawant got engaged to Canada-based businessman Elesh Parujanwala in a televised 'swayamvar', but the two are now set to play mom and dad on the same TV channel.

Rakhi and Elesh, who met on the reality show Rakhi Ka Swayamvar on NDTV Imagine, will go through the challenging experience of parenthood on the new show Pati, Patni Aur Woh. Four other celebrity couples will also participate in it.

Right from living the life of an eight-month pregnant woman to taking care of an infant, a toddler, a teenager the show will see Rakhi doing it all. The format is inspired by international reality show Baby Borrowers and is being produced by BBC Worldwide Productions India.

With children participating, their real parents will be behind the scenes to monitor how the celebrity couples take care of them.

"With Pati, Patni Aur Woh, audiences will see these famous couples in real life situations and be part of their first journey into parenthood, sharing their joys, sorrows, trials and achievements.

"We believe that the show will not only resonate with all audiences and will also be a great fun experience for the younger generation that plans to start their own families in future," said Shailja Kejriwal, executive vice president (Content), NDTV Imagine.

The other couples participating are Shilpa Saklani-Apurva Agnihotri, Juhi Parmar-Sachin Shroff, Mouni Roy-Gaurav Chopra and onscreen couple Gurmeet Chaudhary-Debina Bonnerjee. They will spend an entire month in a closed environment, monitored by cameras 24X7.

Throughout the series the couples will also have to entertain relatives and guests, perform ceremonies, take part in other activities like parties and picnics and ensure that the kids finish their homework - all within a limited budget.

Rakhi Sawant,Elesh Parujanwala's first outing Photo Gallery

After months of gruelling tasks and many speculations, Rakhi Sawant has finally chosen Elesh Parujanwala as her fiance. The day after the swayamvar was over, Rakhi and her fiance made their first public appearance as a couple.

No invite for Rakhi's mother to wedding

Sounding excited after her engagement to NRI businessman Elesh Parunjwala, item girl Rakhi Sawant says she wants all her friends, including ex-boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi, to attend her wedding but will not invite her mother.

"I completely forgive Abhishek Awasthi. I was very surprised to know that he showed up on Sunday for my scheduled wedding. Surprised and touched. If I knew, I'd have welcomed him. Yesterday, he was my boyfriend. Today, he's my friend," said Rakhi

But she hasn't forgiven her mother.

"Please, all that nautanki on television for five minutes can't take away the pain I've gone through. As far as I'm concerned that chapter of my life is closed," she said.

Eliminated contestants from the "Rakhi Ka Swayamvar" reality show were among those who had showed up to wish the couple on Sunday. But although a wedding was expected, Rakhi and Elesh only got engaged.

"I was all set to marry Elesh on Sunday. But it was Elesh who said he wanted more time to get to know me. I'm very confident of him. But if he needs more time to get to know me, how can I force myself on him? I'm ready to wait as long as he wants," said Rakhi.

But although she is willing to wait for Elesh to make up his mind about the wedding, she doesn't want to shift base to Canada, where he runs a business.

"I'm completely sure Elesh is the man for me. But I do have a career in Mumbai. So he'll have to plan our future accordingly."

They are planning to go to Toronto together for the wedding of Elesh's sister.