Indian dancer, actress, and model, born on November 25, 1978. She came from a very strict well-to-do from a poor family, who had only a few years of formal education. She is the sister of director Rakesh Sawant, and ex-actress Jaya Sawant. She started her career as a dancer in a night club. She dated Abhishek Awasthi with whom she participated in Nach Baliye 3. After the couple lost in the contest in 2007, she filed a lawsuit against Star Plus accusing the channel of tampering with the audience's voting system. She chose to marry contestant from Markham, Canada, Alice Parujanola on a TV talk show. She reveals on her show, and subsequent interviews, that she is a follower of Jesus Christ, and she reads the Bible. On March 26, 2014, she announced her plans to run for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from North West Mumbai as an independent candidate. On March 28, she established a party called Rashtriya Party.