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She is waiting to be crowned ‘Dancing Queen’

Madhur Tankha

Rakhi Sawant says she is confident of victory

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In high spirits: Rakhi Sawant at a press conference in New Delhi. —

New Delhi: Glamour girl Rakhi Sawant is confident that she will emerge victorious in the final countdown of ‘Nach Baliye 3’ on Star Plus this Saturday.

In the Capital on Thursday to promote the show, Rakhi said, “Earlier, I was described as a controversial girl or item girl by film glossies. However, I have silenced the critics with my dancing skill in ‘Nach Baliye 3’.

“In music videos I used to perform Western dance, but here I have shown my versatility by performing traditional Indian dance forms. I and my dancing partner Abhishek have danced on a plate balancing burning ‘diyas’ on our heads. We rehearsed for three weeks and sometimes melted wax used to fall on our bodies. It was so painful but all the hard works has paid off.”

Despite high scores, Rakhi and Abhishek have been in the danger zone. “We will give tough fight to Aamir and Sanjeeda in the finals. But I would have liked to be pitted against Kashmira Shah, as she is a talented dancer. However, she got eliminated from the show.”

Rakhi says she had to literally starve herself while performing Western dance on music videos.

“Every day I ate a tiny morsel of food and had to be careful not to binge on heavy things. Then I had to hit the gym to maintain six pack abs and muscles in right proportion. I want to lead a balanced life. If I win the show then I want to open dance schools in Delhi and Mumbai, where both of us would teach the Generation X the Bollywood type of dance.”

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