Rakshit started training in ballet and Kathak, at the tender age of five. Continuing to learn dance till date, she had enrolled for ballroom dance training in London, while she was studying at the Cambridge University. Though taking dance lessons between restraining flight schedules was a tough task, her passion for dance made it seem easy. Apart from other dance competitions that she participated in, she was a finalist in the renowned Blackpool (UK) Grand finals in the Latin section.

When one quizzes her about her celebrity partner in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Mika, Rakshit is all praises for him, “I participated in the show with an open mind. I got to know Mika only after I was paired with him for the show. He is an amazing musician and I adore his songs. As a person, he is a thorough gentleman who knows how to treat women and respect elders.” She also thinks that, “He’s very good at dance, especially when it comes to bhangra and Hip-Hop. He could catch the beat so easily.” However, she agrees that sometimes he tended to forget the choreography and ended-up doing his own thing on the stage.

As the show was for regular Bollywood audiences, Rakshit had to shed her Ballroom elegance and yield to the typical jhatka-matkas. She started using more props and adding more drama to the performances for the audience. One of the most liked of her choreographed songs was the Ganpat song sung by Mika himself, which received great appreciation.

In Pune, the lady teaches Jazz, Line, Hip-Hop, Latin and modern ballroom dances at her academy, Flames passion de laatina, at the Don Bosco Youth Center in Koregaon Park. She has been teaching many corporates and holding workshops for many companies like Tech Mahindra, KPIT Cummins India also. “The show has helped me a lot as a dance trainee and choreographer also. I have students coming to me from different walks of life and everyone has a different way to learn”, she adds.