She is a well-known Indian television personality, film producer, and former actress, recognized for her work in Kannada and Tamil films.
Rakshita grew up in Bangalore with her father, B. C., and her mother, Gowrishankar and Mamatha, who both worked in the film industry.
To hone her acting skills, Rakshita underwent training under Krishnamurthy Kavathar before pursuing her studies.
Although she initially pursued a bachelor's degree in computer applications from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College in Bangalore, Rakshita switched to a Bachelor of Arts program.
Given the opportunity to play the lead in 'Appu,' Rakshita was signed on by the producer who also gave her this stage name.
Her acting career was kick-started with the movie 'Appu,' which led to her starring in two remakes of the film, one in Tamil and another in a different region.
Following the success of 'Kalasipalya,' Rakshita emerged as a top heroine in Kannada cinema, often paired opposite the leading actors of that era such as Upendra, Sudeep, Darshan, and Aditya.
Having acted alongside prominent stars like Shivarajkumar and Silambarasan, Rakshita has established herself as a versatile performer in the industry.
She will be very sensitive and will ponder for hours over someone else's comment.
She will be very emotional and sentimental and on account of this, she may take many impractical decisions.
She will be more imaginative and will be progressive in her manner of thinking.
She will be hard from the outside like a crab but will be very gentle underneath.
She will be sincere towards her duties and will be respectful to her elders and teachers.
She will be fond of water, lakes, waterfalls, gardens and greenery.
She will be naturally interested in singing and will be fond of listening to music.
She will have an unstable mind but she will be endowed with some intuitive insight.
She will be very attached to her family, specially with her mother. She will be loyal to her dear ones.
She will fear insult, and will protect herself from the outside so that her sensitivity is not hurt.
In some circumstances she will give the impression of great strength and confidence but at times, she will be as agitated and helpless as a child.
She will be fond of sweet food.
She will be fond of travelling, she will love her motherland, but inspite of this she may travel and migrate.
She may give the impression of being open and frank, whereas in reality she may not be so and may conceal many things from others.
She will be attracted towards males but will not express her feelings.
The following bad habits may be present in some degree or others: impatience, changeability, hyper-sensitiveness, indolence, selfishness and short-temper.