Career
In 2014, Raut starred in the Bollywood film The Xposé, playing the role of a movie star who is murdered. In an interview, she described Bollywood as "not very welcoming". She dropped a commitment to be in a film entitled 99% Useless Fellows, angering Kannada film director South. K. Basheed, to act as a contestant in the Indian reality television show Bigg Boss.
She became one of the contestants on Bigg Boss 8 and first was evicted after a surprise vote decision, but was later brought back by the Bigg Boss.
She was evicted again, along with Puneet Issar, after 105 days.