12,515 Men Want to Marry Rakhi Sawant

"Rakhi Sawant, will you marry me?" Those were the exact thoughts of 12,5150 red blooded men out there. Hindi host turned actress Rakhi Sawant is getting thousands of proposals from men looking to be Mr. Right for her. That's because she's about to have a reality show where she gets to narrow down the choices in front of everyone, the show is aptly titled, "Rakhi Ka Swayamwar." Think of "The Bachelor," "Flavor of Love" and all of the other reality dating shows that seem to dominate television programming everywhere.

Rakhi Sawant, for one, is stunned at the response. "I want to thank everybody for their continued support," Sawant said. This huge response has proved to everybody that my 'swayamvara' and 'shaadi' (wedding) is not a joke. My only wish is to find a person who will always be my support system and will respect me for what I am."

For those who are unaware of what swayamvara is, the girl's father has her swayamvara at a venue at a random time and lets everyone know that his daughter is available. On that predetermined day, men arrive at the girl's home and ask for her hand in marriage. The girl and her family get to choose among the suitors, sometimes through evaluating the completion of various tasks assigned. When the girl identifies the man she wants, she chooses him and a marriage ceremony is held immediately.

Now this whole concept is a little less surprising coming from Rakhi Sawant because she's no stranger to controversy. It's still puzzling as to what drove her to think this whole thing up, well other than love of course. The show is set to premiere in the next 20 days and for the purpose of the show, the top 15 profiles chosen will battle it out to win her heart and an additional 15 minutes of fame. New Delhi alone had about 2,465 profiles from that city sent to her, with Mumbai coming in at 1,980. Hopefully Rakhi Sawant has a thing for New Delhi or Mumbai men because if not, she's got a lot of rejection letters to write to those two cities. If you're a lonely man and want her to be yours, you have until tomorrow to get your profile to her, so get started now!

What do you guys think of all this? Do you think is actually cool and surprisingly interesting or is this just incredible desperation combined with a blatant attempt to profit off of this by showing this on TV? Let us know what your thoughts are on this and whether you'd even want to watch this when the show does come on.