"Please pray for my mother, she is being treated for cancer," he wrote on social media site Instagram, sharing photos of his mother after chemotherapy.
On Rakhi Sawant's post, fellow actors and Rakhi's friends are sharing prayer messages and encouraging Rakhi.
It may be recalled that Rakhi Sawant had also participated in season 14 of Indian reality show Bigg Boss, but before contesting the final, she left the show with Rs 1.4 million.
Rakhi Sawant had stated that she did not want to stay in the house of Bigg Boss anymore as her mother was about to undergo chemotherapy.
Rakhi Sawant's mother had said that she wanted her daughter to come out of the Bigg Boss's house now.