 Rakshita was brought up in Bangalore.Her father B. C. Gowrishankar was a popular cinematographer and one of the most handsome men in the Kannada film industry at the time.Her mother Mamatha Rao is an actress who made her debut in Dr. Raj Kumar's Hosa Belaku and acted in a few meaningful movies like Nagabharana's campus caper "Praaya Praaya Praaya" and Suresh Heblikar's sensitive "Antharala".