Lakshmi Rai’s sizzling act in Mankatha has gained her recognition again. When Venkat Prabhu asked her to choose the two roles he had offered her, he chose the bad girl role in place of the role played by Trisha. This offbeat choice has helped her gain wide recognition.

Just because everyone sees films as Mankatha, even that may be of help for her. With Kanchana turning a huge hit, Mankatha has also become a hit which has helped Lakshmi Rai’s career prospects. She has started listening to scripts each and every day and she has based herself in Chennai after her recent successes.
She has gotten a home for herself in Chennai. But still, she is listening to scripts in a hotel room in which she listened to the story of Kanchana. She asks directors to come to that hotel to narrate her scripts. She has gotten superstitious that since Kanchana became a hit, whichever film she chooses there will also become a hit. Now, Lakshmi Rai is the red hot coveted heroine of Tamil cinema who was once ignored largely by the audience, press and the film industry.