'Lakshmi Rai' is history

Jun 03, 2014

The hot Mankatha / Kanchana actress, Lakshmi Rai has gone for a name change and will henceforth be addressed and credited as 'Raai Laxmi'. Raai seems to have put in a lot of thought into this decision, at a time when she is known all over as 'Lakshmi Rai'. This is what she had to say in a related interview recently.

"Yes, my name is now Raai Laxmi. It is not exactly a name change. It is the same name but it is just that I am shuffling it a bit.

One needs some time to do something like this as everyone knows me as Lakshmi Rai. My family named me after the Goddess but nobody calls me Lakshmi. People have always called me either Rai or Lakshmi Rai. Even at home, they call me just Raai.

My dad has been insisting for a long time that I change my name to Raai as it goes with my personality. From now on, all my films will credit me as Raai Laxmi."

So, lets say Hi to Raai, and we wish her the very best in her new innings with a new name. Raai will be seen next in films such as Aranmanai and Irumbu Kuthirai.