Lakshmi Rai, professionally credited as Raai Laxmi, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.
13 Facts About Raai Laxmi
Raai Laxmi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to Ram Rai and Manjula Rai.
In 2005, Laxmi made her film debut in the Tamil-language film Karka Kasadara.
Raai Laxmi received positive feedback for her portrayal of a lawyer in the latter.
Raai Laxmi won her first Filmfare Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Raai Laxmi made her debut in Malayalam in 2007, starring in Rock n' Roll, opposite Mohanlal.
Raai Laxmi followed it up with several successful films such as Annan Thampi, 2 Harihar Nagar, Evidam Swargamanu opposite Mohanlal, and Chattambinadu opposite Mammootty.
Raai Laxmi appeared in three Tamil films in 2009, Muthirai, Vaamanan and Naan Avanillai 2.
Raai Laxmi made special appearances during song sequences in two of them, In Ghost House Inn and Pen Singam and portrayed a cowgirl in the Tamil film Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam.
Raai Laxmi played a negative character in the latter, which was received positively by critics.
Raai Laxmi signed to perform her fourth item number with Chiranjeevi in his 150th film Khaidi No 150, and later in Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva in Tamil with Raghava Lawrence.
Raai Laxmi portrayed the lead role in her second Hindi film Julie 2.
Raai Laxmi starred in the Bollywood film, Officer Arjun Singh IPS Batch 2000.