With
the
release
of
Minchina
Ota,
Lakshmi
Rai,
who
did
not
have
much
luck
in
Kannada
films
before,
is
back
on
the
track
to
stardom.
Although
Lakshmi
is
considered
one
of
the
most
beautiful
girls
in
South
Indian
cinema,
she
did
not
get
many
opportunities
to
prove
her
mettle
in
a
career
spanning
four
years.
Though
a
Kannadiga,
she
could
not
manage
to
get
any
roles
after
Valmiki
and
her
stint
with
Tamil
cinema
has
been
filled
with
controversies
and
rumours.
But
Lakshmi
is
on
a
roll
now.
Her
Kannada
film
Minchina
Ota,
where
she
is
paired
with
Vijaya
Raghavendra
and
Sri
Murali,
is
running
successfully;
in
Malayalam,
her
film
Parunthu
with
Mammootty
has
just
released.
She
is
currently
acting
in
Dhaam
Dhoom
(Tamil)
opposite
Jayam
Ravi.
Moreover,
she
is
doing
Hey
Gujju,
a
Bollywood
project
with
Himesh
Reshammiya.
She
has
already
participated
in
the
shooting
of
two
songs
for
the
film
and
is
all
praise
for
Reshammiya.
"He
is
one
of
the
most
down
to
earth
people
I
have
ever
met," she
reportedly
said.
In
the
film
she
plays
a
tomboy
character
in
the
first
half
who
later
transforms
in
to
a
soft
spoken
girl.
Lakshmi
Rai,
who
took
a
break
from
movies
for
lack
of
opportunities,
gives
credit
for
her
comeback
to
a
coffee
ad
she
appeared
in.
This
ad
got
noticed
and
she
began
getting
new
opportunities.
It
seems
Lakshmi
Rai's
bad
patch
is
over
and
happy
days
are
here
again.