Kanchana - Arundhati Anushka Out and Lakshmi Roy becomes solo heroine

Kanchana - Arundhati Anushka Out and Lakshmi Roy becomes solo heroine

Luscious Beauty Anushka has opted out of bilingual film ‘Kanchana’, a sequel of Tamil film ‘Muni’, directed by Choreographer-turned-actor-turned-director Raghava Lawrence! The gossip also revealed director Lawrence has allotted the scenes conceived for Anushka to Lakshmi Rai who was earlier booked as second heroine of the film. And this makes Lakshmi Rai very happy and she turns more affectionate towards the director! The gossip really aroused curiosity and I surfed in the net to discover the truth.

Lawrence initially thought of booking Anushka for the lead role keeping her Arundhati image in mind. But Anushka did not show much interest in the project even after Lawrence approached her several times. That might be because her recent Telugu release ‘Panchakshari’, which was a heroine-centric film like Arundhati, received only a lukewarm response from the audience.

Actress Kovai Sarala, who acted in Muni, will be seen in the sequel too, but Raj Kiran won’t be a part of Kanchana. Missing talented Anushka for the lead role, Lawrence was clever enough to book the President of South Indian Film Artistes Association Sarathkumar for a transgender role in ‘Kanchana’ which created great expectation among the audience prior to its filming.

While Lawrence and Lakshmi Rai were acting together for ‘Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam’, there was a gossip that Lakshmi Rai has become pet of Raghava Lawrence as Lawrence praised Lakshmi Rai highly for her dancing prowess. Then, they danced together for a song in Kalaignar’s ‘Pen Singam’ too. Her gelling with Lawrence while acting in those two films yielded her the chance to pair him as one of the two heroines in ‘Kanchana’. Now Anushka’s opting out of Kanchana helped Lakshmi Rai to become the sole heroine of the film. Believe where others doubt; Work where others refuse; Stay where others quit are the maxims of Lakshmi Rai. She dares to be different as she knows the smarter you work, the luckier you get!