Lakshmi Rai has been slowly rising up the success ladder in the past year with blockbusters such as Mankatha and Kanchana. She is a big name in Malayalam as well and currently has Thaandavam in hand and is in no hurry to sign all the projects that come her way.
In this scenario, she has bagged another biggie in the form of Kanchana Part 2, the sequel to Muni and Kanchana. Lawrence had promised her to rope her in for this sequel and he has honored his word.