Reported in Bharatwaves
Venkat Prabhu said "Actually, first we have planned to make a film with Aswin as hero and that's why we have selected Lakshmi Rai to pair with him. But, later when Ajith replaces Aswin, there were huge changes in the script and we have to rope-in a heroine who suits Ajith's range. So we have roped in Trisha to pair with him. Since, we have already given some advance to Lakshmi Rai towards her remuneration, we have decided to use her for playing 'Sona' role, a second heroine in this film."
Two things here..
1) So technically Lakshmi Rai is correct that she was approached for the heroine role first. She didn't lie. So why is it that the media is not highlighting it which will make people assume that she is doing it for publicity?
2) It's unfair to say that Lakshmi Rai is not same class of Trisha and won't suit Ajit. No doubt that Trisha is a senior artist. But loose comments like looking for Lakshmi is not of the same range as Trisha could have been avoided. At the end of the day as they say "God is great". Lakshmi's patience and performance prevailed.
Venkat Prabhu said "Actually, first we have planned to make a film with Aswin as hero and that's why we have selected Lakshmi Rai to pair with him. But, later when Ajith replaces Aswin, there were huge changes in the script and we have to rope-in a heroine who suits Ajith's range. So we have roped in Trisha to pair with him. Since, we have already given some advance to Lakshmi Rai towards her remuneration, we have decided to use her for playing 'Sona' role, a second heroine in this film."
Two things here..
1) So technically Lakshmi Rai is correct that she was approached for the heroine role first. She didn't lie. So why is it that the media is not highlighting it which will make people assume that she is doing it for publicity?
2) It's unfair to say that Lakshmi Rai is not same class of Trisha and won't suit Ajit. No doubt that Trisha is a senior artist. But loose comments like looking for Lakshmi is not of the same range as Trisha could have been avoided. At the end of the day as they say "God is great". Lakshmi's patience and performance prevailed.