Actress Lakshmi Rai doesn’t stay far from a controversy.  The actress’ name has become almost synonymous with controversy.  Though she has been in the industry for more than the past six years, she has only recently been looked up as an actress of substance thanks to her back-to-back hit films last year in the form of Ajith’s Mankatha and Raghava Lawrence’s Kanchana.

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Lakshmi has quite a few projects now in Tamil and Telugu to keep her busy for many more months to come.  It’s her recent visit to Chennai to take part in the inaugural ceremony of IPL-5 which has been making news.  She reportedly flew into Chennai by a specially chartered flight from New Delhi and attended the entire function clad in one of the most attractive (and sexy) costumes witnessed on that evening.

Incidentally, Rai stayed at the ‘presidential suite’ at the Taj Coramandel where most of the cricketers who took part in the inaugural ceremony were put up.  Usually, such suites are allotted only to high-ranking politicians and visiting dignitaries from other countries.  It, therefore, remains a mystery as to how Lakshmi booked the suite and who sponsored her for the same!

Lakshmi remained tight-lipped when queried about it.  “I’m a simple girl (yes, of course!)… My lifestyle is different and I live life on my own terms.  I don’t need to share each and every minute detail about me with the press.  In fact, I don’t feel I should react to all that’s being sand and written about me!” was her reply.