Exclusive! Raai Laxmi on Majnu 2: Didn't exactly get time to discover Malta

Raai Laxmi has been acting in films for more than a decade and dabbled with multiple languages in her career She was recently seen in the song Majnu 2 with Mika Singh that was shot in Malta In an exclusive interview with midday Laxmi opened up about the same the experience of shooting in Malta working with legends like Mohanlal Ajith Kumar Pawan Kalyan in her career and why her fans call the actress the lsquohorror queenrsquoQ Starring in a video was very new experience for you as an actor and your fans Do you like trying newer spacesBeing a part of singles has now become a trend especially good songs It was with Mika whorsquos a very famous singer and has given some huge hits in Bollywood so I said lsquowhy notrsquo I heard the song and it was a remixed version and I liked it Thatrsquos how it all started with Majnu 2Q Malta plays a central character in the song How was it like shooting the song thereThis was my first visit to Malta itrsquos a very scenic place Itrsquos not a very touristy place as such The place used to look very beautiful like a wallpaper Itrsquos a very nice small city and has a very different feel to it I didnrsquot exactly get time to discover how the place was as I had a shoot aheadQ You have worked with legends like Mohanlal Ajith Pawan Kalyan What have you learned from each of these legendsTherersquos always a lot to learn from these legends People that Irsquove worked with I really look up to them and each and everyone of these has something or the other to teach Itrsquos a never ending process When you work with Superstars like them you understand the old school of thoughts Irsquove worked with Superstars Irsquove worked with the newer generation therersquos a huge difference When I worked with Mohanlal you donrsquot feel hersquos acting or putting out any effort in front of the camera hersquos so easy as if hersquos having a conversation We as a younger generation mug up the script think about a scene twice we do our homework I donrsquot see them doing any of these things they are just so natural They have had an absolutely different experience because the industry was different back then The industry we are in is a lot easier they didnrsquot have these kind of facilities If we say anything wrong we can change it in the dubbing But working with these actors Irsquove learned a lot myself organicallyQ You shared a great chemistry with Thala Ajith when you worked with him in Mankatha Do you remember what critics and fans said about your role and your pairing with the SuperstarOf course I canrsquot forget that movie because it has been a game changer for me I was in two minds before doing that film It was a negative role that had come to me as a lead Till then I had never done a negative role before I had only done romantic films you know I was thinking twice and the director said that I must do it and he convinced me at the end I started loving it as I started shooting with Thala As an actor I began recognising him as a great person Then we started shooting for the movie we shot for a lot of chase sequences Sonarsquos character was critically well acclaimed Fans love my character till today they keep requesting me when can they see Mankatha 2 with Thala Ajith Even though I die they still want the character to be alive in part 2 I feel Sona has become an unforgettable character Because in that film everyone else is also negative Even though Ajith had a love interest this character was highlighted so much that it cannot be forgotten Some characters stay with you forever I really enjoyed working on that film no kiddingQ My favourite film of yours is Kanchana with Raghava Lawrence What do you feel worked in that filmI have literally acted in all the Kanchanas that were made in the South so I feel really close to it when people talk about Kanchana When I did the first Kanchana nobody wanted to touch horror films At that point horror genre was not in trend When the script came to me I said that okay let me try because itrsquos horror comedy It was funny and scary so I took that risk Ever since Kanchana has happened people have only been making horror comedies It started a trend After Kanchana started I was only getting horror films I was known as the horror queenQ You have completed a decade in acting what are the things you now look for in a scriptThe thing is that Irsquove done so many films South has given me so many opportunities that I donrsquot feel like this is my dream role anymore Irsquove done all possible roles in South As an actor itrsquos a very beautiful space to try out different roles on screen From being a young girl to a modern chic to being a maid to being a ghost to being a dead body to being alive to being everything Itrsquos a beautiful journey and I have no regrets Some movies have really done well some movies have made a mark and people remember those even today So when Irsquom entering Bollywood I would want to experience something similar My work volume should be focused and prove myself as a performer