South sensation Lakshmi Rai plays the lead in actor-director Lawrence Raghavendra's forthcoming Tamil film, Kanchana. Read more at: http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?ID=10825&AlbumType=PG&Title=Lakshmi+Rai%27s+all-glam+show+in++Kanchana&cp The film is a sequel to Lawerence's horror flick Muni . Read more at: http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=2&ID=10825#talk&cp According to reports the lead role was first offered to Anushka, but due to her lack of interest, the producers signed model turned actor Lakshmi Rai for the project. Read more at: http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=3&ID=10825#talk&cp Lawrence and Lakshmi Rai have earlier worked in Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam . Read more at: http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=4&ID=10825#talk&cp Lawerence said: "After much deliberation, Kanchana has gone on the floors. I've put in a lot of groundwork and am happy to have started work on the project final