South Indian actress Raai Laxmi, who was formerly known as Lakshmi Rai, turns 30 on Sunday, 5 May 2015. Before beginning her film acting career, she appeared in television commercials and worked as a fashion model. She made her big screen debut in the 2005 movie Karka Kasadara.

The "Mankatha" actress celebrated her birthday with friends and shared some photos of the surprise midnight party. The actress has also individually thanked celebs and fans for wishing on her special day.

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Raai Lakshmi was born on 5 May 1989 in Belgaum, Karnataka. Her father is Ram Rai and her mother is Manjula Rai. She has two sisters Ashwin Raai and Reshma Raai. She is very close to her family.

Raai Lakshmi made her debut at the age of 15 in the Tamil film Karka Kasadara. Later, she appeared in a number of Tamil movies. She appeared in the comedy film Kundakka Mandakka opposite R. Parthiban.

She made her debut in Malayalam in 2007, starring in Rock & Roll opposite Mohanlal. Later she did several successful films such as Annan Thambi, 2 Harihar Nagar, Evidam Swargamanu, and Chattambinadu.

Raai Lakshmi’s 2011 release Christian Brothers, was a huge commercial success. Later she did the Tamil comedy horror Kanchana. She also appeared in the Venkat Prabhu directed action thriller Mankatha, opposite Ajith Kumar.

She performed her first item number opposite Ravi Teja in his Telugu film Balupu

Back in 2009, M.S. Dhoni was Raai Laxmi’s boyfriend. They dated for some time in the same year and broke up. 

Raai Lakshmi was rumored to be dating Vikram Singh. They were often seen together at parties. Some sources said that there will be a wedding.

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