Her first marriage was an arranged union with Bhaskaran, who worked for an insurance company, when she was 17. They had one daughter, Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran , who later became a well-known actress. The marriage ended in divorce in 1974.
In the 1970s and 80s, Tamil cinema was dominated by the trope of the docile, sacrificial woman. Lakshmi shattered this archetype. She brought a "modern woman" sensibility that was not Westernized in a superficial sense, but modern in her emotional articulation. tamil actres lakshmi menon sex hot link