Versatility Unbound

A fresh faced scalpel-wielder, Aishwarya Lekshmi, is all set to make her mark in tinsel town.

- Rheanna Mathews

Aishwarya Lekshmi is the newest face in the Malayalam film industry with her first movie yet to premiere, but with two other movies already in the pipeline. A model since 2012, remarkably, she is also a doctor doing her house surgeoncy. And for an issue with ‘Wellness’ as the theme, someone who is a doctor, model and actor seems tailor-made for the cover shoot.

Although a woman with quite a few years of experience facing the camera, Aishwarya seemed, at times, like a child experiencing an amusement park for the first time – there was a mingled sense of wonder and joie de vivre throughout. Perhaps it was the proximity to the water, or the monsoon darkening far skies, or maybe, it was the delicious food she frequently nibbled on or the luxurious designer clothing she modelled. Whatever the case, her bubbly nature and childlike excitement over everything produced infectious laughs and made the long shoot fly by faster.

The peculiarly named movie and Nivin Pauly starrer (directed by Althaf Salim), Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela, is her first and, she insists, has granted her luck. Apparently, heroines who get to star with Nivin go on to have successful careers. There seems to be some truth to the matter as she has already finished shooting a second movie, Mayanidhi, directed by Aashiq Abu, with that other Malayali heartthrob, Tovino Thomas, even before the release of her first.