multilingual actress lakshmi gopalaswamy has worked across all four south indian languages throughout her career and the pandemic opened up new projects she got to do strong characters in her kannada series nammorina rasikaru and tamil series anantham she speaks about the changing dynamics with the new medium gaining popularity excerpts from a conversationyou were part of two different web series an adaptation of a literary classic and an unconventional love story what are your thoughts on this new mediumi am very excited about this phase as ott has a wider range and access to the audienceread alsokaiyethum doorath actress lakshmi gopalaswamy to play a cameo in the haldi special episodein the haldi special episode of the popular show kaiethum doorath actressdancer lakshmi gopalaswamy can be seen as a guest in the teaser that surfaced online the gorgeous actress can be seen making a dashing entry into the venue interestingly along with lakshmi the reel couple ofmanikuttan recreates his popular dance moves with onscreen mother lakshmi gopalaswamy after 17 years watchnearly after 17 years both manikuttan and lakshmi have recreated one of the muchloved dance moves in boyy friend and it is too adorable to be missedit has crossed the regional social and language borders one no longer speaks of south or north actor but of good actors i also see a lot of sensible content this is why i call it an exciting timeott has given me more confidence as an artiste i am now more open to doing those unconventional roles i did play some of the regular mother roles in telugu films for instance which did have good money but i think that isnt necessary now and i can say no to them incidentally both your web series were directed by womenwhen a woman directs there are little things that will be looked into for instance they have that motherly instinct and take care of someone when they are hurt or ensure the food on the set is good they are also empathetic to issues as they would have seen or experienced it themselves another aspect is that literate women are far more liberal and thats a bonus they are aware of rights and democracypeople have attributed the time during the pandemic as a catalyst for a change in the perception of content what are your thoughtsi am amazed with the kind of roles being written for instance in anantham i played someone who is nearing her 40s who likes a guy eight years younger than her since it was written by a woman she had more nuances without the usual stereotypes ott has scope for such roles and more voices and removes stereotypes the beauty is that audiences are accepting of anything unconventional honest and done with integrity we need to attribute more intelligence to the public if one is honest it will strike a chord what i also see is that there is space for a lot more talent to come in especially in terms