lakshmi menon has portrayed mostly village belle and girl next door roles however the actress says she is nothing like her on screen persona in real life in a candid chat the outspoken but composed teenager talks about her movies future plans and morerumours are up that you will quit the film industry soon i only said that i am planning to quit as i am not happy with the kind of roles i was being offered either village belle or girlnextdoor the decision was quite conscious frankly i am bored of wearing the dhavani and emoting the same reactions over and over again i believe that i can do something more i want to do a film where i can be the real lakshmi someone who is happy modern and cool about life in other words i want to live my characters but if i get a strong script with scope for performance i might take it up after avatharam you didnt sign anything in malayalam i would like to do malayalam films too but i didnt get the right roles here my first and foremost preference will always be tamil films because they are the ones who first noticed and accepted me they showered me with love and criticized me as well also i feel more at ease working in tamil you said you are bored of village belle roles does that mean that you are ready for glam roles no but i am not averse to playing glam roles either if the script is good i wont mind playing them but before that i will ask for some time to make up my mind and also to get fit i am a great foodie and i would want to start working out to suit such modern outfits do you feel you are too young to handle gossips i am truly enjoying my stint with spicy gossips my friends didnt know much about tamil movies when i started off my acting career they had taunted me saying there are no gossips about you and yet i am claiming to be a star laughs i dont feel bad on hearing gossips if it is a news item it will be taken on an inside page of a newspaper but the best part of a gossip is that it will definitely be the lead and come in bold letters and of course everyone will read it i am waiting for more its real fun any plans to pursue singing as a career firstly i want to say i am not a singer at all singing for films happened by chance it was a delightful surprise when imman sir called me to croon the peppy number aathadi ammaadi ambayil pootha ponnu it was a trial but when i sang he liked it and asked me to complete it now i have sung a hip hop number daisy girl for the movie saahasam i love the latter more but i am