Calling herself a ‘victim of patriarchy’, Lakshmi Manchu said that her father had tried to stop her from joining the film industry as an actor.
Actress Lakshmi Manchu, daughter of Telugu film legend Mohan Babu, says when she wanted to move from Hyderabad to Mumbai, the biggest hurdle was her family, who were discouraging her decision. The actor visited the city last year and since then he has been continuing to meet Hindi filmmakers.In an interview with Free Press Journal, the actor was asked about the “hurdles” she faced when relocating from Hyderabad, where she spent more than a decade. He said the only obstacle was my family
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“They didn’t let me move for a long time. We are a very close family. He said to me, ‘Why do you have to be a small fish in a big pond?’ He had his own dilemmas. I lived at my best friend Rakul Preet’s house. She kept insisting on me going to Mumbai.
Lakshmi Manchu said that it was her actor-friend Rana Daggubati who told her that she could not stay in Hyderabad forever and had to move out. But it was not easy. Lakshmi said that her father, who is an actor-producer in the Telugu film industry, had tried to stop her from joining the film industry as an actor.
