In 1987, Lakshmi married actor-director K.S. Sivachandran . The couple fell in love while working on the film En Uyir Kannamma . This relationship brought stability to her personal life, and in 2001, the couple adopted a baby girl. Iconic Romantic Storylines: On-Screen Passion

The silver screen has a curious way of blurring the lines between fiction and reality. For Lakshmi, this happened with her co-star, Mohan Sharma. The two first worked together on the 1974 Malayalam film Chattakkari , which would become a landmark film in her career. On the sets of this romantic drama, reel-life romance blossomed into real-life love. Just a year after her divorce from Bhaskaran, in 1975, Lakshmi and Mohan Sharma got married.

As her career progressed, Lakshmi became the filmmaker’s choice for complex, marital romances. In films like Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1977), based on Jayakanthan's explosive novel, her character’s romantic storyline begins with a tragedy—a brief, non-consensual encounter that society brands as her ruin. The film traces her subsequent relationship with the man, exploring themes of guilt, societal hypocrisy, and the impossibility of a conventional "happy ending." Her performance won her the National Film Award for Best Actress, cementing her status as the definitive face of mature, tragic romance. 3. Intellectual and Equal Partnerships

while filming the landmark romantic drama Chattakkari . Though they married in 1975, the relationship lasted five years before ending in divorce. M. Sivachandran

The couple married in 1975, but the relationship lasted only five years, ending in divorce in 1980. Third Marriage: M. Sivachandran (1987–Present)

, an insurance professional, in an arrangement made by her parents when she was 17. This marriage produced her only biological child, actress Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran (born 1971). The couple divorced in 1974. Second Marriage (1975–1980): She fell in love with her co-star Mohan Sharma on the sets of the hit Malayalam film Chattakari

Beyond the Screen: The Evolution of Romance and Relationships in the Cinematic Journey of Lakshmi