Varalaxmi Sarathkumar is known for taking up bold roles and antagonist characters in films and excelling in portraying them. The actress has done many films since her debut as in Vignesh Shivan’s Podaa Podi. She has acted in Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu language films and has multiple projects in line. Her upcoming film Kondraal Paavam is set to be released in theatres as she stars alongside Cooku with Comali fame Santhosh Pratap. Galatta Media organised a fans' meet for the talented actress where fans posed some questions to the actress as she shared her experiences.
A Fan asked about her NGO Save Shakti and what was the motive behind it. The address revealed that a TV channel head came to her house to speak about the show. After all the work-related talks, Varalaxmi stated “I sent off the person saying all the best and he said When shall we meet for 'other' things” The actress said "I did not understand the question and said I don’t understand sir is it about some other show and the man has replied we should meet for some other things in a hotel room directly”. The actress then said when she spoke about this incident with her friends they questioned her how did you remain silent and did not slap him, "because usually, I slap these people back", said the actress. “At that time what I thought was, I come from a family with backing (cinema background family) and this person has come to my house and if this man is asking this question to me then how would he have behaved with other women?" shared Varalaxmi, she asked the man to leave and the man replied I think you are in a bad mood I will come back later.
After days, "I spoke with lawyers and found that it took years for rape victims to get justice and all the emotional trauma they go through", Varalaxmi said. The actress told that she filed a petition seeking Mahila courts set up in every state as its in a provision under budget to fast track sexual abuse cases. She said they got lakhs of signatures and law minister approved the petition and ordered governments to set up Mahila courts and this was the initial stage of Save Shakti. She added the NGO now supports, not just women but also animals, migrant workers, abused women, and victims of domestic abuse. The iconic actress then went on to share about her childhood experiences and tattoos.