The past weekend rumours started floating around that Varalakshmi Sarathkumar had a secret engagement and is getting married soon and some even went to the extent of suggesting that she would cut down on her acting assignments. The bold actress has rubbished the elements "Thr r some rumours in the industry that I’m going to get married..I AM NOT ENGAGED N NOT GETTING MARRIED.. thank you to the jobless people who spread these baseless rumours to try n bring me down.. you can’t..I’m here to only work and act..my hard work will never fail" (social media post not spell checked".

Varu is one of the busiest leading ladies in Kollywood starring in pivotal roles in films like 'Sarkar' with Vijay, 'Sandakozhi 2' with Vishal, 'Maari 2' with Dhanush, ''Neeya 2' with Jai and women centric films such as 'Kanni Raasi', 'Shakthi', 'Velvet Nagaram' and 'Raja Paarvai'.