Lakshmi started her career as a VJ from a cable channel in Thrissur and later selected to host programmes in Jeevan TV (2008) School time which was a programme for school children to showcase their talents and Its "Really Tasty" which was a cookery show specialised in south Indian cruisin. Lakshmi also hosted Onam special programme in Amrita TV which was named as "Campus Onakkalam", "Chit chat" in WE TV where she interviewed leading actors and actresses of south India, "Dew drops (2009)" inWE TV, which was a popular Malayalam television, Live phone-in-programme which laid a milestone in her career as an anchor.