Lalitha first met Thoppil Bhasi on September 4, 1964 while interviewing KPAC. Lalitha has said that the man came up with his respects, loves and life successes. In his autobiography, Lalitha talks about her relationship with him:
‘Some relationships are like that. Indefinable. Asking what, why and how is unanswerable. No matter how you interpret it.
Don’t ask me how my relationship with Bhasichettan is. A kind of intimacy. It is within us. Completely personal and personal. You can pick it any way you want. Can be interpreted anyway.
Even today, before I start acting or putting on make-up in a movie, I bow my head in adoration to Bhasichettan. Father, mother, father of my children, Bhasichettan are the four people I worship first. After that I call on God. Today, forever. It will be so until my eyes close.
If you ask me what is the deepest connection between Bhasichettan and me, my answer is that there is no connection beyond that. Take me as my God, take me as my mother, take me as my father, take me as my friend, take me as my lover … this must be the reason why some people hate me. Bhasichettan did a lot of things for me without telling anyone, not even me. I came to cinema through the characters raised by Bhasichettan’s pen. It even seems like the characters were created just for me. That was the blessing I got. Or who would call me at that time for such a big role?
I remember, a week after joining KPAC, Bhasichettan called me and said: I have only one sister – Bhargavi. I see you as I am. Do not ask me how that relationship went. It’s a matter of my personal mind. ‘