Rani Padmini is often termed as a woman-centric film, but its lead actress Manju Warrier disagrees. "Rani Padmini is a travel movie, a genre not often explored in Malayalam cinema. However, it is not a ‘woman-centric’ film as you can see. It is just an
Aashiq Abu movie which happens to have women as its protagonists," she says.
She adds that she had no second thoughts about taking it up as it was exactly the kind of movie she would want to watch.