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The ballad of Meena, a midwife, the story behind Annakili

Annakili, the film that introduced maestro Ilaiyaraaja to Tamil cinema, was based on a real-life, tragic tale a midwife from Pappanaickenpatti, the native village of the films writer R. Selvaraj, in Madurai district

23 May 2026 9:38 pm