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 film’s writer R. Selvaraj, in Madurai district 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 film’s writer R.