There was music all around me even before I was born. My father Veenai Ramanathan lived at 20, Sydoji Street, Thiruvallikeni, Madras. The house consisted of two rooms, one upstairs and one downstairs.

Samuthriakani has directed and produced the film 'Appa' in which he has also acted in the lead role. Isaignanai Ilaiyaraja has done the musical score for the film. On the auspicious occasion of the ...