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Husband: Rajakannu
Hometown: Chennai
Marital Status: Married
Some Lesser Known Facts About Parvathi Amma
Parvathi Amma is an Indian homemaker who, in November 2021, became the subject of news headlines in the country after Raghava Lawrence, a Tamil celebrity, announced on social media that he would build a new house for Amma. Lawrence stated in an interview,
I have made a promise and assured Parvathi Amma that I will build her a house out of my own expenses.”
Amma belongs to the Kuravar tribe of Tamil Nadu, while her husband belongs to the Irula tribe.
Parvathi’s life events inspired the Tamil film “Jai Bhim” which was a super hit at the box office. The character named Sengani played by South-Indian actress, Lijomol Jose, in the movie is based on Parvathi.
The film Jai Bhim, based on a landmark legal battle that was fought 28 years ago in 1993, tells the tale of bereaved Parvathi who approached retired Madras High Court judge, K Chandru, to seek justice for her husband Rajakannu. a member of the Irular tribe. Amma’s husband was framed by the police under false charges of theft, and he was stripped naked and severely beaten at the police station, which killed him in 1993.
The incident happened in the Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu and the village, at the time, was reportedly inhabited by four families belonging to the Kurumbar tribal community. The interim judgment in the case was delivered by the Madras High Court in 1996, 3 years after the trial. Parvathi and her family, apparently, were given a compensation of Rs 2,65,000 and three cents of land by the government, as ordered by the court.
Parvathi has been living in a small rented hut in a remote area of Porur in Chennai with her family of five, for almost 25 years. Amma revealed in a video made by a YouTube channel called “Valaipechu” that the area remains almost always flooded and there are no toilets within a kilometre of the area.