R. Balki was born on April 16, 1964 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a director and writer, known for Paa (2009), Chup (2022) and English Vinglish (2012).
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.