Shobana, a student from Dakshina Vaadi fishing village near Pamban in Ramanathapuram district, scored 562 marks out of 600 in the 12th standard public examination. Unable to continue her college studies due to family poverty, she went to work. Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Haasan, who came to know about this, personally called Shobana’s family and made necessary arrangements for her
