“America ke paas Superman hai, Batman hai, Spiderman hai... lekin India ke paas PadMan hai!”
The trailer of Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte starrer PadMan is finally here. The film directed by R Balkrishnan is co-produced by Twinkle Khanna and inspired by the life and work of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who revolutionised the ease of access of affordable sanitary pads across the country.
The trailer focuses on the life of A Muruganantham’s novel idea to make sanitary pads affordable for the women in his village. “Mad only become famous. Big man, strong man not making country strong,” says Akshay at an event abroad about his efforts to educate people about menstrual hygiene.
Radhika Apte also put out a teaser of apna superhero PadMan. Take a look:
PadMan is scheduled to release on 26 January, 2018.
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