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| Akshay Kumar | ... | Lakshmikant Chauhan | |
| Radhika Apte | ... | Gayatri | |
| Sonam Kapoor | ... | Pari Walia | |
| Jyoti Subhash | ... | Lakshmi's Mother | |
| Urmila Mahanta | |||
| Suneel Sinha | ... | Prof Tejas Walia (Pari's Father) | |
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Sanjay Singh | ||
| Rakesh Chaturvedi Om | ... | (as 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi) | |
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Mrinmayee Godbole | ||
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Mridul Satam | ||
| Parul Chauhan | |||
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Saurabh Agarwal | ||
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Himself | |
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Varun Bag | ||
| Himika Bose | ... | Medical College Student | |
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Biography on Tamil Nadu activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, whose mission was to provide sanitary napkin's to poor women of rural areas. Who would use rag cloths or leaves during periods where use of sanitary napkins was rare. After he did not get fruitful results from his family and a medical college he approached, he decided to try it himself by making a uterus out of football bladder and filling goat's blood in it. He would roam around the whole day with the bladder, the aim was to check the absorption rate of the sanitary napkins made by him. Written by alex.mjacko@gmail.com
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HindiRelease Date:
9 February 2018 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$740,313, 11 February 2018Gross USA:
$1,670,192Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$27,258,765Company Credits
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Lyrics Kausar Munir
Music Amit Trivedi
Performed by Mohit Chauhan
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The first trailer was released on 15 December 2017. See more »Goofs
Akshay hurts his finger but bandages his hand. See more »Crazy Credits
After the last shot, the photograph of Mr. Arunachalam Muruganantham, on whose life this film is based, is shown with the title "PadMan". See more »Connections
Referenced in The Drama Company: Akshay Kumar, Ali Zafar, Ila Arun, Neha Kakkar, Geeta Kapoor, Mithali Raj, Anny Divya, Anjana Kashyap and Manushi Chhillar (2018) See more »Soundtracks
Saale SapneLyrics Kausar Munir
Music Amit Trivedi
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PADMAN, the movie full of motivation, is about India's one of the real Superhero. Necessity is the mother of innovation is said somewhere, here it is implemented.
Padman is a movie which has romance, comedy, serious as well as heart touching moments distributed equally. This is a brave topic to come up with so hats off to Twinkle Khanna, R Balki and the entire team. Special hats off to Mr. Arunachalam Murugnatham for his extraordinary contribution to the society.
The film has many moments which make us laugh naturally and its not forced humor. Chemistry between Akshay Kumar and Radhika Apte is also good. The problem of unhygienic sanitation habit is shown in a bold way and its seriousness can be felt while watching the film. The film has some emotional moments when Padman fails as well as when Padman comes to know that his first Pad which was tested was successful. Best part of the movie includes the scene before interval which reminds of Toilet Ek Prem Katha scene. Mr. Arunachalam is given perfect tribute also in the starting credits as well as in the end which is a good part. The machine making is shown which is a very good part. BGM is very nice. Music of the film is fairly well and justified.
Flaws in the film, I found 2 flaws. This film is spanned over some 8-10 years they could have shown some age difference in the looks of the characters it felt as if everything is happening in the span of 1-2 years only. 2nd flaw is the romantic angle in the later part of the film could have been avoided nevertheless it was also justified but it was looking like extra part in the film.
Talking about the performances, Akshay Kumar as Lakshmikant Chauhan is fantabulous, one of the best performance of his career. Its another feather to his collection and it should not be a surprise if this act is considered for a national award. He has nailed it in every scene may it be demonstration of his machine or monologue in the end or testing pad on himself or making of the machine. Radhika Apte, has given amazing performance, she is having some amazing emotional scenes and she has performed beautifully. She perfectly suits in a village woman role with a narrow minded thinking. Sonam Kapoor as Pari has her moments in the film. She is the hero along with Lakshmikant. She has some amazing dialogues in her account. Other performances of Lakshmi's mother and sisters as well as 2 friends and Pari's father are also remarkable. And then there is the one and only Amitabh Bachchan, R Balki's favourite in the special appearance. Its just 2-3 minutes role but he stole the show in his own style. Amazing dialogues by him in just those 2-3 minutes. There are some clap worthy and whistle-able scenes too.
R Balki's direction is classic. This is his personal best along with Paa. The camerawork is awesome. Locations in the film are not much important according to film but still Maheshwar is beautiful and it captures true village environment. Editing could have been a bit better but its good there is no unnecessary nuisance in the film.
Overall the film is enjoyable, entertaining yet giving a very strong message and motivation. There is no logical error in the film as a normal audience and there is no scene which makes family audience feel awkward. There is no boring moment in the film which makes us feel that when is it ending. Its a motivating film after Dangal. Please don't miss it as we don't have many good movies coming every year.