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.
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Cast
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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 | |||
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Saurabh Agarwal | ||
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Self | |
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Varun Bag | ||
| Himika Bose | ... | Medical College Student | |
Superstar Akshay Kumar answers IMDb fan questions about his future projects and latest release Padman, the story of a man who betters access to sanitary napkins in rural India.
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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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Film is based on The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land", a short story from Twinkle Khanna's book, The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad,Which is inspired from the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a Tamil Nadu-based social activist who revolutionized the concept of menstrual hygiene in rural India by creating a low-cost sanitary napkin machine. See more »Goofs
The film is set in 2001 but Sonam uses a present day smartphone. See more »Quotes
Lakshmikant Chauhan: Bloody men... half hour... half hour bleeding like women... they straight dying!See more »
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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 »Frequently Asked Questions
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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:
$29,045,020Company Credits
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"Padman," tells an important story in an engaging and entertaining way. I enjoyed this movie overall and really enjoyed Akshay Kumar's lead performance. His character is very likable has he only has the purest intentions to something good for society. The story was inspirational and pretty well put together. I do feel that the first half of the movie dragged mostly because it became pretty repetitive and it probably could have been cut a bit shorter. The movie does bounce back with a fast-paced and resonant second half that makes the movie worthwhile. It's a good movie with a strong message and a good heart that I enjoyed.