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Title: Pad Man (2018)
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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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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 | |||
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Saurabh Agarwal | ||
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Himself | |
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Varun Bag | ||
| Himika Bose | ... | Medical College Student | |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
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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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Country:
IndiaLanguage:
HindiRelease Date:
9 February 2018 (India) See more »Also Known As:
Pad Man See more »Filming Locations:
Madhya Pradesh, IndiaEdit
Box Office
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 Yashita Sharma, Jonita Gandhi, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur
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Regarding the possible box office clash with 'Aiyaary' which was to release on the same day, Kumar denounced the tension saying that it was unlikely since both films have different subjects and themes. See more »Goofs
When Akshay is giving his speech in UN the signals in the background remain red throughout. 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 »Soundtracks
SayaaniLyrics Kausar Munir
Music Amit Trivedi
Performed by Yashita Sharma, Jonita Gandhi, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur
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