Pad Man (2018)

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.

Director:

R. Balki

Writers:

R. Balki, Swanand Kirkire

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor

Top Rated Indian Movies #142 | 2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
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)
Sanjay Singh
Rakesh Chaturvedi Om	...	(as 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi)
Mrinmayee Godbole
Mridul Satam
Parul Chauhan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Saurabh Agarwal
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Self
Varun Bag
Himika Bose	...	Medical College Student

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

sanitary pads | superhero | marriage | biopic | cotton | 

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Taglines:

The True Story of a Real Super Hero

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material

Did You Know?

Trivia

R. Balki was Khanna's first choice to direct the film. She had previously seen Balki's work and appreciated his sensitivity in filmmaking.

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Goofs

The film is set in 2001 but Sonam uses a present day smartphone.

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Quotes

Lakshmikant Chauhan: Bloody men... half hour... half hour bleeding like women... they straight dying!

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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".

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Connections

Featured in 64th Filmfare Awards (2019)

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Soundtracks

Sayaani
Lyrics Kausar Munir
Music Amit Trivedi
Performed by Yashita Sharma, Jonita Gandhi, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur

User Reviews

I enjoyed this movie

"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.

Details

Official Sites:

Watch Padman Movie Online at ZEE5

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

9 February 2018 (India)

Also Known As:

Pad Man

Filming Locations:

Madhya Pradesh, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$740,313, 11 February 2018

Gross USA:

$1,670,192

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$29,045,020

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mrs Funnybones Movies, Hope Productions, KriArj Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1