Why Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor's Pad Man Challenge is problematic
7 years, 1 month ago

Why Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor's Pad Man Challenge is problematic

India Today  

Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor-starrer Pad Man releases this week, and before the film hits the theatres, its promotional campaign is going viral. If you are on Twitter or Instagram, you cannot have missed the gazillion pictures of celebrities posing with a sanitary pad as part of the Pad Man challenge. Surely, the majority of the people who need to be made aware about menstrual hygiene aren't the social-media savvy audience that the Pad Man Challenge is reaching out to? Incidentally, the real-life Pad Man, Arunachalam Muruganantham, who is the brainchild behind the machine used to make low-cost sanitary pads, has dedicated his life to empowering rural women.

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5 Years of Akshay Kumar's Pad Man: A film that changed mindsets about that time of the month
2 years, 1 month ago

5 Years of Akshay Kumar's Pad Man: A film that changed mindsets about that time of the month

Firstpost  

Pad Man has two heroes. It was also a victory for Arunachalam Muruganantham on whose life the film Pad Man was based, and who has dedicated his life to female hygiene and its subversion for economic reasons. It’s the way Akshay Kumar plays Laxmikant, a man driven to insane bouts of audacity by the passion to diminish the pain that …

Pad Man: How Bollywood is challenging period stigma in India
6 years, 8 months ago

Pad Man: How Bollywood is challenging period stigma in India

The Independent  

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Akshay Kumar installs sanitary pad vending machines at Mumbai's Central Bus Station
7 years, 1 month ago

Akshay Kumar installs sanitary pad vending machines at Mumbai's Central Bus Station

India Today  

National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar has installed a sanitary pad vending machine in Mumbai Central ST Bus Depot and hopes to put several across India. Akshay, whose latest release, Pad Man, delves with menstrual issue and hygiene, especially in rural India, took to Twitter on Thirsday to share a photograph of him along with Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray inaugurating …

Pad Man success is proof that Indian audience is opening up to taboo topics like menstruation
7 years, 1 month ago

Pad Man success is proof that Indian audience is opening up to taboo topics like menstruation

India Today  

For many generations, menstruation has been a topic that has been talked about only in hush-hush voices. And who could have ever thought that a taboo topic like menstruation would make it to the big screen; let alone Bollywood's Khiladi Kumar playing the lead! Within four days of its release, Pad Man has already earned Rs 45 crore, and is …

Akshay Kumar's Pad Man banned in Pakistan? Twitter erupts in anger
7 years, 1 month ago

Akshay Kumar's Pad Man banned in Pakistan? Twitter erupts in anger

India Today  

As reports began doing the rounds that Pad Man will not be released in Pakistan, citizens of the country took to Twitter to express their disappointment. The Federal Censor Board and the Punjab Film Censor Board have refused to certify the Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte-starrer, saying that it is based on a "taboo subject". https://t.co/S7PUfBV9ak Gharidah Farooqi …

‘Pad Man’ review: Public service cinema
7 years, 1 month ago

‘Pad Man’ review: Public service cinema

The Hindu  

Arunachalam Muruganantham is a fascinating man. Pad Man Director: R. Balki Cast: Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor Run time: 139.59 minutes Storyline: Based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who, prompted by his wife’s period problems, initiated the production of affordable sanitary napkins for the poor There is a certain dignity and forthrightness with which Muruganantham talks about dropping …

Pad Man Movie Review: Akshay Kumar breathes as Muruganantham in this fabulous film
7 years, 1 month ago

Pad Man Movie Review: Akshay Kumar breathes as Muruganantham in this fabulous film

India Today  

Pad Man, the biopic of India's Menstrual Man Arunachalam Muruganantham, starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role, is the big Bollywood release today. Pad Man, the biopic of Arunachalam Muruganantham, has Akshay Kumar playing Lakshmikant Chauhan, the mad genius who left his village after being ostracised, just so that his wife could wear the more hygienic sanitary pads instead of …

R Balki: Akshay is a lot like Arunachalam Muruganantham. He doesn't give himself much credit
7 years, 1 month ago

R Balki: Akshay is a lot like Arunachalam Muruganantham. He doesn't give himself much credit

India Today  

In an interview with India Today, filmmaker R Balki talks about meeting Arunachalam Muruganantham, the real Pad Man, working with Akshay Kumar and how his fifth film, his first biopic, can raise awareness about menstrual hygiene and be an inspiring story. I had seen Arunachalam Muruganantham's TED Talk and other videos before Twinkle and Akshay asked me to do it. …

Patriot to feminist, Pad Man Akshay Kumar is exactly what 2018 India wants
7 years, 1 month ago

Patriot to feminist, Pad Man Akshay Kumar is exactly what 2018 India wants

India Today  

When Akshay Kumar was given the Best Actor National Award for Rustom last year, many sniggered, laughed at and ridiculed the jury for their selection. From Baby to Pad Man, it has been a three-year journey for Akshay Kumar. Pad Man has already been facing criticism for Akshay Kumar moving Arunachalam Muruganantham's place of work from Tamil Nadu to Madhya …

Akshay Kumar on PadMan: Earlier, I didn't have enough money to support socially relevant cinema
7 years, 1 month ago

Akshay Kumar on PadMan: Earlier, I didn't have enough money to support socially relevant cinema

India TV News  

Akshay Kumar is proud of his coming film Pad Man -- a film highlighting awareness on menstrual hygiene. The actor also added that there isn't a single commercial film on sanitary pads, not even in Hollywood, as people shy away from discussing the topic in public. Akshay's Pad Man -- which marks his wife Twinkle Khanna's maiden production venture -- …

What is 'Pad Man Challenge', why are celebrities posing with sanitary pads?
7 years, 1 month ago

What is 'Pad Man Challenge', why are celebrities posing with sanitary pads?

India TV News  

Actor Akshay Kumar is undoubtedly one of the finest actors of Bollywood. From raising awareness about Swachh Baharat Abhiyan with Toilet: Ek Prem Katha to talking about menstrual hygiene in his upcoming film Pad Man, the actor is addressing issues that are considered taboo in the society. As Pad Man is all set to hit the screens on February 9, …

Aamir Khan accepts 'Pad Man Challenge', poses with sanitary pad
7 years, 1 month ago

Aamir Khan accepts 'Pad Man Challenge', poses with sanitary pad

India TV News  

Aamir Khan accepts 'Pad Man Challenge', poses with sanitary pad Aamir Khan further challenged SRK, Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan to accept the Pad Man challenge. Superstar Aamir Khan on Friday accepted the #PadManChallenge, sharing on social media a photograph in which he holds up a sanitary pad. The actor also challenged superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and megastar …

Women should get sanitary napkins for free, says Padman actor Akshay Kumar
7 years, 2 months ago

Women should get sanitary napkins for free, says Padman actor Akshay Kumar

India TV News  

National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar, who is going to appear in R Balki’s Padman is addressing the issue of menstrual hygiene this time. Asked if the "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" actor wants to reach out to the government to cut down on GST rate of sanitary napkins, Akshay told media here on Thursday: "Why just cut down on GST? "It …

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