‘Padman’: Interesting facts about the Akshay Kumar starrer

R. Balki’s ‘PadMan’ was highly appreciated not just by fans but also by many tinsel town celebs. Sonam Kapoor, who had a pivotal but concise role, was lauded for her performance. But here’s something you don’t know. In an interaction, Sonam revealed that there was more to the relationship between Akshay and her characters than what was shown. She added that some of it was edited out to make the film shorter. But Sonam is not displeased at the edit, as she thinks at the end of the day, it's all fine if they were able to convey what they wanted to.

She further added that the length of the role doesn’t determine its importance. A small part can also be thought-provoking. On the work front, Sonam is currently busy with the shoot of Shelly Dhar’s ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ and awaiting the release of ‘Veere Di Wedding’.

Akshay Kumar’s son Aarav Bhatia is all grown up and is often spotted and snapped by the paparazzi. The young lad, who has taken after the charm and good looks of his parents, apparently enjoys all the films of his father Akshay.
While audience and critics are all praises for Akshay’s latest film ‘PadMan’, it was his son’s appreciation that made it all special for the actor. Speaking about it, Akshay reportedly said that when Aarav watched ‘PadMan’, he came up to him, patted his back and said that he had done a good job. The actor also added that his young man enjoys all of his films.
After ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, ‘PadMan’ becomes the second content-driven film of Akshay Kumar to be hailed by critics and audiences alike.

‘PadMan’ starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles, leaked onto social networking platform, Facebook. According to reports, the film that has been directed by R Balki, was uploaded online and allegedly shared over 5,000 times on the platform.

This cybercrime was recorded just weeks after Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ‘Padmaavat’, starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor was streamed live on the platform. While the ‘Padmaavat’ makers were quick to file a complaint with the cyber cell of three states, there was no such action taken by the makers of ‘PadMan’.

Although the latest film to be targeted by piracy, it is not the first as films like ‘Udta Punjab’, ‘Sultan’, ‘Raaz Reboot’ and others were also been leaked online, some even before its official release.

It has not been affirmed if this leak has affected the film’s box-office collection. ‘PadMan’ has collected an estimated Rs 58.25 crore at the domestic market within just 6 days of its release.

The latest Bollywood celebrities to join Akshay Kumar's #PadmanChallenge are Jacqueline Fernandez and Shraddha Kapoor. Akshay's 'PadMan' has been the talk of the town ever since it's announcement and this trend is taking the entire nation by storm. Jacqueline who is busy shooting for 'Race 3' with Salman Khan also shared a message which read as, "10% of girls in India think menstruation is a disease.. 14% suffer from menstrual infections... all the best team #padman @akshaykumar @sonamkapoor R Balki this is an amazing initiative!! I nominate all those girls who want to make a difference in this world!! Promote the pad!!!"



Helmed by R. Balki, 'PadMan' is a story of a real-life superhero Arunachalam Muruganathan, who invented a low-cost sanitary pad manufacturing-machine to bring a menstrual hygiene revolution for women. The film also stars Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor in pivotal roles. With 'PadMan' finally hitting the screens today, the excitement for the film has been higher than ever.

Akshay Kumar is leaving no stone unturned to promote his upcoming film 'PadMan'. And for the same, he started the #PadManChallenge wherein he asked his fellow actors from the industry to post a picture with a sanitary pad. Soon, the list of actors who accepted the challenge became really long and the latest to join the list are Riteish Deshmukh, Esha Gupta, and Jackie Shroff.

Esha was challenged by designer Nikhil Thampi while she nominated Priyanka Chopra, Sushmita Sen and Saina Nehwal for the same. In the Instagram post by Riteish, he said that he is proud of Akshay Kumar for spearheading this movement while Twinkle is backing him as a producer in a perfect way. And Jaggu Dada took to his Twitter and shared the picture by accepting the challenge.

Helmed by R Balki, the film also stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in pivotal roles. The film is all set to hit the screens on February 9, 2018.

Akshay Kumar recently hosted a special screening of his upcoming film ‘PadMan’ for Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani. Interestingly, Irani not just loved the film but also spoke openly about the issues addressed in the film.
She, however, said that she differs with producer Twinkle Khanna while making it clear that male political leaders cannot be made the villains while exerting on the fact that in 2015, under a male prime minister Narendra Modi, the first-ever national guideline for menstrual hygiene was dedicated to the entire country. She requested everyone to read those guidelines and help the teachers, Anganwadi workers, and others to enlighten the girls and women all around by striking a conversation on the same. Click here to watch the video.

Akshay Kumar's 'PadMan' has been the talk of the town since it's announcement and recently got a new boost with the trending #PadmanChallenge that is taking social media by storm. Apart from his film promoting menstrual hygiene, Akki is using his star power to rid taboos around menstruation by calling upon his filmstar friends to join the cause and asking them to post a picture posing with a sanitary pad.

The latest one added to the list is none other than Katrina Kaif. The actress was nominated for the challenge by Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Kat thanked the two for the tag and challenged Sidharth Malhotra, Ali Abbas Zafar and Anaita Shroff Adajania for the same. The caption read, "Thank u for tagging me @varundvn @anushkasharma . Yes, that's a pad in my hand & there s nothing to be ashamed about ... its natural! Period .best of luck to @akshaykumar @sonamkapoor @radhikaofficial for the film #padman. Here I am tagging @aliabbaszafar @anaitashroffadajania @s1dofficial."

'PadMan' is a story of a real-life superhero Arunachalam Muruganathan, who invented a low-cost sanitary pad manufacturing-machine to bring a menstrual hygiene revolution for women. The film that releases on February 9, also stars Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor in pivotal roles.

Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra will live to fight another day at the box-office. The stars, who were scheduled to lock horns at the box-office with their films, ‘PadMan’ and ‘Aiyaary’ set to release on February 9, after averting a clash with 'Padmaavat' over the Republic Day weekend. However, it looks like another big-ticket clash has been averted.

The release date of the Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee starrer has now been shifted to February 16th, making ‘PadMan’ the only movie to release this weekend. The reason behind ‘Aiyaary’s extended delay is believed to be because of the modifications suggested by the Defense Ministry.

'Aiyaary' will now share the box-office with 'Dil Junglee' that stars Tapsee Pannu and Saqib Saleem.

Akshay Kumar has it made it a point to be a part of cinema that always propagates a social message. After ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, his next upcoming release is ‘PadMan’ and since it tackles the issue of female menstrual hygiene, the film has received extra support from the government.

Taking to Instagram, Akhsay shared a picture of himself with Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and Minister of State Vibhavari Dave. In the picture, all three can be seen engaged in conversation during a special screening of ‘PadMan’. Apparently, this screening was held exclusively for school children. Akshay captioned the memorable moment as, “The very first screening of #PadMan was held today for school children. Grateful to hon. CM of Gujarat @vijayrupanibjp ji and Minister Of State, @vibhavaridave ji for their support.”

Akshay Kumar's next film with a social message, 'PadMan' is the talk of the town. The film is the biopic of a real-life hero Arunachalam Muruganantham who made a pad-making machine for women to provide low-cost sanitary napkins for women in rural areas.

As the film gears up for its big release on February 9, Akshay and the makers are leaving no stone unturned to promote the film. Apart from speaking up about the importance of mensural hygiene, the actor is calling upon his B-town friends to join the discussion by simply posing with a pad. Recently, the actor took to Twitter and posted a picture of himself holding a sanitary and challenged Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt and Indian Cricket Team captain Virat Kohli to do the same and called it the #PadManChallenge.

Accepting the challenge, Alia shared a picture of herself holding a sanitary pad as he exercised in the gym. She even nominated her fellow gym partners for the same. She tweeted, "Just hanging around in the gym.. with a pad :) no biggie! Thank you @akshaykumar for the challenge... I shall challenge my fellow gym-ers @YasminBodyImage @Sophie_Choudry & @impoornapatel #PadManChallenge."

The film that also stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte postponed its January 25 release to February 9, 2018, on the request of 'Padmaavat' director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar will soon be seen on the big screen after seven years in R. Balki's 'PadMan'. Though the film highlights a serious issue on the importance of mensural hygiene, shooting for the same came with small packages of fun. And leading lady Sonam made sure to get her timely dose of it.

Posting a picture of herself posing with Akshay with the Brooklyn Bridge serving as the perfect backdrop, she expressed herself with a quote by Mary Poppins which read, "'In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.' Mary Poppins
#BTSPadMan #9Feb2018 @padmanthefilm @akshaykumar @radhikaofficial @twinklerkhanna @sonypicturesin @kriarj #RBalki"

'PadMan' which was slated to clash with 'Padmaavat' on January 25, postponed their release to February 9, on the request of the director. Meanwhile, Sonam is also prepping up for the release of her film 'Veere Di Wedding' and has begun shooting her next with daddy Anil Kapoor.

The much talked about and awaited R. Balki directorial, starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, and Radhika Apte, ‘PadMan’ is all set to release on February 9, 2018. At a recent screening of the film, the leading lady Sonam and director Balki were spotted.

Sonam's sister Rhea Kapoor was also snapped at the screening. Sonam was seen clad in a tan leather jacket, Rhea sported a sky blue loose fit shirt and R. Balki was seen clad in an all-black casual attire.

The film was originally scheduled to hit theatres on this Republic Day and was to clash with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’ but team ‘PadMan’ postponed their release. The film is based on the life of a real-life hero Arunachalam Muruganantham who made a pad-making machine for women to provide them low-cost sanitary napkins.

Sonam Kapoor is looking forward to the release of her film ‘PadMan’, starring Akshay Kumar in the titular role along with Radhika Apte. The actress has been making all the right noise ahead of her film's release, which has now been pushed to February 9, to avoid a clash with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’. The diva along with director R Balki visited a school to interact with the children and distribute sanitary pads to girls while also spreading awareness about menstrual hygiene. Looking pretty in a non-conventional kurta, Sonam left many school girls starstruck when she greeted them and gave a packet of sanitary pads.

This Republic Day, the audience was all in for an epic clash between Bollywood films ' Padmaavat ' and ' PadMan '. However, Friday evening saw a sudden turn of events as the makers of the R Balki directorial, starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte bowed out of the box-office battle and opted to release on February 9, 2018.

In the wake of this unexpected announcement, Akshay held a press conference at his residence, where he addressed the media along with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Talking about the sudden postponement of the film, a grateful Bhansali said, "I'll be grateful to him (Akshay) for a lifetime for what he has done. I think the industry and the world can understand the place in which we live, is to be with each other, stand by and respect each other. And, I think the fraternity would be proud of what Akshay has done today. This kind of gesture would have been quite impossible in this industry."

Bhansali was questioned about the ongoing controversies surrounding his film, but the filmmaker chose to avert them by excusing himself for the conference.

When National Award Winning actor, Akshay was quizzed about his film being postponed, he said, "Yes, we are going to do that as that's what my studio and Kriraj's decision was. I requested them too because there's no point in clashing. I can completely understand that his need for this date is more than mine."

In addition, Akshay was even asked why both films could not release at the same time, to which he said, "They have a reason to release this time as it is essential for them. The point is not about fighting and clashing. Both can release at the same time and business too can happen as there are nearly 4500-5000 theatres and we both can share it, but at the moment the stake of their movie is much higher than mine and Bhansali is a great person and a dear friend. So he asked and I went with it."

Akshay Kumar's 'PadMan' will now hit theatres with Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee's 'Aiyaary' on February 9.

Former actress Twinkle Khanna has already ventured into writing, and ‘Padman’, which stars her husband Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor, marks her foray into film production. The film’s trailer released recently to a warm reception by the industry and fans alike. Twinkle set out to meet Information and Broadcasting Minister Smiriti Irani to have a chat about the upcoming film. Smriti shared pictures from their meeting on her official Twitter account and wrote, “Delighted to meet @mrsfunnybones who discussed upcoming film ‘Padman’.”

‘PadMan’ is the most awaited and talked about films of the year. Starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte, the film has been piquing fans' interest since its inception. With each new poster coming out, the curiosity only seems to increase.

Another new poster was released today where Akshay is seen cycling in the scorching heat looking all exhausted. The actor has nailed the ordinary man avatar. He is seen clad in a white shirt and beige pants with slippers.

Also, Akshay took to Twitter to share this poster and announce the date and time of the trailer’s release. He wrote, “And it's on the way! #PadManTrailer out today at 11:00 am. @PadManTheFilm @sonamakapoor @radhika_apte @mrsfunnybones @SonyPicsIndia @kriarj #RBalki”

The film is the biopic of a real-life hero Arunachalam Muruganantham who made a pad-making machine for women to provide them low-cost sanitary napkins.

Akshay Kumar's 'Padman' has been the talk of the town for its unique story. The film helmed by R. Balki is based on social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham. The actor has been releasing the posters of the film which has raised the excitement among the audience.

Akshay, once again, took to Twitter to reveal the new poster of the film. In the caption, he stated that even his wife in the film, played by Radhika Apte, keeps asking him when is the trailer coming out? The caption reads, "My wife also asking when trailer coming?
#PadMan, this Republic Day, 26.01.18."

The new poster features Akshay in a white shirt and Radhika standing behind him wearing a simple saree while Akki holds her hands.

Akshay Kumar has an array of projects lined-up for next year, one of them being the R Balki directorial ‘PadMan’. Being the actor’s first release in 2018, its trailer is highly awaited. Meanwhile, the first look of Akshay in the film has already garnered a lot of attention. Thanks to its highly social message of promoting sanitary hygiene for women,’ Padman’ is already being lauded by many. If all this wasn’t enough, here we give you a rundown of interesting facts about the film that makes it a must watch…

Twinkle Khanna will kick-start her maiden production with ‘PadMan’. However, this is not the only connection she shares with ‘PadMan’. The movie is actually based on a book she wrote with the title ‘The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad’. The book was, in turn, inspired by a real-life story of a social activist from Tamil Nadu named Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented sanitary napkin machines so that rural women can afford it. Twinkle actually came across the inspiring story in a column that compelled her to write a book which is finally coming out in the form of a movie to spread the message even far and wide.

The film which already stars actors like Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte, will also feature megastar Amitabh Bachchan in ‘PadMan’, thus raising the bar higher. Big B will be seen in a special appearance in the film as himself. Pictures of Akshay and Big B shooting for that particular scene where the two can be seen sharing the stage have already surfaced. The veteran actor can be seen hugging Akshay which is presumably a part of the film. The entire sequence was shot in Delhi and Sonam Kapoor was also involved in the schedule.

Akshay has worked with a whole lot of filmmakers in his long career. However, ‘PadMan’ is his first team-up with filmmaker R Balki which now adds a new feather in his cap. Balki is known particularly for two films starring Amitabh Bachchan which was ‘Cheeni Kum’ and ‘Paa’. This will be the director’s fifth venture in films. So it will certainly be exciting to see what this combination can bring to Bollywood.

Initially ‘PadMan’ was touted to release on 13th April 2018. But then the release date was revised to 26th January 2018, which marks the 78th Republic Day of the country. This sudden change in date led many to question whether Akshay’s own film, the magnum opus ‘2.0’ will clash with ‘PadMan’. However, Akshay later denied this alleged clash saying that only one of his two films will release on that day, which now happens to be ‘PadMan’. So it looks like ‘2.0’ will have to wait for its turn.

When the idea of ‘PadMan’ was still doing the rounds, director Abhishek Saxena came up with the drama film ‘Phullu’. The movie also revolved around the concept of sanitary napkins and led many to wonder if the two movies are very similar. However, the ‘Phullu’ filmmaker clarified that his film was about raising awareness about sanitary hygiene whereas ‘PadMan’ is a success story of a man who brought a revolution in the sanitary pad industry. Still, the basic premise of the two movies remains somewhat similar and drew a lot of intrigue from movie buffs and critics.