Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 15 (NT): The Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Kumar, who is all set to come up with his next movie 'Padman' in the Republic day weekend, feels that sanitary pads should not be tax-free, rather free for women.
While promoting his movie Padman in Pune, the 50-year-old-actor said, "Women are going for tax-free sanitary, but I say it should be completely free. Cut the five percent money from defence, make one bomb less and give it to women to get the sanitary napkin.
'Padman' is a biopic based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who makes cheap and affordable sanitary pads for the women of his village and fights for menstrual hygiene.The film will be 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 napkins machine. Padman revolves around the story of Arunachalam who invented low-cost sanitary pad.
Quirky posters, interesting trailer and some soulful songs have already made fans really curious.The Padman is all set to release on January 25 and will clash with Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmaavat', which stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in the pivotal roles. (NT)
