Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor will next be seen in Padman
along with Akshay Kumar. The film narrates the life story of Tamil Nadu-based
social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, who revolutionised the concept of
menstrual hygiene in rural India by creating a low-cost sanitary napkins
machine.
Sonam was shooting for the movie in Madhya Pradesh and in a
chat with a news agency, she spoke about the subject of menstrual hygiene. She
told, "For city girls, it is normal, but when we were shooting in
Maheshwar [in Madhya Pradesh], [people's] ignorance was shocking".
"We remember our grandmother asking us to not go to the
temple, or in the kitchen. Despite being city girls, we get to hear such
things. So, one can only imagine what girls living in smaller villages may be
going through," further added Sonam.
Previously, in a chat with a tabloid, when Akshay was
questioned about starring in a film which delves with the topic of
menstruation, the actor specified, "If you change nothing, nothing will
change. It’s not about being bold, but about breaking taboos that hold us back.
I have lived with women all my life, yet I have learnt more about the topic
while making this film than ever before. I do not mind who I offend or whose
stomach I turn by being bold, this is not the Stone Age; menstruating is natural."
Padman is scheduled to release on January 26, 2018.
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