🎬 Film
Pad Man
He dared to care.
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["National Film Award Best Social Issue Film (consideration)","Filmfare Award Best Actor Nomination (Akshay Kumar)","Screen Award Best Actor","IIFA Nomination Best Film"]
About
Pad Man (2018) is R. Balki's biographical film about Arunachalam Muruganantham — the Tamil Nadu social activist who revolutionised low-cost sanitary pad manufacturing. Akshay Kumar plays the titular role in a film that became a cultural phenomenon, breaking taboos around menstruation in India and leading to a Supreme Court directive removing taxes from sanitary products. The film earned Rs 200 crore worldwide and Akshay Kumar's performance was widely praised.
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Cast & Performance
Akshay Kumar's emotionally committed portrayal of the real-life Pad Man Arunachalam Muruganantham sparked a national conversation about menstrual health and directly influenced India's tax policy on sanitary products.