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Padman [Sub: Eng]
Tamil Nadu Arunachalam Moruganatham decided to carry out a strange task: to provide sanitary pads to poor women in rural areas, where women used cloth or foliage during periods of scarcity of sanitary napkins. Tamil did not get any acceptance during that task, so he decided to try it himself by removing the uterus from the bladder and filling the blood of the goat. After that, he was walking all day with the bladder and the goal was to check the absorption rate of the sanitary napkins he wanted to provide.
11 October 1942, Allahabad, United Provinces, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
9 October 1980, Israel
9 September 1967, Amritsar, Punjab, India
9 June 1985, Chembur, Maharashtra, India
February 08, 2018
Kumar is such an amiable lead, and the feminist credentials of his real-life counterpart so rock-solid, that the movie rises above its limitations.February 08, 2018
The film tackles the "shame" that our society insists on imposing on periods, head on.February 08, 2018
Known for making films that work towards bridging the age and gender gap, Balki's Padman is an empowering film that gives you the wings, despite the odds.February 09, 2018
For all its flaws, Padman, much like its protagonist, puts in a sincere effort. It takes a subject that most Indians are reluctant to talk about and puts it on the marquee, and that alone is worth the applause.February 08, 2018
It's Kumar and Apte's show all the way as they take one for the women's team. Make sure to watch this inspirational film this weekend.February 11, 2018
A well-meaning picture that tackles taboo issues.February 09, 2018
It's an engrossing and important subject - which was raised by a man who challenged patriarchal taboos with a candour and determination that many men all over the progressive world might shrink from even now.February 08, 2018
Proves quite the entertaining, daresay absorbing, movie.February 09, 2018
The first step for his audience is to acknowledge and shed inhibitions...That itself makes it a worthy cause to watch it, purely for the social message.February 09, 2018
The most radical aspect of Pad Man is the fact that the movie exists in the first place. It is rare, indeed unthinkable, to imagine an A-list Bollywood production about a subject like menstruation.September 07, 2018
It's a film that cares about women and their bodies and seeks to normalize conversations that are unnecessarily stigmatized. And in 2018, that's exactly the type of movie we all need to watch.September 13, 2018
It's easy to dismiss Pad Man for the same reasons as Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. Both are glorified PSAs with a superstar making a profit out of playing the savior of womanhood...