Average Critic Rating: (3.08)
Cast: Akshay Kumar , Sonam Kapoor , Radhika Apte , Amitabh Bachchan , Sudhir Pandey , Maya Alagh
Director: R. Balki
Release Date: 09 Feb 2018
Est. Budget: 70.0 CR
Est. Box Office Collection: 78.0 CR

Plot: The film will be based on Twinkle Khanna's book, The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad, which is inspired from the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham. Tamil Nadu-based social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, revolutionised the concept of menstrual hygiene in rural India by creating a low-cost sanitary napkins machine.... Read more

Padman - Movie Reviews

PadMan has its premise in place. Now if only it had some wings

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Sukanya Verma, Rediff

Akshay Kumar Delivers Gutsy Performance In Flawed But Well-Intentioned Film

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Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV

This is a dramatised biopic of India's sanitary 'Pad' man, who in his quest for making cheaper sanitary napkins for his wife, suffered socially, was ostracised and then ultimately acknowledged for his innovation. Akshay Kumar does a fabulous job as small town inventor but the story comes together only in the second half with the arrival of Sonam Kapoor who guides him to greatness. If you can endure the slow, unmoving first half, this film is socially relevant.

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Manisha Lakhne, Now Running

Watch This Akshay Kumar Starrer For Every Woman In Your Life

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Umesh Punwani, Koi Moi

Parts of Pad Man look like a Vicco Turmeric commercial, parts of it look like a Tourism Ad and parts of it like a commercial for Etihad Airlines. But almost all of it, unmistakably, sounds like one big town-hall message

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Sreehari Nair, Rediff

स्ट्रॉन्ग मैसेज देती है अक्षय की 'पैडमैन', जरूर देखनी चाहिए

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Bhaskar

This super hero will be every women's (PAD)MAN

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Vishal Verma, Glam Sham

The story of an Indian metalworker who devised a low-cost method of producing sanitary pads makes a compelling biopic

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Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Unexpected entrepreneur and activist gets epic musical treatment in India's 'Padman'