Pad Man

Pad Man (2018)

Timing: 2:20 (140 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2018-02-09

Country

India, United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures International Productions, Hari Om Entertainment, Sony Pictures Films India, Sony Pictures Networks Productions, KriArj Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$29 045 020

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Director

R. Balki

Actors

Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Jyoti Subhash, Mrinmayee Godbole, Soumya Vyas, Riva Bubber, Urmila Mahanta, Amitabh Bachchan, Suneel Sinha
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Scenario

Producer

Twinkle Khanna, Gauri Shinde, Vivek Krishnani, Prashant Shah

Operator

P. C. Sreeram

Composer

Amit Trivedi

Artist

Audition

Editing

Chandan Arora
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• The plot is based on the story "Sanitaries of the Sacred Land" from Twinkle Khanna's collection "The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad," inspired by the life and work of Indian inventor and social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham. He is known for inventing a manual device for the production of inexpensive sanitary pads. He is also known for promoting hygiene in the poorest areas of India and other countries.
• Many celebrities from the film industry joined the film's promotional campaign, posting their photos with sanitary pads on social media.
• The vending machine for feminine hygiene products shown in the film is an exact, working replica of the original machine invented by Arunachalam Muruganantham. He personally oversaw the creation of the replica.
• This is the second film in Hindi to receive permission to film inside the UN building in New York. The first was Mohit Suri's melodrama 'Half Girlfriend' (2017).
• Akshay Kumar's speech at the UN was filmed in one take.
• In one episode, Akshay Kumar's character looks at childhood photos of the heroine, played by Sonam Kapoor. In one of the photos, Sunil Shetty's face is inserted in place of her real father, Anil Kapoor, who plays her father in the film.
• The plot is based on the story “The Sanitary Workers of the Holy Land” from Twinkle Khanna’s collection “The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad,” inspired by the life and work of Indian inventor and social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham. He is known for inventing a manual device for producing inexpensive sanitary pads. He is also known for promoting hygiene in the poorest areas of India and other countries.
• This is the second film in Hindi to receive permission to film inside the UN building in New York. The first such film was Mohit Suri’s melodrama “Half Girlfriend” (2017).