Updated On: 21 May, 2018 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Pad Man is a story of how one man came up with a revolutionary method of producing cost-effective sanitary napkins and empowered thousands of women across the country in the process


Akshay Kumar
Actor Akshay Kumar says men should understand the need of menstrual hygiene for the women in their lives. Akshay also featured in Pad Man, which tells a story of social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham's journey to make affordable sanitary napkins. Directed by R. Balki, Pad Man is based on a short story from Twinkle Khanna's book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad. It is a story of how one man came up with a revolutionary method of producing cost-effective sanitary napkins and empowered thousands of women across the country in the process.