Akshay and Sonam in a shot of PadMan. (courtesy: akshaykumar)
Strong points
- “You are definitely not part of my next production,” Twinkle tweeted.
- “The team tagging was missed. My apologies to my producer,” wrote Akshay
- PadMan won the national prize for the best film on social issues in 2019
New Delhi:
Akshay Kumar should have known better than forgetting to mark the team and the producer of his film Twinkle Khanna in his PadMan tweet. Menstrual hygiene day, Akshay shared a post from his 2018 film PadMan and he tagged the main actresses of the film Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte but the actor forgot to mention the producer of the film and his wife Twinkle Khanna and that did not go unnoticed. Reacting to Akshay’s post, Twinkle wrote: “Uh … You are definitely not part of my next production!” However, Akshay was quick to apologize on social media. He wrote: “Please simple pet pe laat mat maro. Forgetting to mark the team. My apologies to my producer, Twinkle Khanna, to director R Balki and to the man without whom PadMan would not become Arunachalam Muruganantham. “
Read Twinkle and Khanna and Akshay Kumar’s Twitter exchange here:
Please simple pet pe laat mat maro Failed to mark the team. My apologies to my producer, @mrsfunnybones, director #RBalki and the man without whom Padman would not be made @murugaofficialhttps://t.co/FbrOBSFLjG
– Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) May 28, 2020
Akshay Kumar tweeted: “It’s been 2 years since PadMan and I’m glad we managed to push the envelope a bit on this taboo subject. On this Menstrual Hygiene Day, I hope that we will approach the end of poor menstruation and the removal of taboos around menstruation.
It’s been 2 years #PadMan and I’m glad we managed to push the envelope a bit on this taboo subject. This #MenstrualHygieneDayI hope that we will approach the end of the period’s poverty and the elimination of taboos surrounding menstruation. @sonamakapoor@radhika_aptepic.twitter.com/NinRxcm3Cm
– Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) May 28, 2020
PadMan is based on the life of the entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented a machine to make sanitary napkins at low prices and raised awareness in his village. The story of Arunachalam Muruganantham was also adapted in a segment of the second book of Twinkle Khanna’a The legend of Lakshmi Prasad.
Other than Akshay Kumar, PadMan Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte also played key roles. The film directed by R Balki won the National Prize for the best film on social issues in 2019. The film was also able to perform well in China and has even been shown in Russia, Ivory Coast, Iraq, the United States, Canada and Japan.
