Men need to understand need of menstrual hygiene: Akshay Kumar
Mumbai
May 21,2018
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.
"With the world television premiere of 'Pad Man', I am
glad that the movie will reach every household. I would like to urge the
audience to watch the movie with the entire family," Akshay said in a statement
to IANS.
"Every husband, father, brother and son should understand the
need of menstrual hygiene for the women in their lives and not treat her like an
outcast during those days of her life. I want mothers to lead by example for
their children. I want daughters to gain strength from vulnerability by learning
from what their mother didn't do," he added.
The film also stars Sonam
Kapoor and Radhika Apte. The film will air on May 26 on Zee Cinema.
Sonam
says the film is very close to her heart.
"I am extremely lucky to have
had the opportunity to work with such a wonderful team and I would like to thank
Balki sir and Akshay for being such amazing people," she said.
Mumbai
May 21,2018
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.
"With the world television premiere of 'Pad Man', I am
glad that the movie will reach every household. I would like to urge the
audience to watch the movie with the entire family," Akshay said in a statement
to IANS.
"Every husband, father, brother and son should understand the
need of menstrual hygiene for the women in their lives and not treat her like an
outcast during those days of her life. I want mothers to lead by example for
their children. I want daughters to gain strength from vulnerability by learning
from what their mother didn't do," he added.
The film also stars Sonam
Kapoor and Radhika Apte. The film will air on May 26 on Zee Cinema.
Sonam
says the film is very close to her heart.
"I am extremely lucky to have
had the opportunity to work with such a wonderful team and I would like to thank
Balki sir and Akshay for being such amazing people," she said.
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