In rural India, a determined inventor upsets his family and invites talk of scandal when he tries to develop and market a low-cost sanitary pad.
Based on the true story of Arunachalam Muruganandam, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People (2014). In 2006, Muruganandam invented a cost-effective machine to provide sanitary napkins to the women of India. Until then, sanitary napkins were a luxury item that many women could not afford to use.
Starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, and Radhika Apte.
Directed by R. Balki (Paa, Cheeni Kum).
Produced by Mrs Funnybones Movies, SPE Films India, KriArj Entertainment and Hope Productions.
Based on the short story “The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land,” from The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad by Twinkle Khanna.
Opening in the United States and Internationally January 26th
