When Akshay Kumar's Friend's Daughter FACED A Menstrual Issue... Superstar Narrates A Heartwarming Story

Akshay Kumar attended the Zee Cine Awards 2018 last evening and narrated an endearing incident about his friend’s daughter which underlines the issue of his forthcoming film Padman...

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When Akshay Kumar's Friend's Daughter FACED A Menstrual Issue... Superstar Narrates A Heartwarming Story

Akshay Kumar as Padman is making lots of buzz in the industry.

With the trailer launch, many are waiting to see this unconventional superhero on the big screen. BUT last night, at Zee Cine Awards, held at MMRDA Grounds, Akshay narrated an endearing incident about his friend’s daughter, after knowing which you will believe that Khiladi Kumar is indeed ‘heroic’ enough to make a film like Padman.

rohit shetty akshay kumar and karan johar
Rohit Shetty With Akshay Kumar And Karan Johar

Amidst a conversation with the award show’s hosts- Karan Johar and Rohit Shetty, Akshay started talking about his forthcoming movie, Padman, co-produced by Prernaa Arora and Arjun N Kapoor. The National Award Winning Star recalled an incident about his friend, Gurpreet from North.

Here goes the story, as narrated by Akshay:

The incident took place a few years back.

Late in the night, Gurpreet was asleep when he suddenly woke up to find that his wife was not beside him. Gurpreet got up to check the next room, where his daughter was sleeping. He could hear soft whispers between his daughter and wife.

While he could not hear the conversation word by word, he gauged  that his daughter’s menstrual cycle had begun and there were no sanitary pads in the house. And the wife was telling the daughter that if she had informed her earlier in the day, she would have made some provision.

When the wife got out of the room, he asked her what happened and she informed him about the daughter’s issue. Gurmeet got out that very moment from his house with the daughter and headed straight to a Day & Night medical shop.

After this incident, the bond between Gurpreet and his daughter strengthened immensely and the two developed a very frank and warm equation with each other, where the daughter till date does not hesitate to discuss any issue with her father.

akshay kumar and sonam kapoor in padman
Akshay Kumar And Sonam Kapoor In Padman

When Akshay Kumar got to know about this story from Gurpreet, he was quite moved and started reading up more about sanitary issues in India. To his shock, he learnt that 82 percent of the women in India still don’t use sanitary pads.

Probably this all put together, set the trigger for Padman.

Akshay went on to add that through his film, he wants to bring the awareness about menstrual hygiene in the country.

In fact, post the launch of Padman’s trailer, a few days back, when Akshay got out of his vanity van, he found a group of 7 men discussing about sanitary pads--- which has ensured him that he is on the right path.

akshay kumar with radhika apte in padman
Akshay Kumar With Radhika Apte In Padman

Akshay concluded by saying, “If we make our wives, daughters and sisters comfortable and strong, our nation will by default progress and gain inner strength. Yeh defence ki cheezein toh hain hi, kyunki ladai etc jab honi hai hogi, but this is the everyday fight which we have to overcome.”

Interestingly, Akshay made an entry at the show riding a cycle, true to his character in Padman, which hits theatres on Jan 26, 2018.

Sonam Kapoor along with Radhika Apte plays the female lead in Padman.

For those who haven’t seen the trailer yet, here’s the link below.



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