TIL Desk Bollywood/ Her debut film production Padman is a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham, the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine in India. Actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna says she is hopeful that the film will bring a spotlight on something that has been “hidden in the darkness” for so long.
“If nothing else, I am hoping that it will start a conversation within homes,” Twinkle said in an email interview when asked about the message Padman will give amongst masses.”Something that has been hidden in the darkness, furtively wrapped in newspaper, will finally be in the spotlight so that a young girl can go up to her parents and say that she needs sanitary pads over the ubiquitous fairness creams,” she added.
The film is based on a short story from Twinkle’s book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad. The story is inspired from the life of Muruganantham, a Tamil Nadu-based social activist who revolutionized the concept of menstrual hygiene in rural India by creating a low-cost sanitary napkins machine. The book has already sold 100,000 copies.
