Why so much hype?

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

One of the best movies of 2018 very interesting subject...only Akshay is capable of doing movie like..this

I had watched the trailer of PadMan, found it hilarious and was eagerly waiting to watch this movie. The wait was lengthened by a delayed release in a show of solidarity by Akshay Kumar to make way for Padmaavat. The movie is based on the book written by Twinkle Khanna titled "The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad" which in turn was inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham who invented sanitary napkin machines that manufactured cost-efficient pads making it affordable to rural Indian women. I generally look forward to Akshay Kumar starrers and I went to the theatre with high expectations. Moreover, I went with my crazy bunch of friends who, like me, do not believe in muffled laughter! The movie begins with a song that shows Lakshmikant Chauhan (Akshay Kumar) making minor inventions to save his wife Gayatri (Radhika Apte) from the inconvenience of stinging eyes while chopping onions and bumpy rides, sitting on the cycle's cross bar (A reminder that the film showcases life in the 1990s when people didn't have the convenience of viewing easy life-hacks on YouTube) The film was shot in a village near Indore and records the journey of Lakshmi who initially starts off with wanting his wife to have better menstrual hygiene by using sanitary napkins rather than continue using the cloth. When she refuses to use the pad on account of the steep price, he takes it upon himself to make affordable pads not only for her but also for other women in his village. However, all attempts at getting his wife and other women to use the pads he made, fail. Lakhsmi is now labelled a pervert in his village who despite many a warning continues to meddle in "ladies' affairs" and speak openly about "that, which should not be named". Gayatri returns to her brother's house claiming that she'd rather die of unhygienic conditions than of shame that has befallen her. Lakshmi leaves his village and sets out on a quest that leads him to invent the sanitary napkin manufacturing machine and this is where Pari (Sonam Kapoor) makes her entry. Pari encourages Lakshmi on his journey of manufacturing affordable pads and distribute it amongst the rural women and also ends up with the pad being named after her. Though the length of time is not divulged, Lakshmi makes the headlines by winning an award at IIT and later on, the Padma Shri and is now looked up to by the people in his village. I had a sense of déjà vu whilst sitting through the whole film. It reminded me of 'Toilet', another Akshay Kumar starrer that had a similar storyline. The Husband in an attempt to improve the wife's state of living, brings to light a much larger albeit a taboo issue, the whole process which has him shunned by not only the society but also proved tumultuous to his marriage. The movie, although has its funny bits, is a bit slow. The second half had us yawning and constantly checking our phones with the word "pad, pad, pad" ringing in the background. The actors have portrayed their characters well, the dialogues (especially the speech given by Lakshmi at the end of the movie) are entertaining, the movie succeeds in delivering the social message and yet the movie lacked the wow-factor. I suppose I was expecting too much from the Balki-Akshay duo. Also, in an attempt to conform to the Bollywood-scene, the introduction of the love triangle and the superfluous "kissing scene" had us all shake our heads in disappointment. Had the movie not borne a stark similarity to Toilet-Ek Prem Katha, we would have probably enjoyed it a bit more. Period. P.S: the tagline in the title of this post is from one of the posters shown in the film welcoming Lakshmi back into his village.

First and foremost a big round of applause to every single entity (Actors ,producers,director,writer,cameraman) who are associated with this real life inspired piece of lifetime reality . Akshay kumar has acted flawlessly and setting another milestone for himself by acting as a rigid man who does not give up his dream even after multiple failures and malign and turns from a "Badman to padman".Being a woman it was more easier to connect to each and every action of the protagonist such as testing the pad on his own(by pumping animal blood) was the most touching scene which made me cry while watching.It gives me goosebumps while I think about the real hero Mr Lakshmikant.A jumbo hats off to him from the core of my heart and mind. Rest all have also played their part very responsibly and successfully. This piece inspires to dream about every small and untouched but inevitable needs of life associated with human being(Irrespective of caste creed and gender). I will not go very far to proof this as I always wanted to write a review on movies and this is the movie which forced me to write the review right after coming back from theatre. Though this story makes more sense to developing and underdeveloped countries like India where chums is still a taboo to talk about still the movie deserves a nomination for Oscar in regional film category in the year of 2018.

This film is made on very serious topic but yet having entertaining elements in place. I would say Toilet/Padman: these are films which can bring bigger changes than any great Prime-Minister. I was surprised that it never bores you, and makes you feel proud of for passion of the guy who transformed a love into cause for society. Hope we get more and more such films. And whole india watch it not today than in time of decade time-frame....