Akshay Kumar unveils brand new poster of Padman – See PIC

Mumbai: Akshay Kumar took to Twitter Monday morning unveil a brand new poster of his upcoming film Padman based on the awe-inspiring real-life story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who was honoured with the Padma Shri for creating awareness about menstrual hygiene in rural India.

Check out the poster here:

Super hero hai yeh pagla, aa raha hai 26th January, 2018 ko : #PadMan! @PadManTheFilm @sonamakapoor @radhika_apte @mrsfunnybones @SonyPicsIndia @kriarj #RBalki pic.twitter.com/O4HmdVATBe

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) 27 November 2017

The tag line reads: ‘Super hero hai yeh pagla’. The poster sees Akshay wearing white short kurta and loosely fitted pujama. He is seen standing on a heap of cotton with his right hand held high with his fist tightly closed.

Padman written and directed by R Balki of the Cheeni Kum and Paa fame, also stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte. Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan will make a special appearance in the film.

This film based on a noble initiative, marks Twinkle Khanna’s (Akshay’s wife) debut as a film producer. Interestingly, Twinkle had written about Padman aka Arunachalam in short story titled The Sanitary Man from A Scared Land in her second novel The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad.

During an interview with BBC, Twinkle while talking about menstruation and the taboo attached to it worldwide said that it took her a lot of time to convince Arunachalam to give her his consent for making the film. It was only after repeated requests, the man, who keeps low key, agreed to give his nod.

Talking about the project, the debutante film producer, during another interview said, “It's a wonderful project. It's a film which will bring awareness about something which has so far been cloaked and shamed and I am very happy to be a part of the film (sic).”

The film is slated to release on January 26, 2018.