Akshay Kumar smiles his way through the new poster of Padman!

As the film nears its release date, the makers of the upcoming film Padman are promoting the movie actively. The film is inspired by the life of social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham and deals with the issue of menstrual hygiene and breaking taboos. This is Twinkle Khanna’s first film as a producer under her banner Mrs Funnybones productions. The movie also stars Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor in key roles. Here’s the new poster of the film featuring lead star Akshay Kumar.

The tagline reads: “Superhero hai yeh pagla!” Taking about conceptualizing the film, Twinkle said, “Sometimes, we don’t have control over what our minds want to do or where it goes. I wrote ten chapters of a novel right after Mrs. Funnybones. But while I was searching for my column, I stumbled upon the story of Arunachalam Murugananham. It gripped me and I abandoned my novel and began writing The Sanitary Man. His journey is an important story. After a while, I began feeling that the only way to reach households was to make a film about it.”

The movie is based on a chapter from her book ‘The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad’. Directed by R. Balki, the film has been scheduled to release on January 26, 2018.