'Always wanted to work in films based on social issues'
6 Feb 2018 7:45 PM IST
New Delhi: Actor Akshay Kumar said that he wanted to work in socially conscious films for a long time but now has the financial support to take up such projects.
The actor along with wife Twinkle Khanna, director R Balki, Radhika Apte and Arunachalam Muruganantham, whose life and initiative of making affordable sanitary inspired the film Padman, was in the city to promote the film.
"I always wanted to work and make such films but I was not a producer during that time. I didn't had enough money but now I can. My wife told me about Muruganantham and then we met R Balki. So we thought about making this movie," Akshay told reporters here. "Even Hollywood has not a film on sanitary pads or menstrual hygiene. People always make documentaries but they don't want to make commercial films. We have tried to do that," he added.
Talking about Padman Challenge which has caught the eyes of celebs like Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt and others, Muruganantham said he wanted spread awareness about menstrual hygiene through the initiative.
"I just want to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene.So far only women speak about it. I want men to start speaking about it. Every father, brother and husband should know about menstruation. It is not just about women, it is about men too," Muruganantham said.
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