Cut Defence Budget, Make 1 Bomb Less But Give Women Free Sanitary Pads, Urges Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar is one actor who has raised some really valid issues through his movies. This year, Bollywood's most bankable superstar is bringing his film 'Padman'.

The film based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, the real Padman who makes cheap sanitary pads for village women will release on 25th January. During one of the promotional events for the film, Akshay Kumar expressed his views and said that sanitary napkins should not just be tax-free, rather free for women.

Akshay was in Pune for the promotions and the 50-year-old-actor said,?

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"Women are going for tax-free sanitary pads, but I say it should be completely free. Cut the five percent money from defence, make one bomb less and give it to women to get sanitary napkins."'

While promoting the film, Akshay Kumar told IANS that the bigger achievement for him is to get men discussing the issue of menstrual hygiene. He said,

"It is not necessary for me to think about how much business it is going to do but every morning when I monitor my social media, I see people are talking openly about sanitary napkins and menstruation and that is I feel my film's biggest victory."

Helmed by R. Balki, the film also stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in pivotal roles.?