ATTENTION PLEASE! First Look Of Sonam Kapoor & Radhika Apte From Akshay Kumar's Padman Is Here

Simple Yet Elegant

Radhika Apte who plays Akshay's on-screen wife is seen here sporting a simple look wearing a a saree with plaited hair and a small bindi. The duo are posing for a picture with Radhika holding what looks like a sanitary pad with three flowers on it.

Radhika Plays A Crucial Role

The actress earlier told Mumbai Mirror, "Akshay's is the main part, but I play his wife and that's a crucial role. In certain films it's not about the length of the role but what your part adds to it.There's a lot of meat in this character and I'm excited."

All Smiles

On the other hand, in the above photo, one can see Akshay and Sonam Kapoor sharing a bullock cart ride. The latter is seen donning a kurta with thick-framed glasses.

Is She Playing A Tabla Player?

Reportedly, Sonam will be seen as a tabla player in the movie and been practising for two months under the guidance of 28-year-old tabla player and percussionist Mukta Madan Raste.

Mark The Date In Your Calendar

This Akshay Kumar starrer is slated to release on 25th January 2018.

Concept

Padman is a true story of real life (super) hero Arunachalam Muruganantham, a school drop-out from Coimbatore who made it his life's mission to provide low-cost sanitary napkins to poor women across rural India.

A Fictionalized Version

The real life Padman Arunachalam Muruganantham had revealed that Akshay's film is a fictionalized biopic. He was quoted as saying, "They have taken the core of my story and set it in fiction, taking many instances and references from my experiences. It is not a quintessential biography, like Gandhi."