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Sonam Kapoor Thrilled To Star In Padman
Sonam Kapoor is all set to star alongside Akshay Kumar in Padman, a biopic on social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham.
Actress Sonam Kapoor has been roped in for the upcoming film Padman directed by R. Balki.
Sonam
shared
the
news
on
Twitter
and
Instagram
on
Tuesday,
saying
she
is
"thrilled" to
be
a
part
of
the
film
that
also
stars
Akshay
Kumar.
"Thrilled
to
be
a
part
of
this
prestigious
project.
R.
Balki,
Akshay
Kumar,
Twinkle
Khanna,
Padman,"
she
wrote.
This will be the second time that Akshay and Sonam will be seen sharing screen space together. The two have previously worked in the 2011 film Thank You directed by Anees Bazmee.
Pad Man is said to be a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham, and will chronicle his journey of finding a way to make cheap, affordable sanitary napkins for women in his village.
A few days ago, Akshay Kumar took to Twitter to announce his new film which will be his fourth this year, Padman. He will be seen playing the titular character of Muruganantham who is known as the 'Menstrual Man of India.' The last time he acted in a biopic was last year in Tinu Suresh Desai's Rustom in which he played the role of Naval Officer Rustom Pavri.
