'' Pad Man '' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed and written by R. Balki , featuring Akshay Kumar , Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles . Inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham , a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu . It is based on the short story " The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land " in Twinkle Khanna 's book '' The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad '' , which is inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham , a social activist from Tamil Nadu who introduced low-cost sanitary pads . '' Pad Man '' was released theatrically on February 9th , 2018 . The film grossed ( US$ 31.73 million ) worldwide , becoming a major critical and commercial success as well as the tenth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2018 . Kumar 's performance in the film was critically praised , for which he received a Best Actor nomination at the 64th Filmfare Awards
64th Filmfare Awards
64th Filmfare Awards
Pad Man (film)