America has Superman, Batman and Spider-Man. But India has “Padman.” Based on the short story “The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land,” from “The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad” by Tina “Twinkle” Khanna, the Sony Pictures Entertainment film tells the true story of a man who had an explosive affect on his country. In the movie set in rural India, a determined inventor upsets his family and invites talk of scandal when he tries to develop and market a low-cost sanitary pad. Also Read: Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins Jumps to Become Sony Pictures TV Chairman In real life, Arunachalam Muruganantham invented a cost effective machine.
- 12/15/2017
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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