After lending massive support to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat, B- town has now geared up to show the same love to Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor starrer PadMan. The R Balki film had to push its date to February 9, but then they also know how make it up for the loss. The makers of this social drama are promoting the theme of the movie which is 'sanitary napkins and periods' in a fun and effective manner called as 'PadMan Challenge'. In this challenge, the tinsel town stars have to post their picture holding a sanitary pad in their hand and then nominate other Bollywood stars to do the same. The challenge started with Twinkle Khanna and in no time actors like Deepika Padukone, Swara Bhaskar, Alia Bhatt, Aamir Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and others joined the bandwagon.
While most of them did the regular posing with the pad ritual, some of them turned creative for the challenge. Alia Bhatt hung upside down into her gym holding the pad and captioned it, 'Just hanging around in the gym.. with a pad :) no biggie! Thank you @akshaykumar for the challenge.. I shall challenge my fellow gym-ers @YasminBodyImage @Sophie_Choudry & @impoornapatel #PadManChallenge.' Sophie and her gang too took up the challenge in a similar fashion.
'Fanne Khan' stars Rajkummar Rao and Anil Kapoor played a whole skit for the challenge, where Kapoor became a shopkeeper and Rao was a customer buying sanitary pads. Check out how all the Bollywood stars made the challenge special in their own style.
Just hanging around in the gym.. with a pad :) no biggie! Thank you @akshaykumar for the challenge.. I shall challenge my fellow gym-ers @YasminBodyImage @Sophie_Choudry & @impoornapatel #PadManChallenge pic.twitter.com/xHLaSwt39Q
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) February 2, 2018
Challenge accepted @radhika_apte...
Here it is- A pad... Even princesses use it! 😋 Its natural! Period! #PadManChallenge...
Here I’m challenging @RajkummarRao @DianaPenty and @FarOutAkhtar... pic.twitter.com/Gl8fVFieSX
— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) February 3, 2018
#PadManChallenge with the most wonderful @AnilKapoor. @akshaykumar @sonamakapoor @radhika_apte. It’s Natural. Period. Here we go @ayushmannk & @aditiraohydari. pic.twitter.com/9Kv0VoLbtJ
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) February 4, 2018
Thank you for tagging me @sonamakapoor
Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed. #PadManChallenge
Here I am challenging @Varun_dvn @ParineetiChopra @AnilKapoor pic.twitter.com/6ERcZPTlLo
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) February 3, 2018
Pad done right @aliaa08 ! With the ladies @YasminBodyImage @Sophie_Choudry now challenging some boys out there @aaysharma @karantacker @Freddydaruwala #PadManChallenge pic.twitter.com/LksbYF9Jxr
— Poorna Patel (@impoornapatel) February 3, 2018
I accept this challenge @radhika_apte. And now I nominate @psbhumi @sanyamalhotra07 and @RajkummarRao for the #PadManChallenge ✌️Go for it guys! pic.twitter.com/RWinMmB9uh
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) February 3, 2018
Thank you @pragyavats for the #PadmanChallenge! “Yes that’s a Pad in my hand & I don’t feel weird. It's natural, Period!”
Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad.
Here I am Challenging @sahil_sangha @Ritieshd @alifazal9 #BooToTaboo #HeForShe #BiodegradableNapkin pic.twitter.com/npMLg83jdh
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) February 3, 2018
Thank you for tagging me to this challenge @sonamakapoor
Yes, that’s my cat #Kulfi and me and a Pad in my hand.. u know Life as usual! There is nothing to be ashamed. It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge
Here I am Challenging @RichaChadha @humasqureshi @SethShruti @konkonas pic.twitter.com/EO29stwt53
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) February 3, 2018
Well, looks like the film is going to be one big revolution in aspects of menstrual hygiene issues, on a large scale. PadMan is based on the social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham and his work in revolutionizing menstrual hygiene rural India.
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