Talking about Taboo topics are finally coming in fashion to Bollywood! Padman focuses on the life of a social activist Arunachalam who invented low-cost sanitary napkins for women. The movie does deliver its message but sadly misses the emotional rooting that could have been possible.
As depicted in this poster, Radhika Apte leads the cast as Gayatri, Lakshmi's wife. Her emotions, acting are all on point. Akshay Kumar as Lakshmi is delightful to watch but sometimes misses the skin of his character. The rest of the cast do an outstanding role in their parts. With such amazing performances, there was Sonam Kapoor's performance as Pari that was pathetic and bashed up the movie in the acting department. Her performance can easily go down as One of the worst performances of the year already. Even her costume, make-up was equally disappointing as her performance.
Director R.Balki does a fine job behind the camera. The movie suffers in the second half due to lazy writing and 'forced' sub-plots ruin it. The dialogues(except a few) are cringeworthy and this 150-minute movie could have been better if there was some tighter editing but DOP stands out. The city of Maheshwar was captured very well and the music by Amit Trivedi was disappointing. Perhaps "Hu Ba Hu" was the only song that I could take back. The technicalities made Padman a flawed film but certainly enjoyable because of its overall feel.
With everything said and done, Padman is a movie that cannot bring about a change but has the potential to start a conversation about menstrual health. I am rating the movie 3.5 stars perhaps due to the direction, performances, DOP and the subject. An enjoyable affair! Can be your watch this weekend. The collection of this movie will stand about 85-90 crores lifetime. Above Average!
P.S. The movie inspires you to do something better with your life.
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