That was an excellent one.

Powerful

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

For the most part a true tale w/a bit of Indian movie dramatization (i.e. a couple of song/dances; a romantic moment), about the use of female sanitary pads in India. Your first inclination on viewing this story is another boring Indian family going through issues. Wrong! When you begin to discover it's about males dealing w/the female menstrual period which is culturally an extreme no-no; it starts to get interesting, eventually really interesting. Background: At the time this story begins, the 1990s, only about 12% of Indian women used a "sanitary" pad, the rest you ask? Newspapers, leaves, and a continually reused rag washed most likely in unsanitary H2O. So, a husband buys pads for 55 Rupees which the wife refuses to use in part because their high cost is beyond their low income level. The husband as a low education, hands-on laborer, decides to make some for his wife. That's when the fireworks begins. The subject is a culturally stigmatized superstitious taboo - mildly put. He's shamed, ostracized beyond belief as he asks questions, and researches. His goal is to build a machine to make them for 2 Rupees all "for the safety of women". Read only after seeing: It took him six years. Introduced his low cost pad maker to thousands of villages. Hired abused, cast out, unemployed women (many beggars, prostitutes) to make & distribute the pads. Has exported his machine to 29 poor countries. Named Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in the world. Guest speaker at the UN & TED.

A great message, India more movies on such taboo topics to create more and more awarenesses and Make normal things in nature normal to talk about. Great acting by everyone. Loved it.

Real story of an Indian making Sanitary Pads at affordable price for Poor and underprivileged ladies. Its a power packed movie with a spice of emotions. Akshay Kumar is a real super star and delivers at par as always. A Must watch.

Thanks to Akshay kumar for saying yes for a movie on this subject. It got all the attention because of Akshay kumar.