EXCLUSIVE: Akshay Kumar: Men didn’t realise that periods is something that they need to know about and understand
| Feb 8, 2018, 11:22 IST
Akshay Kumar, who plays the lead role in ‘Padman’, says that it was his wife, producer Twinkle Khanna, who made him aware about the issue that the films deals with — menstrual hygiene.
He says, “She was very involved as a producer. We always talk about a lot of things. Twinkle reads a lot, so she has more to tell me and I have a lot to learn from her. Whatever I have learnt on menstrual hygiene while making this film, I have learnt it from her. Before this film happened, I had never held a sanitary napkin in my hand. While growing up, no one in my family had told me to even buy one. I was aware that five-six dino ke liye periods aate hain. That’s all I knew. Somewhere, it is a man’s fault, and somewhere it is not entirely, because a subject like periods was not discussed in our homes from the beginning. Our mothers and sisters kept it a secret from the men of the house. That is the way it was, but we have to break those barriers in our minds, too. Men didn’t realise that periods is something that they need to know about and understand."
He says, “She was very involved as a producer. We always talk about a lot of things. Twinkle reads a lot, so she has more to tell me and I have a lot to learn from her. Whatever I have learnt on menstrual hygiene while making this film, I have learnt it from her. Before this film happened, I had never held a sanitary napkin in my hand. While growing up, no one in my family had told me to even buy one. I was aware that five-six dino ke liye periods aate hain. That’s all I knew. Somewhere, it is a man’s fault, and somewhere it is not entirely, because a subject like periods was not discussed in our homes from the beginning. Our mothers and sisters kept it a secret from the men of the house. That is the way it was, but we have to break those barriers in our minds, too. Men didn’t realise that periods is something that they need to know about and understand."