Pad Man is a biographical comedy movie inspired by the true story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social activist from India. It follows the story of Lakshmikant Chauhan who embarks on a journey to ...

Slated as the world's first feature film about menstruation, the trailblazing Bollywood movie "Pad Man" opens globally Friday with an eye toward breaking taboos around a subject rarely discussed ...

As a third-culture kid growing up in suburban Michigan, my parents made me go to Bala Vihar, a Hindu religious school similar to Catechism. I would often complain about going, namely because it was ...

The Bollywood film "Pad Man" is the real-life story of a tinkerer obsessed with manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins. Today, everyone respects Arunachalam Muruganantham, 52, a social entrepreneur ...

Today, everyone respects Arunachalam Muruganatham, 52, a social entrepreneur who lives in the city of Coimbatore in South India. But there was a time, he says, when his neighbors were convinced he had ...

Bollywood has been on something of a roll in China over the past few years, with films such as “Dangal” and “Secret Superstar” sweeping the box office. So, when I learned that “Pad Man” — a popular ...

Along with the audience, Bollywood films have evolved over the years. Daring, more personal productions are making inroads although most are monolithic entities defined by song and dance. But offbeat ...

Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as 'Padman,' revolutionized menstrual hygiene in India by creating affordable sanitary pads ...

Menstruation and social entrepreneurship may seem like unlikely subjects for a Bollywood film, but they’re at the heart of the highly anticipated Pad Man, which released on Friday. Starring megastar ...

Slated as the world’s first feature film about menstruation, the trailblazing Bollywood movie “Pad Man” opens globally Friday with an eye toward breaking taboos around a subject rarely discussed ...