As the movie Sanju becomes the fourth highest grosser of all time, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has shared his thoughts about making biopics about reel heroes. Akshay commented that he does not want a biopic of himself and believes it will be a shallow thing to do. He also commented that he would not write a book about himself. Sanju – a biopic of the actor Sanjay Dutt – has gained much praise among the audience, while it had its fair share of critics complaining about how the movie was all about praising the actor and making him look like a brave hero.

When asked about if the film industry is going overboard with creating biopics, Akshay commented, “It’s a known factor in the film industry, that if something works, everyone will go after it and if it fails they will go after something else.” While there are biopics about true heroes who faded into mere memories and were on the verge of being forgotten for good, there are biopics that were made and being made for no particular reason, but just to gave an uplift to the individual’s image. “I want to make biopics of real heroes and not reel heroes,” said Akshay.

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Sanjay Dutt is the latest entry to the star cast of Sajid Nadiadwala’s Housefull 4. This edition is also a directorial return for Sajid Khan to this franchise after five years.While Sajid Khan had directed the first and second installment in the Housefull franchise, which released in year 2010 and 2012 respectively, Housefull 3 was directed by writer-filmmaker pair Sajid-Farhad. This sequel is expected to be the biggest in the series till date and will be released in all three formats  2D, 3D and IMAX 3.

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A source told tabloid, “Sanjay had come on-board the film last month, but the actor’s character has been kept under wraps as Nadiadwala, a long-term friend of the actor, has a grand launch planned for the actor’s never-seen-before comic avatar.” This adds on mystery and expectations over Sanjay Dutt’s role. The film revolves around the theme of reincarnation and follows a non-linear narrative. With a lavish budget of approximately ₹ 200 crores, one portion of the film will  be shot in London and the second one in India. The film is expected to hit the screen during Diwali 2019.

This is going to be Sanjay Dutt’s second film with Sajid Nadiadwala in a row. The actor also stars in his period film Kalank, which is a joint venture between Sajid’s Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Sanjay Dutt also has a number of other projects lined up such as Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 and  Torbaaz. He has also kicked off the shoot for Prasthaanam, the Hindi remake of the Telugu blockbuster by the same name.

While Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh have been a part of the last three films, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde are all first-timers in the franchise.

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Akshay Kumar’s latest release PadMan is doing great business at the box office. The movie has been getting highly positive reviews by the critics received and the common audience. Although the movie is facing some issues in the Arab countries, the movie has released in all places, except Pakistan. It’s a great achievement in itself to see the success of such a daring story line. The movie is inspired from the real life story of Arunachalam Muruganandam, what started as a simple quest to ensure proper menstrual health for his wife Shanthi, turned into a revolution of sorts for rural women. His low-cost sanitary pads provided a cheap and healthy alternative to the dirty rags, sand bags and what not that were being used for ages by menstruating women, directed by R. Balki.

Akshay Kumar played Arunachalam’s role but the movie was set in Madhya Pradesh. The makers chose Madhya Pradesh as the location as they felt the need to address such a critical issue was more relevant in a backward state. The real life Padman Arunachalam was asked by many about why he let the movie to be made in Hindi and not in his own language. While there is no doubt that Akshay Kumar gave his heart and soul to the character, Arunachalam Muruganandam feels Dhanush would be the ideal choice to play him if his story ever gets made in Tamil. Speaking at a special screening of the film last week in Chennai, Muruganantham said it’d be nice if Dhanush featured in the Tamil version of his story.

Arunachalam felt that the story and its message would reach to more people only if it was made in Bollywood. Akshay Kumar is a big star and the movie naturally reached out to a wide audience.

It will be very interesting if such a remake really materializes. Like Akshay, Dhanush is also a fabulous Actor and he will try to give his best for the movie. It’ll be interesting to see if Dhanush would accept the role if he’s approached with an offer. It’d be brave of him accept the offer given that it’s a very unconventional role.

Dhanush is currently busy shooting for Maari 2, in which he returns as local rowdy – sporting John Lennon-like shades, wearing dhoti and twirled mustache; Dhanush also awaits the release of Enai Noki Paayum Thota, which marks his maiden collaboration with Gautham Vasudev Menon.

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“Take care not to touch any of these clothes when you pass through. These kids, nowadays never care to put themselves closed in a room, during their menstrual cycle”, Grandma used to say while I was having my periods. It was so horrible in her days, but as we started to ‘progress’, such customs started to vanish. Today my Amma doesn’t resist me from sleeping on a mattress or entering the kitchen. But still, there are things that haven’t changed. I have never in my entire life got an opportunity to touch any Holy books or attend to a sacred gathering or visit a temple during those days.

We are still following some fallacies without knowing that they indeed are misconceptions. Proper awareness and destruction of stigma is inevitable for balancing the society. In such a situation the relevance of R. Balki’s Padman is beyond words. Padman is an upcoming comedy-drama written and directed by R.Balki, based on Twinkle Khanna’s book “The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad“, which was inspired by the real life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social activist from Tamil Nadu.

The Padman Challenge has reached a wide range of people via Twitter. Many celebrities including Sonam Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Karan Johar, Deepika Padukone, etc have taken part in the campaign by posting a selfie of themselves with a sanitary napkin.

During the Sabarimala season of 2015, a conductor of a KSRTC bus asked a few women to step out of the bus, because in case if they have some untouchability(menstruation) it could spoil their Vritham. On what grounds did the conductor deny the right of a citizen to travel on a public transport system? How can a someone deny the civil rights of a group of women, just because they are Women? If we seek the actual cause of this problem, one thing is clear. The cause of the problem has started from decades. Even though we argue that this is a different era, things haven’t changed at all, it just took some new forms. The entry of women at Sabarimala is still a talk of debate.  As women tend to bleed for every five days a month they can’t follow the mandatory fasting, because menstruation is something against sacredness.  How can it be cursed? It’s because of this curse the world still survives!

Let the taboo and stigma behind menstruation reduce with the Padman Challenge. However, applause to the team and all others those who participated in the challenge. Let these small moves be a part of drastic changes.

Text By : Silpa Rajan

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