Padman

Pad Man is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language biographical comedy drama film written and directed by R. Balki, featuring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles. Inspired by the life of social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, whose journey was chronicled by Twinkle Khanna in her fictional story The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, Pad Man was released theatrically on 9 February 2018. The film grossed ₹207.73 crore (US$27 million) worldwide, becoming both major critical and commercial success as well as the tenth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2018. At the 66th National Film Awards, Pad Man received award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. Kumar's performance in the film was critically praised, for which he received a Best Actor nomination at the 64th Filmfare Awards.