R Balki's Padman, a dramatized biopic of Padma Shri winner, Arunachalam Muruganantham, is throwing good numbers at the turnstiles. It's also turned out to be a well-reviewed entertainer that has brought to the fore the largely stigmatized conversation around menstruation, Padman Twitter challenge notwithstanding.
While Akshay Kumar and Radhika Apte play the role of a small-town couple, Sonam Kapoor represents the other end of the city-village spectrum. She plays a highly-educated, fashionable young woman, raised by a single father. The actress, last seen in the very effective Neerja, is particularly impressive in the role, even though her track itself isn't the strongest in an otherwise robust film.
The film has a strong enough message and a romantic track (between Kumar and Kapoor) meddles with the plot's inherently powerful premise. Kapoor is aware about people feeling unconvinced about it. "There was more to that relationship than what was shown. It was edited out to make the film shorter. At the end of the day, if we were able to say what we wanted to say, I think it's okay."
While her role in itself was spunky and fun, nobody could predict that she's going to catch feelings for Pad Man. Instead of feeling organic, the relationship felt distracting. The actress agrees and says, "They couldn't remove the last few bits so they did what they could to keep it short."
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