New Delhi : Actress Sonam Kapoor says she was ‘shocked’ by the ignorance and taboos that still cloak the subject of menstrual hygiene, revealing that prohibitions were applied within her own family as well. Sonam’s work-in-progress film Padman tells the story of A Murugunantham, inventor of a machine that would cheaply manufacture sanitary napkins.
Not everyone would consider this film-worthy, said Sonam, adding that urban women are more open to publicly discussing menstruation. “Menstrual hygiene is an issue, which not many people would think can be a good subject for a film. For city girls it is normal, but when we were shooting in Maheshwar and around, the ignorance I saw was shocking,” Sonam said.
Sonam was shooting for the film in Madhya Pradesh and in a conversation she said about the subject of menstrual hygiene.
“We remember our grandmother asking us to not go to the temple, or in the kitchen. Despite being city girls, we get to hear such things. So, one can only imagine what girls living in smaller villages may be going through,” says Sonam.
Padman is slated to release on January 26, 2018.
