I wish more such movies are made in Bollywood. Akshay Kumar astounds me with his knack of finding good stories and bringing them in the limelight. India needs to hear more stories like Arunachalam Muruganantham's. The man sacrificed his pride, his reputation, and his family even, to protect his wife and sisters from diseases. In turn, he created a revolution, protecting many other women's health and financial security.
The story begins as an introduction to the family life of Lakshmikant Chauhan (based on Muruganantham) and the audience gets to know how he finds ways to help his family with their daily chores. Soon he realizes the problems his wife and sisters have to go through during their periods. To ensure their safety, he tries to make affordable pads that would help them live their lives better, but he runs into many hurdles over time.
His first proper backing comes from Pari Walia, who steers him through these hurdles and pushes him to greater heights, ultimately helping him realize his dreams.
I liked all three main actors. Akshay Kumar was fantastic and his performance as Lakshmikant Chauhan was very heart-warming. His Linglish (Lakshmi-English) was adorable and his speech at the UN was beautiful. Radhika Apte, as usual, breathes life into her character though I would have wanted to see more of her in the movie. Sonam Kapoor surprised me with her turn here. I used to have a bias against her but now I can see she has gotten much better in her craft and she was convincing as Pari Walia, the angel in Chauhan's life.
I didn't quite like the feelings bit between Pari and Chauhan and would have liked that relationship to have remained pure and unlaced with any other feeling, but I guess this is a necessary evil with films.
I enjoyed the rest of the story and honestly, the real life story of Muruganantham fascinated me. Many thanks to R. Balki and Akshay Kumar for bringing a story like this to the forefront.
The story begins as an introduction to the family life of Lakshmikant Chauhan (based on Muruganantham) and the audience gets to know how he finds ways to help his family with their daily chores. Soon he realizes the problems his wife and sisters have to go through during their periods. To ensure their safety, he tries to make affordable pads that would help them live their lives better, but he runs into many hurdles over time.
His first proper backing comes from Pari Walia, who steers him through these hurdles and pushes him to greater heights, ultimately helping him realize his dreams.
I liked all three main actors. Akshay Kumar was fantastic and his performance as Lakshmikant Chauhan was very heart-warming. His Linglish (Lakshmi-English) was adorable and his speech at the UN was beautiful. Radhika Apte, as usual, breathes life into her character though I would have wanted to see more of her in the movie. Sonam Kapoor surprised me with her turn here. I used to have a bias against her but now I can see she has gotten much better in her craft and she was convincing as Pari Walia, the angel in Chauhan's life.
I didn't quite like the feelings bit between Pari and Chauhan and would have liked that relationship to have remained pure and unlaced with any other feeling, but I guess this is a necessary evil with films.
I enjoyed the rest of the story and honestly, the real life story of Muruganantham fascinated me. Many thanks to R. Balki and Akshay Kumar for bringing a story like this to the forefront.