Bollywood Stars Pose With Sanitary Pads For The PadMan Challenge

With Akshay Kumar’s upcoming movie, PadMan, a new challenge has made its way into mainstream social media. It started with the subject of the movie, Arunachalam Muruganantham, who tagged the lead actor, Akshay Kumar, and the producer of the movie, Twinkle Khanna, daring them to complete the challenge. The PadMan Challenge #PadManChallenge is about publicly holding a sanitary napkin in your hand, clicking a picture of you holding the said napkin and posting it on social media, tagging your friends to complete the challenge as well.

Padmaavat star Deepika Padukone joined the team to post a picture of herself with a sanitary napkin and completing the PadMan Challenge. On Saturday the actress posted her video, in which she seemed all excited about the ‘PadMan challenge.’ She wrote: “Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand and there’s nothing to be ashamed about…It’s natural! Period.” Deepika further tagged badminton champion and Olympic medal winner PV Sindhu to take the ‘PadMan challenge.’

Thank you for tagging me @akshaykumar ! Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed about…It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge Copy, Paste this & Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad! Here I am challenging Badminton Champion & Olympic Medal Winner @pvsindhu1 👊🏽

A post shared by Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) on Feb 3, 2018 at 9:18am PST

Anil Kapoor also posted a video on Twitter with Rajkummar Rao and highlighted that if men will not be ashamed of buying sanitary pads, then the world will be a happier place.

Thank you @arjunk26.@RajkummarRao & I are just out here hanging out in a chemist’s shop holding a pad.

Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed about. It's natural! Period. @PadManTheFilm #PadManChallenge.
I challenge @Oprah @MadhuriDixit & @priyankachopra pic.twitter.com/5IPPyCozrU

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) February 4, 2018

After Deepika, her “Padmaavat” co-star Aditi Rao Hydari posed with a sanitary napkin in her hand. PadMan’s actress Sonam Kapoor shared Aditi’s picture.

Challenge accepted @radhika_apte…
Here it is- A pad… Even princesses use it! 😋 Its natural! Period! #PadManChallenge…
Here I’m challenging @RajkummarRao @DianaPenty and @FarOutAkhtar… pic.twitter.com/Gl8fVFieSX

— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) February 3, 2018

Swara Bhasker, who recently made headlines for her open letter on “Padmaavat” also took the ‘PadMan challenge.’ Swara not only posed with a pad in her hand but also with her cat kulfi. Swara was tagged by Sonam Kapoor, who will also co-star her in upcoming film Veere Di Wedding.

Thank you for tagging me to this challenge @sonamakapoor
Yes, that’s my cat #Kulfi and me and a Pad in my hand.. u know Life as usual! There is nothing to be ashamed. It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge
Here I am Challenging @RichaChadha @humasqureshi @SethShruti @konkonas pic.twitter.com/EO29stwt53

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) February 3, 2018

Challenging Varun Dhawan, Parineeti Chopra and Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor too completed his ‘PadMan challenge’ and posed with a sanitary napkin.

Thank you for tagging me @sonamakapoor
Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed. #PadManChallenge

Here I am challenging @Varun_dvn @ParineetiChopra @AnilKapoor pic.twitter.com/6ERcZPTlLo

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) February 3, 2018

Alia Bhatt, Aamir Khan, and Radhika Apte also posted pictures on Instagram completing the PadMan challenge and further tagging their friends and co-workers to complete the challenge.

Just hanging around in the gym.. with a pad 🙂 no biggie! Thank you @akshaykumar for the challenge.. I shall challenge my fellow gym-ers @YasminBodyImage @Sophie_Choudry & @impoornapatel #PadManChallenge pic.twitter.com/xHLaSwt39Q

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) February 2, 2018

Thank you @mrsfunnybones
Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed about. It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge. Copy, Paste this & Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad. Here I am Challenging @SrBachchan , @iamsrk & @BeingSalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/lY7DEevDmD

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) February 2, 2018

Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed about. It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge Copy, Paste this & Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad! Here I am Challenging @ayushmannk @kalkikanmani @aditiraohydari pic.twitter.com/Ugs6c4q8aV

— Radhika Apte (@radhika_apte) February 2, 2018

Thank you @pragyavats for the #PadmanChallenge! “Yes that’s a Pad in my hand & I don’t feel weird. It's natural, Period!”
Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad.
Here I am Challenging @sahil_sangha @Ritieshd @alifazal9 #BooToTaboo #HeForShe #BiodegradableNapkin pic.twitter.com/npMLg83jdh

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) February 3, 2018