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Smriti Irani participates in panel discussion on menstrual hygiene with Pad Man star cast

| @indiablooms | Feb 07, 2018, at 04:29 pm

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): With two days to go for the release of R. Balki's Pad Man, Union minister Smriti Irani has participated in a panel discussion on menstrual hygiene with the star cast of the film.

Irani has tweeted few pictures where she was seen with the actors and producers of the film, which deals with menstrual hygiene.

Irani, who was also a popular face on television, was accompanied by actors Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and producer Twinkle Khanna.

Padman is a story of Tamil Nadu-based social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, who created a low-cost sanitary napkins machine.

Muruganantham was also present in the panel discussion on Tuesday.

Apart from Akshay and Radhika, Sonam Kapoor is also playing a lead role in the film.

Akshay and Twinkle are jointly producing the film.

The film is slated to release on February 9.

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