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'Padman' starring Akshay Kumar is all set to get screened at the 31st 'Tokyo International Film Festival'.

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The overwhelmed actor Akshay Kumar shared the Japanese poster of the film on Instagram and said, "Here's the Japanese poster of PadMan! Excited for the film to be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival!" 

The film has already travelled United States, Canada, Russia, Ivory Coast and Iraq. 

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The story is based on  The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land'-a short story from Twinkle Khanna's book 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad', which is inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who was a social activist, produced and sold sanitary napkins at low costs.

The film also featured Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte.

 The film was released on 9 February 2018.