PadMan Becomes The First Indian Film To Be Screened At Oxford Union, Twinkle Speaks At The Event

Oxford: On Thursday, Bollywood movie PadMan achieved the incredible feat of becoming the first Indian movie to be showcased at Oxford Union-one of the most reputed debating societies in the world. Producer of the movie, Twinkle Khanna was there at the event to speak about the film, largely focusing on issues like menstrual hygiene for women, period taboos, and period poverty. Here is the speech by her, sharded by husband Akshay Kumar on Instagram

From period taboos to period poverty, @twinklerkhanna takes the conversation on Menstrual hygiene global at Oxford Union, the debating society of #OxfordUniversity! #PadManInOxford

A post shared by Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) on Jan 19, 2018 at 2:38am PST

Khanna spoke of how failure has been a role model for her, “I would say failure has been my role model. Every time there was an obstacle in my life, I examined it, and invariably it taught me something about myself or the world around me that I didn’t know. To not be afraid to keep leaping is what I’ve always believed in,” she said.

Honoured to be a speaker at Oxford Union- The first Indian movie showcased at Oxford! #oxforduniversity #padmaninoxford A post shared by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on Jan 19, 2018 at 2:25am PST

The Oxford Union tweeted this:

.@mrsfunnybones: I hope this movie becomes a movement: where women are no longer held back or shamed by their biological functions #PadMan #periodpoverty ???????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/88DjTsjQDO

— Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion) January 18, 2018

Based on the life of social entrepreneur and activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, who revolutionised sanitary hygiene in rural India 20 years ago, the film stars Twinkle's husband actor Akshay Kumar in the title role. The film will now hit the screens on February 9.