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Actress-producer Twinkle Khanna says women should not use menstruation as an excuse to go on a leave.
“I was a part of a show wherein a lady said she runs more when she is on her period so that no one can tell her to sit at home because she is weak,” Twinkle said here.
“A lot of people think women should stay at women, so why to give them an excuse to stop women from doing anything. If there is too much pain, then one can take an off just like they do for any other sickness like a stomach ache. Women should not make period a reason to take a leave,” she added.
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Twinkle was here on Monday to promote her debut film production Padman — a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham, the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making the machine in India.
The film is based on a short story from Twinkle’s book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad which was inspired from the life of Muruganantham, a Tamil Nadu-based social activist who revolutionised the concept of menstrual hygiene in rural India by creating a low-cost sanitary napkins machine.
Padman stars her husband Akshay Kumar as Muruganantham, while Radhika Apte plays his wife. Actor Sonam Kapoor will also be seen in a special role in the movie, which is being directed by R. Balki.