Pad Man is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed and written by R. Balki, featuring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles.[5] Inspired by the life of social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu.[6][7] Pad Man was released theatrically on 9 February 2018.