Sonam Kapoor, Radhika Apte to star in 'Padman' with Akshay Kumar

Sonam Kapoor

×Akshay Kumar is set to slip into the shoes of India's 'Menstrual Man' in R Balki's 'Padman', and starring alongside him will be Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte.

Radhika Apte

Sonam announced the news on Twitter and shared the poster of the film, a biopic on social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented the first low-cost sanitary napkins in the country. "Thrilled to be a part of this prestigious project," she wrote.

Akshay Kumar

This will be the second time that Sonam is teaming up with Akshay; they have earlier worked in Thank You (2011). For Radhika, it will be her first film with Akki. Akshay's wife and actress-turned-writer Twinkle Khanna will produce the film under her new banner, Mrs Funnybones Movies.