Padman

To truly have gender equality, we all need to band together and fight for what’s right. And these men are doing just that, ensuring that women are not alone in their battle against gender discrimination.

26-year-old Chitransh is helping make menstrual hygiene accessible to more than 148 women in rural and urban slums in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh through a ‘PadBank’ which is completely free of cost!

'Period. End of Sentence.' made it to the top five, and stands proudly alongside documentaries like Black Sheep, End Game, Lifeboat and A Night At The Garden.

Hari Prasad, the village head, observed that a few girls had stopped attending school in the middle of the term without any explanation or warning. He found this to be very peculiar, and when he tried to find out why this was happening, he realised that menstruation was the reason.

In many communities, women are socially ostracised in the days of their period, their mobility is restricted, they are considered impure, and are not allowed to worship or enter the kitchen.

The authorities hope Padman will help spread menstrual hygiene awareness.

While celebrities are busy posing for pictures with sanitary napkins and posting them on social media sites with the hashtag #PadmanChallenge, Sathyam cinemas has gone one step further by making this announcement and subsequently installing the vending machine.

Released in June last year, Phullu tells the tale of an uneducated man of the same name who realises the inconveniences that women go through during menstruation and then sets out to create awareness about the issue.