WATCH: Anil Kapoor Turns A Chemist Shop Owner And Rajkummar Rao A Customer For Akshay Kumar's PadMan Challenge!
Updated : February 05, 2018 11:29 AM ISTActors Anil Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao are the latest Bollywood celebs to join the PadMan Challenge spearhead by Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor for their upcoming film Padman . Sonam had tagged cousin Arjun Kapoor for the challenge, who, in turn, challenged uncle Anil. And the Mr India star has come up with an interesting skit for the challenge along with his Fanne Khan co-star Rajkummar Rao.
Entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, who made low-cost sanitary pads for the women of his village, began the #PadManchallenge on social media and tagged Akshay Kumar. For the challenge, the celebs posed for a picture with a sanitary napkin and posted it on their social media profiles and tagged others to take up the challenge. Aamir Khan , Alia Bhatt , Deepika Padukone , Ayushmann Khuraana and several other Bollywood celebs have joined the campaign.
Anil and Rajkummar decided to do something different and came up with the skit. We see Anil Kapoor behind the counter at a chemist shop as Rajkummar enters as a customer. When Rajkummar says he wants pad, Anil replies, “Ye sports shop nahi chemist shop hai. Yaha cricket ke pad nahi milenge.”
Rajkumar then replies, “Bhaisaab, sanitary pads. Napkins, jo periods me use hote hain.” And Anil is happy to respond, “Agar aaj mard ye sab khul kar kharidne lagein na to aurat ki life kitni asaan ho jaegi.” Sharing the video, Anil challenged Oprah Winfrey and Madhuri Dixit while Rajkummar tagged Ayushmann and Aditi Rao Hydari who have already become part of the campaign.
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Thank you @arjunk26.@RajkummarRao & I are just out here hanging out in a chemist’s shop holding a pad.
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) February 4, 2018
Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed about. It's natural! Period. @PadManTheFilm #PadManChallenge.
I challenge @Oprah @MadhuriDixit & @priyankachopra pic.twitter.com/5IPPyCozrU
Appreciating her dad’s efforts, Sonam tweeted, “Woohoo!! Dad this is fantastic! I am who I am because of you and how you think! #progressive #feminist #artist #BestDad.”
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Woohoo!! Dad this is fantastic! I am who I am because of you and how you think! #progressive #feminist #artist #BestDad https://t.co/zUWp1m1M0J
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) February 4, 2018
Check out some other Bollywood celebs and their participation in the #PadManChallenge:
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Thank you for tagging me @murugaofficial
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 2, 2018
Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed about. It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge
Copy, Paste this & Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad!
Here I am Challenging @deepikapadukone @imVkohli @aliaa08 pic.twitter.com/KperUmkSGw
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Thank you @murugaofficial for the #PadManChallenge ! Yes that’s a Pad in my hand & I don’t feel weird. It's natural, Period!
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) February 3, 2018
Copy, Paste this & Challenge your friends to take a photo with a Pad!
Here I am Challenging @ReallySwara @Asli_Jacqueline @arjunk26 pic.twitter.com/nk9d7dTu61
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Just hanging around in the gym.. with a pad :) no biggie! Thank you @akshaykumar for the challenge.. I shall challenge my fellow gym-ers @YasminBodyImage @Sophie_Choudry & @impoornapatel #PadManChallenge pic.twitter.com/xHLaSwt39Q
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) February 2, 2018
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Thank you for tagging me to this challenge @sonamakapoor
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) February 3, 2018
Yes, that’s my cat #Kulfi and me and a Pad in my hand.. u know Life as usual! There is nothing to be ashamed. It's natural! Period. #PadManChallenge
Here I am Challenging @RichaChadha @humasqureshi @SethShruti @konkonas pic.twitter.com/EO29stwt53
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Thank you for tagging me @sonamakapoor
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) February 3, 2018
Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand & there's nothing to be ashamed. #PadManChallenge
Here I am challenging @Varun_dvn @ParineetiChopra @AnilKapoor pic.twitter.com/6ERcZPTlLo
Starring Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor, PadMan is slated to release on Februray 9. It is based on the story of Muruganantham.