Akshay Kumar’s PadMan would be releasing on 9th February to avoid clash with Padmaavat. The actor and director of Padmaavat, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, held a joint press conference to elaborate about this decision. He said, “Sanjay Leela Bhansali came to meet me while I was rehearsing for a show and requested me to push #Padman’s release,” and added, “I’ve worked in two films with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Very difficult to not help when someone like him says he needs it.”

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for an all-India release for Padmaavat on January 25 by staying the operation of orders banning the release of the film by the Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana governments.

Meanwhile, Bhansali thanked Akshay for understanding the situation and said “I’ll be grateful to him for lifetime.”

About Akshay Kumar movie Padman:

PadMan, a biographical comedy-drama, is a fictionalised account of Tamil Nadu-based Arunachalam Muruganantham, who created affordable sanitary napkins for the women of his village. The film will be based on “The Sanitary Man of Sacred Land”, a short story from Twinkle Khanna’s book, The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad. Padman is written and directed by R. Balki, featuring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles and cameo appearance by Amitabh Bachchan. Being a social issue based film, the producer’s are planning to show the film in various schools in smaller towns and cities with the aid of various ministries and the government