近几年，对于中国电影市场来说，引入的印度电影都广受好评，其中当属影星阿米尔汗最被熟知，但还有另一位充满魅力的印度男星也在今年走入我们的视野，他就是阿克谢·库玛尔。可能很多人对他的名字很陌生，但是提起今年上映的两部电影你一定会恍然大悟，《厕所英雄》和《印度合伙人》都在中国获得了不错的口碑。

库玛尔(Akshay Kumar)长期以来一直在他的电影（例如：《厕所》）中支持社会和民族主义事业。可以肯定的是，这位演员通过整合商业电影领域的相关问题，开拓了自己的利基市场。他也是目前商界最有钱赚的明星之一，他带着阿巴尔基(R Balki)的《PAD MAN》重返大银幕，PAD MAN讲述的是印度农村贫困女性面临的月经问题。

AkshayKumar for long has been championing social and nationalist causes in his films such as TOILET: EK PREM KATHA . It would be safe to say that the actor has carved his niche with inte-grating pertinent issues in commercial cine-ma space. Akshay, who also isone of the most bankable stars in the business currently, returns to the big screen with RBalki’s PAD MAN based on the issues, relating to menstruation, faced byunderprivileged women in rural India.

所以在围绕着“护垫侠”的所有这些喧嚣中，对这部电影寄予厚望是合乎逻辑的。它符合我们的集体期望吗?

So yes, with all this hoopla around PADMAN, it is only logical to expect a lot from the film. Does it meet our collectiveexpectations?

影片围绕一个村子里的拉克什米坎特•肖汉(akshmikant Chauhan，阿克谢•库马尔[Akshay Kumar]饰)的生活展开，讲述了他在保守社会中传播月经意识、打破禁忌的鼓舞人心的历程。首先我们承认，鉴于阿克谢的巨大吸引力，他确实勇敢地谈到了这个问题。aam军政府可能会因为这部电影的非常规内容而回避观看。但制作方已确保有足够的宣传，使人们避开他们的无知，全心全意地拥抱这一论点。

The film revolves around life of Lakshmikant Chauhan (Akshay Kumar) based out of avillage in Madhya Pradesh and his inspiring journey of spreading awarenessabout menstruation and smashing taboos associated with it in the conservativesociety. Now, first of all let us all agree that it was indeed brave of Akshayto touch upon this subject, given his massy appeal. There is a probability thataam junta might shy away from watching the film because of its unconventionalcontent. But the makers have made sure that there is enough publicity goingaround which will make people shun their ignorance and embrace this causewholeheartedly. 

新婚的拉克希米是一名焊工，但她对女性的月经极为好奇，并对缺乏卫生条件或对月经缺乏认识感到不安。当他发现他的妻子Gayatri (Radhika Apte饰)在月经期间因为没有卫生巾而使用脏棉布时，一切都开始了。然后，他制作了一个棉垫，并说服他的妻子使用同样的棉垫。尽管多次尝试，他还是没能做出完美卫生巾，甚至不懈追求导致他的整个家庭与他断绝了关系，直到他成功地让社会相信月经卫生是一个亟待解决的热点话题。

So,a newly married Lakshmi is a welder but extremely curious about femalemenstruati-on and is disturbed by the lack of sani-tation or awareness around it.It all starts when he finds out that his wife Gayatri (Radhika Apte) uses dir-ty-cotton cloth for the lack of sanitary pads during her periods. He then fa-shionsa cotton pad and persuades his wife to use the same. D-espite repeated attempts,he fa-ils to make a sustainable napkin. His relent-less pursuit to make the perfectsanitary napkin leads his entire family to disown him until he manages to con-vince the society that men strual hygiene is a burning topic which needs tobe addressed.

这部电影的灵感来自泰米尔纳德邦社会企业家阿鲁纳恰拉姆•穆鲁加南塔姆(Arunachalam Muruganantham)的生活，为了吸引更多的观众，它被改编成适合印度北部人的口味，因此《PAD MAN》的拍摄地点横跨中央邦马赫什瓦尔、印多尔和马胡的风景优美的地区。你会发现，在角色的服装、对话和整体吸引力方面，他们被对待的方式有很大的联系.

Since this film, which is inspired by thelife of Tamil Nadu’s social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, is adapted to suit North Indian sensibilities for greater viewership, PAD MAN is shotacross scenic locales of Maheshwar, Indore and Mahu in Madhya Pradesh. PCSreeram has done an excellent job with the cinematography. One finds a massy connect in the way characters are treated as far as their costumes, dialogues overall appeal is considered.

值得一提的是，阿克谢库马尔作为一个对自己的事业充满感情和激情的女权主义偶像，成功地保持了完美的庄严。对于他来说，拿一个禁忌话题(继厕所英雄后)拍成一部商业电影，而又不让它变得过于说教，这确实值得喝彩。

It is worth mentioning here that Akshay Kumar manages to maintain perfect gravitas as a fe-minist icon who is emotionaland passionate about his cause. It is indeed applause worthy for him to take ata-boo topic (after TOILET: EK PR-EM KATHA) and make a commercial film out of it,without letting it get too preachy for its own good.

总的来说，《PAD MAN》是一个大胆的、鼓舞人心的尝试，试图在一个禁忌话题之外打造一个商业电影。这部电影在内容和情感方面得分很高。在票房方面，阿克谢库马尔(Akshay Kumar)的大众号召力肯定有助于吸引观众。凭借正面的口碑，它有潜力在票房上稳步增长。

On the whole, PAD MAN is a brave and aninspir-ational attempt at creating a commercial cinema out of a taboo topic. Themovie scores high on content as well as emotions. At the box office, Akshay Kumar’s mass appeal will surely help to pull in the audiences. It has the potential to grow steadily at the box-office with the posi-tive word-of-mouth.