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Friday, August 8, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 71
2017 is coming to an end and as we all know has not been a great year in terms of box office numbers. Bill Gates has listed down seven tweets from around the world that he found "inspiring" in what he called a "tough year".
Well, a good news for all the Akshay Kumar fans as Bill Gates is mighty impressed with the actor's film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. Bill tweeted, "Toilet: A Love Story, a Bollywood romance about a newlywed couple, educated audiences about India’s sanitation challenge."
The film focuses on eradicating the practice of open defecation in the country. It's a step in order to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar in the lead roles.
Akshay is ready with one another powerful subject - menstrual hygiene. PadMan is based on Arunachalam Muruganantham, the inventor of low-cost sanitary napkins for women in rural areas.
Earlier, in an interview with a leading daily, when Akshay was asked about starring in a movie which delves with the topic of menstruation, the actor stated, "If you change nothing, nothing will change.
It’s not about being bold, but about breaking taboos that hold us back. I have lived with women all my life, yet I have learnt more about the topic while making this film than ever before. I do not mind who I offend or whose stomach I turn by being bold, this is not the Stone Age; menstruating is natural."
2017 is coming to an end and as we all know has not been a great year in terms of box office numbers. Bill Gates has listed down seven tweets from around the world that he found "inspiring" in what he called a "tough year".
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2017 is coming to an end and as we all know has not been a great year in terms of box office numbers. Bill Gates has listed down seven tweets from around the world that he found "inspiring" in what he called a "tough year".
Well, a good news for all the Akshay Kumar fans as Bill Gates is mighty impressed with the actor's film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. Bill tweeted, "Toilet: A Love Story, a Bollywood romance about a newlywed couple, educated audiences about India’s sanitation challenge."
The film focuses on eradicating the practice of open defecation in the country. It's a step in order to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar in the lead roles.
Akshay is ready with one another powerful subject - menstrual hygiene. PadMan is based on Arunachalam Muruganantham, the inventor of low-cost sanitary napkins for women in rural areas.
Earlier, in an interview with a leading daily, when Akshay was asked about starring in a movie which delves with the topic of menstruation, the actor stated, "If you change nothing, nothing will change.
It’s not about being bold, but about breaking taboos that hold us back. I have lived with women all my life, yet I have learnt more about the topic while making this film than ever before. I do not mind who I offend or whose stomach I turn by being bold, this is not the Stone Age; menstruating is natural."
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