Padman first song out: Aaj Se Teri featuring Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte is too cute to handle

Mumbai: The first song from Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor starrer Padman is out! Titled Aaj Se Teri, the song featuring Akshay and Radhika depicts the cute romance between the actors who play man and wife in the film.

Sung by Arijit Singh the song Aaj Se Teri has been penned Kausar Munir by and composed by Amit Trivedi.

Padman written and directed by R Balki of the Cheeni Kum and Paa fame will see Amitabh Bachchan making a special appearance.

Akshay’s wife Twinkle Khanna, who is an interior-decorator/author has turned a film producer with this venture. She had written about Padma Shri awardee Arunachalam Muruganantham in a short story titled The Sanitary Man from A Scared Land in her second novel The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad. Arunachalam has played a pivotal role in creating awareness about menstrual hygiene in rural India by making affordable sanitary pads producing machines.

During an interview with BBC, Twinkle while talking about menstruation and the taboo attached to it worldwide said that it took her a lot of time to convince Arunachalam to give her his consent for making the film. It was only after repeated requests, the man, who keeps low key, agreed to give his nod.

Khanna during an interview said she is hopeful that the film will bring a spotlight on something that has been hidden in the darkness for so long.

“If nothing else, I am hoping that it will start a conversation within homes,” Twinkle said.

“Something that has been hidden in the darkness, furtively wrapped in newspaper, will finally be in the spotlight so that a young girl can go up to her parents and say that she needs sanitary pads over the ubiquitous fairness creams,” she added.