Plot"Padsman" movie comment ary copy
In India
Buying sanitary napkins is like buying drugs
The boss will confirm with you in a very low voice
Are you sure you want sanitary napkins?
And then he will sneak you something from the counter
Sneakily give you something
In 2012
Because of high tariffs and traditional attitudes
More than 80% of women in India are still
Can't use sanitary products during their menstrual period
They can only use leaves, rags, dust and other
of unclean items
As a result, many women suffer from various diseases
Severe cases even lead to direct death
But in this underdeveloped country
Excise tax on sanitary napkins was completely abolished in 2018
You know, sanitary napkins are available in many countries
Are taxed according to the standard of luxury goods
This policy is even ahead of most developed countries
All this has changed
All because of one man
A man.
His name is Arunachalam.
Known as the father of the Indian sanitary napkin
He dropped out of junior high school
By inventing a low-cost sanitary napkin-making machine
Changed the lives of 500 million Indian women
His legendary story
Made into a movie called "Partners in India
The film has another superhero name
The Pad Man
The story begins in a conservative village in India
Handsome boy is a skilled mechanic
Tough on the outside
But inside, he's soft and gentle
Unlike many straight men in the area
He is known to be a doting wife
Washing clothes and sending flowers are just everyday activities
When his wife cut onions, it was too hot for her eyes
So he built a fully automatic vegetable cutter
His wife's bicycle hurts her butt
He made a wooden cushioned back seat
The Indian version of the handicraftsman Geng
But even for such a loving couple
But even such a loving couple has insurmountable problems in their lives
Every month, they had to live apart for a few days
The wife would sternly warn the handsome boy to stay away from her
It wasn't that they had relationship problems
But the wife's "period" came
According to local custom
A woman's period is a dirty thing
She had to stay alone outside the house during those days of the month
You can't even sleep in the house.
You have to find a place where no one is around.
Sitting alone for 5 days
The handsome boy felt sorry for his wife
Told her it was a stupid tradition that didn't make any sense
But his wife still insisted
Because that's what the women around her had been doing for years
The next morning
Handsome saw his wife surreptitiously drying a dirty rag
Upon closer questioning, he realized that it was actually an aunt's towel used to stop bleeding
Because of the tradition
When drying this piece of rag
must be hidden under other clothes
It does not see the sunlight at all
You can imagine how dirty it must be
Handsome boy was shocked
For so long
His wife had been using a dirty cloth to clean his aunt
He wouldn't even let him use such a dirty cloth to wipe his bike
Seeing his wife suffering from such a grievance
Handsome boy without saying anything ran to the drugstore to buy pads
And the shopkeeper immediately nervous when he heard these two words
And sneakily handed him the pads
Buy a pad to make it look like an illegal transaction
The owner said this pad 55 rupees (about five yuan)
Handsome boy was confused at that time
But he had no choice, for the sake of his wife
handsome boy had to borrow money to buy
He came home
He took out the pad and wanted to surprise his wife
And his wife really saw a sweet smile
But then she saw the price
scared immediately returned the pads to the handsome boy
Because 55 rupees was not a small amount in India at that time
The wife asked the handsome boy to take it back and return it
But she couldn't resist
Handsome boy took the pads and left again
On the way, he started to turn his mind
This thing is so light
Why is it so expensive?
He gently ripped it open
found that inside is only a few grams of cotton
Then he wrapped it with two pieces of fabric
That's all you can do, you can do it yourself
Let's do it
Handsome Boy scraped together the relevant materials
Sneaking around the river by himself, he drew a picture from a gourd
The first generation of the handsome boy brand pads are ready in three steps
Handsome boy carefully packaged the pads and gave them to his wife
This is the product of love
And it does not cost much money
The wife half-heartedly accepted her husband's kindness
At that time of the next month
She put on the pads for the first time in her life
Early the next morning
Handsome Boy approached his wife with great anticipation to ask how the experience was
But he found that his wife was still drying the torn cloth
It turned out that Shuai's artificial pads were not working
It leaked sideways
The blood had soiled his sari dress
His wife washed the dress overnight
Handsome boy was ashamed
But he still didn't give up
One layer of cotton didn't work
Then let's make two layers
The second generation of Shuai Chai brand pads was thus upgraded
But his wife refused to try it again
For the traditional woman
Aunt is a great shame
She could only digest it in secret
The more her husband cared for her
The more embarrassed she becomes
The wife resisted
Handsome boy had no choice but to give the "pads"
to his sister, who was already married
But he was kicked out by his sister's family
(Please don't go to my mother-in-law's house)
(Or they will kick me out)
（"He's changed since we got married.)
（"I'm so ashamed)
Handsome's wife was also in tears
The handsome boy was even more aggrieved
I've worked hard for you despite everything
But you don't care about your body because of shame
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became
Since no one is willing to try the pads
Then why not do it yourself
He clenched his teeth and stepped on his foot
He decided to give himself a "period"
He bought a pair of women's underwear
He carefully padded them with pads
Then he put a gallbladder filled with pig's blood
He put the gall bladder filled with pig's blood into his pants.
When he put them on, it was completely invisible
Squatting is also not affected
Handsome boy is very satisfied
A set of menstrual equipment on the body
Excited to get on the bike
Thinking to himself: It's good to be a woman
But he was only happy for three seconds
His smile froze
A man with a hemorrhage in the stall in public
He became the laughing stock of the village
The villagers thought, "Is he practicing the Sunflower Canon?
And after learning the reason, the villagers exploded into a frenzy
This man is crazy
Even the menstruation dare to come in person
Combined with his previous history of sending pads to people
Everyone said handsome boy has a brain problem
He's a psycho
Even his closest family members don't stand by his side
The old mother was ashamed of herself
He sent his two sisters away to live with relatives
Even his wife had to abandon him
to join his mother's family
Before leaving, she said
For women, shame is the greatest disease
It is obvious
The wife's deep-rooted traditional thinking
made her feel too ashamed of what her husband had done for her
No one could understand Shuai
Ostracized by the villagers and his family, he was devastated
decided to leave alone
Looking for the reason why the pads he made failed
Shuai first found a testing agency
He found out that the real pads were not made of ordinary cotton
but cellulose fiber
But where could he get this kind of fiber?
Handsome boy suffered from lack of education
Could not understand by himself
Had to go to a university professor's house as a servant
Wanted to take the opportunity to learn something
But the professor did not care about him
Fortunately, the professor's son could go online
He said to Handsome
You can find everything you want to know on the Internet
The two of them found an American company selling this kind of fiber
So
Handsome boy made up a company that didn't exist
and got a bunch of samples
And when the samples finally arrived
But it was not quite as expected
Why is it a pile of cardboard?
Just when Handsome was scratching his head
The university professor suddenly returned home
With a puzzled face
Handsome explained the whole story
He said he wanted to make pads
Because a man who can't even protect his wife
doesn't deserve to be called a man
This thoughtless remark
stimulated the professor of his late wife in early years
He said: passion alone is useless
To make pads not only need materials
There is also a special machine
Look at this fully automatic pad machine
A unit of tens of millions of rupees, you can afford to buy
Handsome boy was immediately slapped by reality
Staring at the machine on the screen
At a closer look, the steps don't seem too complicated
Mixing, compressing, packaging, sterilizing ......
Oh wait
Isn't this an everyday operation?
(Decomposition)
(Sterilization)
Handsome boy's mind was instantly opened
Fully automatic machine can not afford to toss
Make four small, cheap machines that can be operated manually, that's it!
Handsome boy who figured it out said goodbye to the professor
said he would not make pads
He wanted to make a machine to produce pads
Handsome boy found a broken cowshed
Take the borrowed tens of thousands of dollars
With his skillful workmanship
After continuous improvement
Finally made a production line
Mixing
Compression
Packing
Sterilization
The first pads made by the standard process is officially born
But the old problem arises again
Who should try the finished product?
That evening
A miraculous fate happened
A white car was running around the city.
There was a beautiful rich lady in the car
She suddenly got her period.
She didn't have any tampons with her
Her friend drove her car to look for a pharmacy
She bumped into a handsome boy who was thinking hard on the road
asked him if he had a woman at home
Can you provide some emergency feminine products
It's really hard to find
Handsome boy like a magic trick
Immediately pulled out two pads
The two girls hesitated for a moment
A man wandering around in the middle of the night
With pads on his body
Most likely not a decent person
But the situation is urgent, they still took the pads
The handsome boy turned around and showed the joy of harvest
He started to make a small calculation in his mind
The next day, the handsome boy appeared in the rich girl's home back
with a demented smile on his face
He asked her how she felt about the pads last night
The rich girl thought she had met a pervert
She replied perfunctorily
Pads are pads!
What's the difference?
Hearing this, the handsome boy was so excited that he left tears in his eyes
All the heartbreaking past came to his mind
This statement means that the pads he made
is already similar to other products in the market
For this careless affirmation
He had waited for four whole years
Handsome immediately called his wife to report the good news
But once his wife heard about the pads again
She hung up the phone directly
Handsome boy was disappointed
All the struggle seems to have no meaning
But the rich girl was impressed by Handsome's spirit of struggle
Visited his small pad workshop
Looking at the simple little machine
It is amazing that he can make a product that can change women's lives forever
The rich white girl was impressed by Handsome's talent and deep love
She encouraged him to participate in an invention convention in New Delhi the day after tomorrow.
The first place prize is 200,000.
It's a good way to pay back the money Handsome owes.
Handsome arrives at the conference with his machine with apprehension and excitement
At the pre-prize ceremony
Sitting in the audience
He was eager for his invention to win the grand prize
But at the moment of the final announcement
He heard someone else's name
Handsome boy walked out of the venue in despair
But before he could go far
He was stopped by the organizers who came out after him
Yes, things have taken a turn for the worse again
This man has no money, no power, no culture
But by himself
solved the problem of hundreds of millions of women in India.
The pad-making machine made by Handsome Boy
Won the best life-changing invention of the year
The rich white girl was so excited to hold Handsome's hand
He was presented with the award by
A famous Indian action star
With this medal and the photo together
Handsome Boy quickly became a national sensation
The rich white girl told Handsome
A big company would buy the patent of his machine
Paying him tens of millions of dollars
But Handsome refused on the spot without thinking about it
Because if the patent is sold to a big company
The price of pads would become very expensive again
Then everything he did would be meaningless
He didn't make the machine to earn tens of millions of dollars
But to help tens of millions of people
The next day, handsome boy said goodbye to the rich white girl
He gave up an opportunity that would make him rich overnight
He decided to go to every village
To bring cheap pads to the women who were suffering
Handsome returned to his small workshop
The people around him welcomed him like a star
They all came to congratulate him
to see his award-winning invention.
But the moment Shuai took out the pads
The whole village's face changed
They yelled that it was not the best invention at all
It was the most dirty product
Handsome boy was shutting himself up again
That's when the rich girl suddenly appeared
A fire in her heart was ignited by Handsome
She decided to cooperate with him to do something
After all, there are some things
It is better to let women do
Then, the rich white girl herself went to the countryside to sell the goods
Women and women communicate much more smoothly
With their low prices
quickly occupied the market
Not only that
They also recruited those women who could not work
Recruit them to produce pads
By paying them a wage
to give them a more decent and independent life
Zifumi also helps them apply for bank loans to buy machines
So that everyone can be a producer
Through this method
They opened their processing factories in countless villages
Slowly
More and more rural women are becoming self-reliant as a result
Shuai's story even alerted the United Nations
They invited Handsome to speak in New York
At the headquarters building in New York
Handsome was very nervous before he went on stage
He asked the rich white girl to accompany him on stage
And the rich white girl gave him a kiss straight away
(Now I'm with you)
Handsome boy used curry English to get a lot of applause from the audience
Meanwhile
His ex-wife could see him every day on the newspaper and TV in her hometown
She knew that handsome boy had achieved a great success
He had become a big celebrity
After the speech, in the corridor
The atmosphere between the handsome boy and the rich white girl gradually heated up
Just when the two hearts were getting closer
The phone rang, it was his ex-wife
Handsome boy just clenched his hand and gradually let go
On the one hand, he has a wife who doesn't understand him
On the other side is his soul mate to accompany him to the top
If it were you, what would you choose?
Whether it's reality or a movie
Handsome chose his wife who was a mess
This is the end of the story
In this relationship
As an outsider, we can't judge
But apart from that
the other meaning of the movie is that we need to pay attention to it
In many countries
The topic of physiology has been the "elephant in the room"
It has been ignored.
Today, cheap sanitary napkins are in circulation
However, the sanitary napkin penetration rate is only 60%
The reason is not just poverty
The shame of parenthood is also to blame for the popularity of sanitary napkins
Especially in India
The matter has always been considered dirty
During this period, many women are even forced to live in cowsheds
Because cows were sacred
They believed that drinking cow urine would purify them
There are more incredible things
It really does happen in every corner of the world
That's what's really worth thinking about
Although cheap sanitary napkins have been made
But to change people's mindset
We still have a long way to go.
I'm XXX. See you next time.
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