A documentary based on  Coimbatore's Arunachalam Murugandham's low cost napkin producing machine wins an Oscar

'Period. End of Sentence', an India set film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real 'Pad Man', has bagged the Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees included 'Black Sheep', 'End Game', 'Lifeboat' and 'A Night At The Garden'.


'Period. End of Sentence', an India set film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real 'Pad Man', has bagged the Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees included 'Black Sheep', 'End Game', 'Lifeboat' and 'A Night At The Garden'.

The film's executive producer Guneet Monga is overjoyed at the win and took to Twitter to express her happiness. The film is about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganantham. 

It is executive produced by Monga and is co-produced by Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, which has backed films like 'The Lunchbox' and 'Masaan'.

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