Akshay Kumar's upcoming film 'PadMan' will give details on how sanitary napkins add months to a woman's life.

The actor, who is all set to fight for menstrual hygiene in the film, shared a new poster on Monday, wherein he can be seen holding a pad in his hand.

Dressed in formals, Akshay stands against the backdrop of New York City.

The 50-year-old captioned the poster as, "#PadManTalks: This pad giving woman two months extra life. Find out how... #PadMan, this Republic Day, 26.01.18

R Balki-directorial is an inspiring tale of an incredible Indian innovator and inventor, PadMan is a fictionalized account of Arunachalam Muruganantham's life and traces his journey as a rural welder from small town India to the international arena, as he follows his dream to bring a revolution to female hygiene in India. An entrepreneur who refused to give up in wake of resistance and ridicule and used his resilience and inventiveness to come up with India's low cost sanitary napkin making machine, PadMan is a tribute to every ordinary and simple man and woman, who dares to dream and make a difference in the life of million others.

Produced by Mrs Funnybones Movies, SPE Films India, Kriarj Entertainment, Cape of Good Films and Hope Productions, PadMan stars Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte and has been written & Directed by R. Balki. The film will be released worldwide by SPE Films India on Jan 26th, 2018.