The Bollywood film breaking the taboo around periods - BBC NewsThe world's first feature film on periods is set to be released in the UK. Can a comedy help break the taboo of female menstruation? It's a scene that captures the 20-year struggle by a poor school drop-out from southern India to buy sanitary pads for his wife - and ended up changing the lives of millions of women around the world. Arunachalam Muruganantham - played by Bollywood star Akshay Kumar
