Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor recently opens up on periods. she sais, that she was 'shocked' by the ignorance and taboos that still cloak the subject of menstrual hygiene, revealing that prohibitions were applied to her own family as well. Sonam's upcoming film Padman tells the story of A Murugunantham, inventor of the machine that would cheaply manufacture sanitary napkins. The film features Akshay Kumar as Padman. Sonam Kapoor in her recent interview said, For city girls it is normal, but when we were shooting in Maheshwar and around, the ignorance I saw was shocking," Find out here more about Sonam Kapoor's interview and what she has to say on the important to discuss the topic.