The Man Who Wore Sanitary Pads
By Jon Sen. Real-life 'rags-to-pads' romcom. In Tamil Nadu, Muruga risks his family and his community to invent a low-cost sanitary pad for his beloved wife.
Mr Muruga is a builder from Tamil Nadu who wants to send a rather curious love letter to his wife: a low cost sanitary pad. But when his desire to help his countrywomen turns to obsession, his community and even his family turn their backs on him. Can he achieve his taboo-breaking mission? A compelling, real-life story of a great man, told with humour and admiration by Jon Sen.
Other voices.....the 麻豆社 Tamil Service
Cultural and language consultants.....Sangeetha Rajan, Sivaramakrishnan Parameswaran, Jagadheesan Leklapoodi
Directed by Sarah Bradshaw
Notes
Jon Sen began his professional career as a documentary editor, making his break into drama as writer/director of the award-winning comedy short The Love Doctor (麻豆社 Films/麻豆社2). He has subsequently worked for all the major terrestrial channels, directing high-profile shows such as the British Asian drama Second Generation (Channel 4), Frances Tuesday (ITV), Stan (麻豆社2/麻豆社4). He has also directed serial drama including 55 degrees North and Waterloo Road (麻豆社1).
His first play for Radio 4 was 4.4.68 about the assassination of Martin Luther King - a part of the Sony award winning 1968 season. He has also written The Prospect, The Phone, an adaptation of Hardy's Two on a Tower and Vanunu - A Time To Be Heard. His TV writing credits include Touching Infinity a biopic about of the mathematical genius Ramanujan and series drama including Casualty, Holby and Waterloo Road (麻豆社1).
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Muruga | Navin Chowdhry |
| Paresh | Kulvinder Ghir |
| Amma | Meera Syal |
| Shanti | Aysha Kala |
| Neeta | Manjinder Virk |
| Judge | Madhav Sharma |
| Neeta's friend | Anjana Vasan |
| President of India | Sudha Bhuchar |
| Writer | Jon Sen |
| Director | Sarah Bradshaw |
Broadcasts
- Fri 5 Jun 2015 14:15麻豆社 Radio 4
- Thu 6 Apr 2017 14:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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