The trailer of Akshay Kumar's Padman was released on 15 December to great response from the critics and audience alike. The film, directed by R Balki is based on the life of Arunachalam Murugunathan, a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Padman also marks the maiden production venture of Mrs Funnybones, owned by Akshay Kumar's wife and actress-turned-columnist Twinkle Khanna.

Interestingly, Padman trailer has caught the attention of super hit Tamil director Shankar as well. He hailed the trailer as a unique concept and also wished Akshay Kumar and R Balki all success for the film.

"#PadManTrailer Unique concept.. All the best Akshay Balky and the whole team", Shankar tweeted.

Akshay Kumar wasted no time to thank his director of Tamil film debut 2.0 on Twitter.

"Thank you so much Sir", the Bollywood superstar tweeted.

2.0 stars Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor in female leads and is scheduled to hit the screens on 26th January 2018.