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Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor during the closing ceremony of Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai on Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Image Credit: IANS

Actress Sonam Kapoor has signed up for the upcoming film Pad Man, directed by R. Balki.

Kapoor shared the news on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday.

“Thrilled to be a part of this prestigious project. R. Balki, Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Pad Man,” she wrote.

This will be the second time that Kumar and Kapoor will star in a movie together. The two previously worked on the 2011 film Thank You directed by Anees Bazmee.

Pad Man is said to be a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham, and will chronicle his journey of finding a way to make cheap, affordable sanitary napkins for women in his village.