The Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar starrer Toilet Ek Prem Katha is a rare take on love, one that truly has a larger message. If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, this film’s trailer suggests that you can win a woman’s heart by building a toilet in your house.
While the film looks like an interesting mix of light-hearted jokes, toilet humour and intense drama, there’s something about the story that also appeals to the urban elite, who’ve always toilets for granted.
Akshay Kumar plays Keshav, a young man who can’t wait to get a wife. But once he falls in love with and marries Jaya (Bhumi Pednekar), not having a toilet in the house becomes the crux of their relationship. In fact, Jaya leaves him for it too! Keshav then takes up the cause of open defecation and the dignity of a woman being put on display. Bhumi Pednekar, as the headstrong Jaya, adds a feminist touch to the film and shouts out loud about women having to work harder for everything, as compared to men, including having the space to defecate.
Toilet - Ek Prem Katha is a satirical take on the battle against the age old tradition of open defecation in the country. From the panchayat to the sanitation department, from the role of the government to the superstitions of the villagers, from scams to the ethos, from first love to a matured romance, this Akshay Kumar starrer looks like a hard hitting entertainer. The film also boasts of a talented supporting cast- Divyendu Sharma, Sudhir Pandey, Shubha Khote and Anupam Kher.
The Shree Narayan Singh film will hit theatres on Independence Day this year.
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