Akshay Kumar, who has been focusing more and more on movies with social messages of some kind, is about to release another movie in a similar vein. The movie in question is none other than ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, which is a satirical take on the problem of open defecation that the country still faces. While the trailer and songs have got everyone excited, here are a few interesting facts about the film that will pique your curiosity even more.
Akshay had already discussed the concept of the film with the Prime Minister, who had heartily approved of it. But when the trailer of ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ came out, Mr. Modi was one of the first to shower praises on the film. He commented, “Good effort to further the message of cleanliness. 125 crore Indians have to continue working together to create a Swachh Bharat.” It is indeed incredible for a film to get such unanimous support from the government and the Prime Minister himself.
'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ faces not one, but two plagiarism cases. Earlier, a short filmmaker had accused that the Akshay Kumar film has copied some scenes and ideas from his short film ‘Manini’. As if that was not enough, a Rajasthani filmmaker has now alleged a violation of Copyright for the song ‘Hans Mat Pagli’. Apparently, the song sequence was taken from the filmmaker’s movie titled as ‘Laadli’. The team of ‘Toilet... ‘ have of course rubbished these claims and plan to file a defamation case in return.
Looks like Akshay has found the perfect professional companion in Neeraj Pandey. ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ marks the fourth collaboration between the two. While Neeraj directed ’Special 26’ and ‘Baby’, he turned producer for ‘Rustom’ and now for ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’. From the looks of it, the two seem to have formed a great team and plan to collaborate again on many future projects.
