The much-anticipated trailer of Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar (of Dum laga ke haisha fame) - starrer Toilet - Ek Prem Katha is out and it gives out a great message without really being preachy.
With a perfect dose of humour, drama, and romance, the film deals with a basic problem of sanitation and how rural India ignores to identify it as a problem.
The story is of Keshav who is a manglik and wants to get married. His upper-class 'Pandit' father (Sudhir Pandey) gets him married to a buffalo while the son eyes a smart and aware girl from his locality named Jaya (Bhumi Pednekar).
In a typical Bollywood style after a bit of chasing and romance, both get married and only then Jaya finds out that there isn't any toilet at her in-law's place.
And that's when the focus shifts on the message of the film, that is, the problems and humiliation faced especially by women due to open defecation.
The film brilliantly deals with the mentality that stops even the rich in rural India to build a toilet.
Inspired by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Started by our Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi Toilet - Ek Prem Katha is made to spread sanitary awareness, with emphasis on curbing open defecation in rural India and the trailer sets the message straight.
Apart from dealing with the sanitation problem, other noteworthy things in the trailer are the glimpses of corruption, villagers' superstitions and Bhumi's strong female character, Jaya.
Because of the social context of the film, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani also praised Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and said it should be made tax free
Directed by Shree Narayan Singh, the film also stars Divyendu Sharma, Sudhir Pandey, Rajesh Sharma, Shubha Khote and Anupam Kher in noteworthy roles.
The film will hit the screens on 11 august, 2017.
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