Toilet: Ek Prem Katha

Released Aug 11, 2017

2h 35m

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A woman leaves her husband on the first day of their marriage after discovering that he doesn't have a toilet. He desperately sets out on a mission to win back his love by standing up to the age-old traditions and values of India.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Instead of sticking to social satire, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha takes on the mantle of an extended propaganda film-it's just as tiresome, but with better production values and performances.

Aug 13, 2019

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

If you are making a film that hoists a flag for a strong feminist ideal, then don't waver, and confuse it with stuffing the film with too many issues.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 3, 2019

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Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

Here self-conscious obsequiousness gets the better of filmmaking.

Jul 11, 2018

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Swetha Ramakrishnan

Firstpost

Things start moving only towards the last few minutes in the film, and by then it's all about Akshay. Bhumi becomes a mere catalyst. This is the biggest issue with Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.

Oct 10, 2023

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Anna M.M. Vetticad

Firstpost

Until the pro-government propaganda and Modi spiel ... in the second half, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha drives home an important - even if simplistically handled - point.

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 6, 2020

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Saibal Chatterjee

NDTV

It is a classic case of flippant treatment and ham-fisted execution mutilating a serious subject beyond recognition.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 24, 2020

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Esta es una película india muy interesante; la trama es buena y las actuaciones son decentes; el uso del baño es una necesidad básica.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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I was very reluctant from watching this film. Nowadays most of Akshay Kumar's films look like they are just going on with the trends. Baby came only when people suddenly started respecting the army, Pad Man came only when the female hygiene became a topic, Gold came just a year before the Tokyo Olympics had to commence and now Ram Setu is coming after jingoism is on a rise. Similarly Toilet: A Love Story came just after the Clean India campaign came in full swing. That's why I was expecting an entire film on a toilet seat. But it turned out to be very different. It begins as a regular Bollywood love story - a rustic man falls in love with an educated woman, he stalks her to submission even though his family doesn't want him to get married to her due to conservative reasons. Everything goes well till that part, until his now wife realises there's no toilet in the house. From there onwards the hero goes out getting a toilet for his wife, even though the conservative society hates the idea. There are a number of ignorant things that the conservative people say throughout the film. First of all, toilet was invented in India. It's very ironic that today India has a lack of toilets. But this thing was never spoken anywhere throughout the film. Then Sudhir Pandey keeps saying that we shouldn't plant a toilet in the garden where we plant a holy basil. So where exactly are you going to defecate? The bushes, where there would be dozens of plants more significant than basil, or the fields where we plant the crops which are eaten by the people all over the world? But this thing is also never spoken throughout the film. I don't have any other problem with this. The acting, story, motive are all good. It's good enough to convince anyone without a toilet to make one, not that it matters anymore since now every Indian household has a toilet. I call films like this a "time-capsule" film, since these are the films that our future generations can look back on and know how our mentality used to be back in the day.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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It's based on a true story and highlights a really surprising (to me as a westerner) cultural resistance to change (installation of toilets). I assumed Indians would take up this change without question, and this movie explains why that is not the case.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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avant s

not as good as i expected it to be but still good. however, why does all bollywood movies have this need to be so long and propagated?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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yash b

"Toilet" is a solid movie that is mostly entertaining but wins you over with its social messages. I thought the premise in the movie was interesting and pretty eye-opening. The movie has a good balance of dramatic and lighthearted moments. I do feel the movie's pacing improves significantly in the second half. In the first half, it can be slow and somewhat uneventful, but the performances are always good, and Akshay Kumar plays a pretty likable character. It's a movie that makes the statement that sometimes you have to forget about what is deemed cultural and move forward with the times, and that is a commendably bold social comment.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Strangely gripping: this well-intentioned movie has all the potential pitfalls. It has a theme that is not most palatable. Its story is fully known to anyone who has seen the trailer. The narrative offers no surprises and turns too idealistic all too often. Yet, the movie succeeds in entertaining apart from educating or throwing lights on an important hygiene topic.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Synopsis

A woman leaves her husband on the first day of their marriage after discovering that he doesn't have a toilet. He desperately sets out on a mission to win back his love by standing up to the age-old traditions and values of India.

Director: Shree Narayan Singh
Screenwriter: Siddharth-Garima
Distributor: Reliance Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.7M
Runtime: 2h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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