Akshay Kumar’s latest release Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, which also stars Bhumi Pednekar, turned out to be a commercial success and received mostly positive reviews from viewers. However a lot of critics don’t have good things to say about the film who have bashed it, calling it agenda-driven and an advertisement for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cleanliness campaign, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, which aims to clean the streets and roads of the country.
Akshay Kumar’s latest release Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, which also stars Bhumi Pednekar, turned out to be a commercial success and received mostly positive reviews from viewers. However a lot of critics don’t have good things to say about the film who have bashed it, calling it agenda-driven and an advertisement for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cleanliness campaign, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, which aims to clean the streets and roads of the country.
Responding to these remarks at the recent success meet of the film, Akshay Kumar stated, “If the government is saying the same thing which is good and if you call that a propaganda then okay we are doing propaganda. I believe building a toilet is extremely important, especially for women.”
Kumar’s next, titled Padman talks about social issues like sanitation and women’s health. He asserted that he is merely highlighting social issues and that shouldn’t be termed as propaganda.
“I am talking about sanitary pads in Padman and you’ll be sad to know that 91 per cent women don’t use them because they can’t afford them as it’s expensive. To talk about such things, bring them in the forefront isn’t propaganda. You basically want such issues to be highlighted and be talked about,” he concluded.
