Earlier, the film was named Sandaas Ek Prem Katha but later the title got changed.”

 
The team of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, including Akshay and Bhumi, are projecting it as an issue-based film but the Rustom star asserted that the movie is primarily a love story. The film arrives in theatres on August 11. I find it surprising that this script had been doing the rounds of the industry for over four years. “This film is basically a love story. Sharing with media persons about how Toilet: Ek Prem Katha happened to him, Akshay today said, “The writers brought the subject to me. For all the latest Entertainment News, download Indian Express App
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Before Akshay Kumar, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha screenwriters took the film’s script to a lot of other stars

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