Toilet Ek Prem Katha Movie Review

Plot:  Keshav and Jaya are from two villages near Mathura, where at least 80% of households do not have access to proper sanitation. Conflict comes knocking soon after the marriage when Jaya leaves Keshav's house for good, after discovering that there is no toilet in the home. Distraught and desperate, Keshav sets out on mission to win back his love- by battling against the age old traditions, mind-set and value system of his country.

Toilet Ek Prem Katha talks about the problem of open defecation and blindly blames the religious practices to sound just. How lame! Many muslim families in Indian cities and villages do not have toilets in their houses. They don't worship Tulsi. It is just that their houses are too small or they don't have the required infrastructure to support a toilet inside their homes. To just say that open defecation is a Hindu problem is absolutely stupid. Let us talk about the positive points.

Here are a few things that we liked about the movie:

1. Good social message. A Shauchalay is a must in every home.

2. Problem is with our 'Soch' and not with 'Shauch'

3. Bhumi and Akshay are great and so are the supporting actors.

What we DISLIKED:

1. Almost a dozen boring and torturous songs that ruin the movie completely. We wonder what was running in the director's mind. Ek gaana har 5 minute mein daal do, bhale woh gaanaa itna bura ho ki log har 5 min Shauchalahly jaa sake. Lathmar Holi comes twice in an hour. Duh!

2. Akshay gives a lecture and the heroine Falls for him and proposes him for marriage. Too much ! Direction and logic gone for a toss here.

3. Double meaning dialogues like "mallika Jawaan ho gayee...doodh ki dukaan ho gayee". Eew!

4. Akshay is said to be a 36 y.o. man in the movie. He looks quite older than the age he plays.

5. Akshay's Panditji insists that he marry a girl with two thumbs. The movie mocks Hrithik Roshan for his extra thumb. We thought it was done in a bad taste. 6. There is a dramatic scene where the heroine gets inside a train toilet to poop but she gets stuck and is unable to open the door because of passengers piling up the luggage in front of her washroom door. She tries to open the door but the door can't be opened outwards due to the luggage kept outside. Hello Directorji, kya aapne kabhi indian railways ki train use ki hai? Which toilet door in an Indian railway train opens outward? Logic gaya tel lene!

Overall the movie is all hype and no substance. Watch it only for Akshay Kumar and Bhumi's acting.