Akshay Kumar is ruling the box-office with his films like AIRLIFT and RUSTOM entering the 100 crore club.
Khiladi Kumar will now be seen in TOILET: EK PREM KATHA which talks about sanitation and defecation issues in rural India.
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During the press meet when media quizzed him about what does he expect in terms of box office numbers from this film as all his previous films have crossed 100 crore, Akshay said, “I am interested in more eyeballs than the box-office collection. In fact, I wish the ticket price of this film to be low so that more people can go and watch the film. Around 54 per cent people in our country have no access to toilets. So, my concern is to make people aware of the issue. They should go and watch the film rather than (we) count on the box office collection.”
When asked if they will make the film tax free, Akshay replied, “So far there is no confirmation, but yes, the Viacom18 people (the distributors of the film) applied for tax exemption. Let’s see what happens.”
Akshay also pointed out that though his film TOILET: EK PREM KATHA is set in the rural environment, it is more relevant for the urban crowd than rural people.
“The issue of open defecation is not just a rural (village) problem. It is a huge problem in big cities too and it is more dangerous in big cities rather than villages, because we live in a concrete jungle, so germs and bacteria spread faster here. Don’t think for a moment that this movie is for villages. It is for urban people too because we are in more danger than them.”
TOILET: EK PREM KATHA also starring Bhumi Pednekar and Anupam Kher will hit the silver screens on August 11.
