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Watch Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar in 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' song 'Latth Maar'

Jul 112017

'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' song 'Latth Maar': Watch Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar's love story unfold ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ song ‘Latth Maar’: Watch Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar’s love story unfold. Pic/Yogen Shah

New song titled ‘Latth Maar’ from upcoming Bollywood film ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar is out! The track, crooned by Sonu Nigam and Palak Muchhal, is shot amidst the backdrop of Holi and shows the couple going through a spat.

The song has been composed by Manas-Shikhar and penned by Garima Wahal and Siddharth Singh.

Watch ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ song:

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A love story with a satirical flavour, the movie is directed by Shree Narayan Singh, and produced by Aruna Bhatia, Plan C Studios and Abundantia, and presented by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and KriArj Entertainment.

'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' trailer: Join Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar in their revolution
Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar in a still from ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ trailer. Pic/YouTube

It will be the first time that Akshay Kumarwill be featuring in a film with the ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ star Bhumi Pednekar. ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha‘ also marks Akshay and actor Anupam Kher’s 20th film together.

The film revolves around the need for toilets for sanitation in India and this message is conveyed through a love story in the film ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’.

In the last few years, Akshay Kumar’s image has undergone a transformation from that of an action star to one who chooses films which are socially relevant and delivers a message. ‘Special 26’, ‘Airlift’, ‘Baby’ and the upcoming ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ are cases in point.

There’s also ‘Pad Man‘ that Akshay Kumar is doing. The film is a biopic on the man who introduced affordable sanitary napkins for the benefit of women.

‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ will release on August 11.

Imtiaz Ali’s next movie ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal‘ — starringShah Rukh Khanand Anushka Sharma — has now been set for release on August 4, thereby averting a box office clash with Akshay Kumar’s ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’.

Also read: Shah Rukh Khan on averting box office clash with Akshay Kumar: Great enough to be humble

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'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' writers to file a case against 'Manini' filmmakers

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‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ Starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar is in the news for ‘Plagiarism’. A documentary film maker, Praveen Vyas, has alleged that the idea behind the film has been lifted from his 2016 documentary, ‘Manini’ . But , the writers of the film, Siddharth and Garima, say that they had registered the script with the Film Writers Association in August 2014. Garima says, “The script was commissioned to us by Neeraj Pandey (film-maker) in 2013 itself, so we have been working on it since December that year,” says Garima.

According to the writers, the same real-life story had been reported around that time, so they decided to ‘fictionalise the rest of the story’ and come up with their own version. Siddharth says, “Neeraj sir liked that and asked us to go ahead with it. After that, we left for research to places like Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Nandgaon, Barsana, Jhansi and Bahraich, which is near Lucknow.” In fact, the two writers had asked the film’s makers to set the film around the Mathura area. “We were very happy when they chose to base the film in Mathura, as that’s the milieu that we were also looking for,” says Garima, adding that the allegation of plagiarism has ‘come out of the blue’.

“It’s not possible to pick up a story from any documentary and take a film to the floors within a few weeks’ time. Is it plausible, especially with a film that stars mainstream actors? If our work is subjected to criticism, we are fine with it. But it’s ridiculous, frustrating and insulting for us to hear that we have copied someone’s work,” says Garima. Now, Siddharth and Garima plan to hit back. “Right now, we are verifying the facts and other details. Once we are done, we are, in all likelihood, going to file a defamation case. It’s amazing how people come up with such allegations at the last minute for their 15 minutes of fame,” says Garima.

‘Toilet:Ek Prem Katha’starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar will release on August 11.

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