<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> ₹ 18 crore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> ₹ 216.58 crore </Td> </Tr> <P> Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (English - Toilet: A Love Story) is a 2017 Indian Hindi comedy - drama film directed by Shree Narayan Singh . Co-produced by Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey, the film stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar in the lead roles, with Anupam Kher, Sudhir Pandey and Divyendu Sharma in supporting roles . The film was released on August 11, 2017 . The film is a satirical comedy in support of governmental campaigns to improve the sanitation conditions, with an emphasis on the eradication of open defecation, especially in rural areas . The film was financially successful in India . </P> <P> The film starts in a village where a group of women go to a field, away from their village in the wee hours to defecate in the open, behind the cover of bushes . Keshav (Akshay Kumar) has to marry a black buffalo because his father (Panditji) is a very religious and superstitious priest, and he believes that his son's marriage to a black buffalo will help improve Keshav's fortune . </P>

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