Won’t stop talking about issue of open defecation: Akshay

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Actor Akshay Kumar, whose latest movie “Toilet: EK Prem Katha” has surpassed Rs 80 crore at the box office since its release, says he will not stop talking about the issue of open defecation, which the movie deals with.

Akshay on Tuesday took to Twitter to share a video talking about the film and open defecation. “Happiness is having a vision and watching it slowly turning into reality, though still a long way to go. This Direct Dil Se is dedicated to you all,” Akshay captioned the video.

In the over two minutes long video, Akshay said: “You would know that for me ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ is not just a film but a craze that had become in the past one year that I wanted to discuss in every household the topic of open defecation even if the film didn’t work.

“Today you have showered a lot of love to this film that it is working at the box-office but it is also doing a huge thing that it is help in eradicating the old traditions of going for open defecation.”